And That got me thinking a bit that this could be easily made in fantom (maybe using tales at the server side)
One thing I'm wondering in particular about though is this:
Chapter 6. Going OfflineThis is about using the HTML5 offline cache so the app can be made fully "offline", which basically just seems like a normal native app.
Now I'm thinking with Fantom "compile to javascript" feature this could combine to be possibly the easiest way to make a small iPhone app quicly/simply and could make a cool little article showcasing one of Fantom's very special feature.
I'll try this when I get a chance, I'm thinking that could be very easy and pretty cool.
Anybody tried that yet / opinions ?
DanielFathMon 6 Dec 2010
I don't know about all the details but that sounds * awesome (that's five stars not a coarse word). My recommendation goes to a simple chat program (the example seems to be shaping towards it IMO). Just sending JSON messages and storing them would be cool.
brianMon 6 Dec 2010
I have tested our SkySpark app on my iPad. It loads a bit slow, but once loaded it runs pretty decently. And SkySpark is a pretty big JS app too, probably ~2MB of additional JS code sitting above the core code. That app is served by a web server so not completely stand alone, although we do use a bit of local storage.
tcolar Mon 6 Dec 2010
I'm not talking about a native app (even though that subject could maybe be reconsidered since Apple opened that up a bit).
I'm talking about a web app.
I've been looking at this excellent online book:
Building iPhone Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
And That got me thinking a bit that this could be easily made in fantom (maybe using tales at the server side)
One thing I'm wondering in particular about though is this:
Chapter 6. Going Offline This is about using the HTML5 offline cache so the app can be made fully "offline", which basically just seems like a normal native app.
Now I'm thinking with Fantom "compile to javascript" feature this could combine to be possibly the easiest way to make a small iPhone app quicly/simply and could make a cool little article showcasing one of Fantom's very special feature.
I'll try this when I get a chance, I'm thinking that could be very easy and pretty cool.
Anybody tried that yet / opinions ?
DanielFath Mon 6 Dec 2010
I don't know about all the details but that sounds * awesome (that's five stars not a coarse word). My recommendation goes to a simple chat program (the example seems to be shaping towards it IMO). Just sending JSON messages and storing them would be cool.
brian Mon 6 Dec 2010
I have tested our SkySpark app on my iPad. It loads a bit slow, but once loaded it runs pretty decently. And SkySpark is a pretty big JS app too, probably ~2MB of additional JS code sitting above the core code. That app is served by a web server so not completely stand alone, although we do use a bit of local storage.