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Developing Mobile Apps with The Ionic Framework – Front Porch Front-End Developers Conference, Dallas, TX

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Presented by Justin Noel

Everyone wants to create an app. There are lots of platforms and cross-platform development costs a lot of money.

The Downsides of Native

  • Proficiency in each platform required
  • Extensive Development Setup required

Hybrid Apps

  • HTML5 that acts like native
  • Web wrapped in native layer
  • Direct access to native APIs
  • Cordova/Phonegap
  • Familiar web dev environment

Hybrid Apps have a Bad reputation, but they can be beautiful.

ionic is a beautiful, open source framework for developing hybrid mobile apps with HTML5. They have taken the traditional mobile UI and made it available within the framework.

ionic showcase

ionic creator is a WYSIWYG for creating hybrid apps.

There is a lot of setup to develop apps – lots of SDKs and programs to install. ionic has a virtual machine called ionic box with all of the necessary requirements to get started developing.

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HTML5 TX 2013

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HTML5 TX Opening CircleToday is the 2nd annual HTML5 Texas conference at St. Edwards University in Austin. Looking forward to learning some great HTML5 goodness today.

Important things for today:

  • Parking is available in any lot except the red lots (resident parking)
  • Great sponsors
  • Hackython with free copies of Kendo UI
  • Closing Party tonight

Open Spaces – Alan Stevens

HTML5TX Open Spaces by Alan Stevens

Open spaces technology allows for the important stuff that goes on at conferences in the hallways. An open space is a place where you can run an impromptu session on any topic. The first step is to propose a topic that you’re passionate about. It doesn’t have to be related to other topics or the conference at all. Announce your topic and your name and put it on the board in one of the areas available. The only other responsibility is to show up. Then you can do whatever you want. Give a lecture or a presentation or a conversation. If no one shows up, that’s okay, too. Just stay there and see what happens. It is an amazing experience.

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Josh Clark – Mobile Apps: Native or Web-Based?

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UIE Web App Master’s Tour – Seattle, Washington – May 23, 2011

Josh Clark (author of TapWorthy) – Mobile Apps-Native or Web-Based
Josh Clark – Mobile Apps-Native or Web-Based?

Josh Clark, Author of TapWorthy

Mobile Apps

Mobile is growing quickly, with many platforms (many cultures)

App design needs to take mobile culture into accounts, how to develop for a iPhone user vs Android user, etc.

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Blackberry still has 40% of the global enterprise

  • Text-centric
  • low browser activity (blackberry browser has sucked until recently, when they adopted webkit)
  • how does your app fit into a text heavy culture

iPhone

  • active
  • high browser activity
  • spenders (big buyers – 70% of ebays mobile commerce is iPhone; eBay accounts for 25% of mobile commerce)
  • older, wealthier
  • according to OKCupid, iPhone users have more sex

Android

  • it’s about the technology
  • it’s about tools and features
  • customization
  • cutting edge
  • technically-proficient, customized