"Mobile JS Frameworks" presentation from C# Corner Istanbul's 'Tizen,Mobile Linux and JS Development Day' seminar on 16th of Feb

1. Mobile JS Frameworks
IBRAHIM ERSOY
MOBILE DEVELOPER @ SIMTERNET

2. Agenda
Introduction
• Mobile Apps
• Native vs Hybrid
vs Mobile Web
• Platforms/Stores
• App Builders
• PhoneGap
JS Frameworks
• Jquery Mobile
• iUI
JS Demo
• jQuery Mobile
ThemeRoller
Smartface
• Smartface Pros
• Smartface Cons

3. What is a ‘Mobile App’ ?
Mobile apps are software programs you can download and access
directly using your phone or tablet
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Mobile App -> Software that runs on your mobile device
»

4. Native vs Hybrid vs Mobile Web
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Native : Platform-based Programming Language,UI & libraries
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Hybrid : Native-based HTML/JS mobile web apps.
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Mobile Web : Websites that run responsive on mobile devices

5. Responsive Design

6. What is ‘Hybrid’ ?
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What are mobile web applications?
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Increasingly popular way to deliver content and
business applications to mobile devices
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Alternative to developing native mobile apps
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Run on any OS, desktop, tablet, smartphone
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Easy to develop using standard web technologies and frameworks
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Advances in HTML, CSS and JavaScript allow for shifting more functionality to the
browser, providing richer user experience and better performance
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Easy to maintain and easy roll out of upgrades

7. Limitations of Hybrid
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Browsers do not typically have access to advanced functions of a device,
like GPS, camera, address book...
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Web apps are often slower than native apps
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Mobile web apps require permanent Internet connection
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Using offline web application caching and platforms like PhoneGap,
Titanium, etc. provides ways to address these limitations

8. Platforms & Marketplaces
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iOS – iTunes Store
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Android – Google Play
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Blackberry – AppWorld
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Windows Phone & Windows 8 – Windows Store
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Tizen – Tizen Store

9. App Builders
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Easy to use, No Coding skill required
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AppyPie.com
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appery.io
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TheAppBuilder
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MobinCube
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ShoutEm

10. PhoneGap
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build.phonegap.com or Standalone
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Apache Cordova
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Packaging in the Cloud
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Github Support

11. JS FRAMEWORKS

12. jQuery Mobile and iUI’s Cons
jQuery Mobile
iUI
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Page Transitions
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Documentation
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Large JS Files
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No Native Support
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Canvas Animations

13. jQuery Mobile and iUI’s Pros
jQuery Mobile
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Familiarity with jQuery
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Design & Layout
iUI
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iOS UI

14. jQuery Mobile
• Touch-optimized JavaScript framework for smartphones & tablets
• Built on jQuery and jQuery UI foundation
• Unified user interface system across all popular mobile platforms
• Responsive design techniques allow the same underlying codebase to
automatically scale from smartphone to tablet and desktop-sized screens
• AJAX-based navigation system to enable animated page transitions
while maintaining back button

15. Differences between jQuery and
jQuery Mobile
• jQuery: Library that makes it easier to write JavaScript through selectors
• jQuery Mobile:
Framework built on top of jQuery
Used by developers to build mobile interfaces
Coding is done using plain HTML markup for the most part
jQuery Mobile automatically applies styles and add functionality to widgets

16. ThemeRoller for jQuery Mobile
• Customizable user interface
• Built-in theming framework
• ThemeRoller application
http://themeroller.jquerymobile.com/

17. Supported Platforms
3-level graded platform support system, supported platforms include:
• Apple iOS (iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad)
• Android
• Windows Phone
• Blackberry

18. iUI – iOS User Interface
http://www.iui-js.org/

19. “
jQuery Mobile
ThemeRoller Demo
”

20. Smartface

21. Smartface Pros
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WYSIWYG design editor
JavaScript code editor
On Device Emulator
Memory Management
Network Components Wizards
Ready to Use Libraries (Animation,
Security…)
Single Code Based Testing
On Device Debugging
Solving Device Specific Problems
New OS Updates doesnt cause
Fragmentation Problems
Plug-In
JavaScript Power
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Customized JS Engine inside
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Certified by Symantec
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NATIVE and Cross-Platform

22. Smartface Cons
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No game, no utilities
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Some apps need more
knowledge
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Mac and Linux support
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Dependency

23. Questions?

24. “
Thanks for coming!
”