[LRUG] Rhodes / AppMobi / Titanium

[Aleksandar Simic]

On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 5:13 PM, Jason Green <jason.green at nogeek.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Was wondering if anyone has had any experience with Rhodes / Appmobi /
> Titanium and what they preferred?
> Appmobi seems to be a bit slow on older phones and Titanium seemed a little
> bit of a mess last time I used it, but it has probably come on since then? I
> haven't had any experience of Rhodes but it does look quick cool.
>
> I am looking for something that provides a super quick experience for the
> end user, but is quick to get out cross platform. Any ideas much appreciated
> :-)

Hi Jason,

I've used Rhodes on Blackberry phones, fairly newer models.

The main reason I chose it was because it looked so similar to Rails
and you get to write Ruby (in ERB templates). But in the end all it
does is creates a native web server, that is embedded within the app
that serves the pages. The load time is noticeable, while the web
server loads up. It is only a few seconds, but ... it isn't native,
and the interface is all web pages.

The slug the framework produces is about 1.9MB in size, compared to
<100KB a native app would. 1.8MB is there constantly plus your app.

Hope this helps,
Alex