In recent months, I have been sharing multiple versions of the Employee Directory application built with different JavaScript frameworks, and packaged as hybrid apps using PhoneGap. In this post, I’m sharing a native iOS version of the same application. The application allows you to look for employees by name, navigate up and down the Org […]
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Employee Directory is now available on the App Store
June 26, 2012 in Backbone.js, iOS, iPhone, Mobile, PhoneGap
My employee directory app is now available on the App Store. The application allows you to synchronize with your own data, look for employees by name, view their details, add them to your contacts, and see their manager and direct reports, as well as call, text, or email them. You can watch a short video […]
Simple Offline Data Synchronization for Mobile Web and PhoneGap Applications
May 16, 2012 in Android, Backbone.js, HTML 5, iOS, Mobile, PhoneGap, Twitter Bootstrap
Being able to work offline is an expected feature of mobile applications. For data-driven applications, it means that you — the developer — will have to store (a subset of) your application data locally, and implement a data synchronization mechanism that keeps your local and server data in sync. In this article, I describe a […]
Crafting Native Looking iOS Apps with HTML, Backbone.js, and PhoneGap
March 28, 2012 in Backbone.js, iOS, iPhone, PhoneGap
If you just want to try the application in your browser, click here. The data is based on Dwight’s original org chart :) I’ve been blogging a lot about Backbone.js recently. Backbone.js is a lightweight architectural framework that brings structure to your Web applications. Backbone is not, however, a user interface framework that helps you […]
Sample Mobile App with Backbone.js, PhoneGap, and a Local Database
February 7, 2012 in Android, Backbone.js, Frameworks, HTML 5, iOS, JavaScript, PhoneGap
In my previous post, I shared a simple Wine Cellar application built with Backbone.js and packaged as a mobile app with PhoneGap. That version of the application gets its data from a set of RESTful services, which means that you can only use it while online. In this post, we explore an offline version of […]
Sample Mobile App with Backbone.js and PhoneGap
February 6, 2012 in Android, Backbone.js, HTML 5, iOS, PhoneGap
I recently blogged a tutorial (part 1, part 2, part 3, and postface) that takes you through the process of building a CRUD application using HTML and the Backbone.js framework. The application used in this tutorial is a Wine Cellar management app, and I thought it would be fun to create a Mobile version using […]
jQuery Mobile "Getting Started" Application
November 2, 2011 in Android, iOS, iPhone, JQuery Mobile, PhoneGap
A couple of weeks ago, I shared an Employee Directory sample application built with jQuery Mobile and PhoneGap. That application was implemented “Ajax-style”, keeping the UI and the data access code cleanly separated. In other words: no server code intermingled in the HTML markup. A number of people have asked for a similar example using […]
Flex / Spring Mobile Test Drive: Learn the Best Way to Build Java-Backed iOS, Android and PlayBook Apps
Flex is a powerful application framework for building first-class mobile applications for iOS, Android, and the BlackBerry PlayBook using a single programming model, a single tool, and a single code base. If you are a Java developer, the Flex programming model is also easy to master because it is syntactically very close to Java. The […]
MobileTrader for iOS, Android, and PlayBook: Source code now available on GitHub
I made some changes to the MobileTrader application and took the opportunity to push the source code to GitHub. You can get it here: https://github.com/ccoenraets/MobileTrader This version was built with the shipping version of Flex and Flash Builder 4.5.1 which has built-in support for iOS, Android and the BlackBerry PlayBook. The most notable change in […]
Three Platforms, One application: MobileTrader for iOS, Android, and PlayBook Source Code Available
My recent video, Flex on the iPad, has generated a lot of interest. The same application runs on iOS, Android, and the BlackBerry PlayBook. A number of you have asked me for the source code. Now that Flex 4.5 has been released, I’m able to share it: you can download the project file here. NOTE: […]
