Ask HN: Looking for a good platform for mobile web app

3 points by eyalfx 15y ago ↗ HN

Can you guys recommend a platform that will make life easier to develop simple mobile web apps for iOS and Android? I was looking at Sencha, but I know there are quite a few others. Also, what's an easy payment option to integrate? Tnx

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olalonde 15y ago ↗

Check out http://www.phonegap.com/

mdolon 15y ago ↗

jQuery Mobile is very easy to pick up and pretty efficient for simple apps: http://jquerymobile.com/

britman 15y ago ↗

Just to add a combination of jquerymobile and phonegap has allowed us to deliver native iphone, ipad, android and mobile web app from the same codebase. Pretty sweet.

eyalfx 15y ago ↗

From a quick look it seems like phonegap is used for making appStore apps. I was thinking of building a mobile web browser app. That's why I was looking at Sencha, which apparently uses phonegap to access data on the phone. http://www.sencha.com/learn/Tutorial:A_Sencha_Touch_MVC_appl...

nextparadigms 15y ago ↗

Maybe this will help, too:

http://html5boilerplate.com/mobile/

dreamdu5t 15y ago ↗

If you're used to web development and in specific manipulating the DOM with jQuery, then you might be more comfortable with jQuery Mobile.

If you're a programmer who's experienced with MVC and building native applications, then go with Sencha Touch.

Sencha/Ext is far more robust than jQuery Mobile, and in an object-oriented, programmatic fashion defines your application, with Sencha taking care of the DOM for you.

I highly recommend this tutorial to get a feel for how Sencha's MVC works: http://www.sencha.com/learn/Tutorial:A_Sencha_Touch_MVC_appl...