[LRUG] Rhodes / AppMobi / Titanium

Jason Green jason.green at nogeek.org
Thu Jan 19 09:57:34 PST 2012


Thanks Aleksandar,

i won't bother going down that path then. It looks like Titanium seems to be a winner on speed / size...





Jason Green
jason.green at nogeek.org



On 19 Jan 2012, at 17:30, Aleksandar Simic wrote:

> 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
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