[LRUG] Rhodes / AppMobi / Titanium

[Glenn Gillen]

Not that I've "launched" anything serious, but I've been opting for HTML5 with responsive styles/media queries to give a native-like experience. Great for quickly prototyping. If I need access to device APIs I'll move to PhoneGap. I'm considering it a lean approach, I can validate the idea easily and iterate towards a native client later if there is actual demand. 

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- from my mobile, excuse the spellnig

On 19 Jan 2012, at 09:38, Riccardo Tacconi <rtacconi at gmail.com> wrote:

> Some guys I know are using Phone Gap, so you can develop with JavaScript and compile the app in the native application you want.
> 
> On 19 January 2012 18:30, Aleksandar Simic <asimic at gmail.com> 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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