I stumbled upon a really odd bug in my current project, which I can only attribute to the WebKit browser engine, since I was able to recreate this in a UIWebView on iOS (in PhoneGap) and in Chrome on OS X – WebKit is the common engine in both. It’s a bizarre issue that is […]
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US Census Browser v2.0
I am happy to announce the US Census Browser version 2.0! Back in December of 2011, I released the US Census Browser as an open source application intended to demonstrate principles for enterprise-class data visualization and applications developed with web standards. This version has some fairly substantial changes – See the video below to check out features […]
Introducing app-UI
I’d like to take a moment and introduce app-UI, a new open source application framework that I’ve been working on. app-UI is a collection of reusable “application container” user interface components that may be helpful to web and mobile developers for creating interactive applications using HTML and JavaScript, especially those targeting mobile devices. app-UI is […]
Welcome Appliness!
Appliness is a new digital magazine and the first of it’s kind to focus entirely on web application development! Appliness was created entirely using Adobe Digital Publishing Suite, and the effort was lead by our own Michael Chaize. Go download a copy today! It’s also FREE! Be sure to also check out […]
Who Uses PhoneGap/Apache Cordova?
I see questions and comments all the time with the general sentiment “it looks nice, but who really uses PhoneGap/Apache Cordova?”. There is no way to create a definitive list of everyone who uses it, but the general answer is “more people than you think”. Here are a few organizations that you might recognize who […]
PhoneGap Explained Visually
I’ve been “out and about” lately, attending tech conferences, meetup groups, and meeting with developers in their offices, and I am getting great feedback on mobile development and PhoneGap. There are some common questions that I am often asked, and I hope this post helps everyone understand PhoneGap better. PhoneGap Before I go too far, […]
Changes with PhoneGap 1.5
Earlier this month, PhoneGap 1.5 was released. There were a lot of enhancements in this release. However, if you’ve tried to update an existing codebase from PhoneGap 1.4 to 1.5, you may have realized that things look a bit different. Basically, the entire PhoneGap codebase has migrated from PhoneGap naming to Apache Cordova […]
Welcome, Adobe Shadow!
Ready for the new era in multi-screen development? Available now on labs.adobe.com, Adobe Shadow is a new, free tool that enables synchronized browsing and remote inspection across desktop and mobile experiences, in real time. Rather than having me try to describe it, check out this video from Adobe TV… From Adobe Labs: Adobe® Shadow is […]
Tricks for Debugging PhoneGap Applications in Desktop Browsers
I often encourage people to develop as much as possible in desktop browsers when they are building PhoneGap applications. While there are remote debugging tools such as weinre for remote debugging on devices, the developer experience is still better inside of a desktop browser because it gives you breakpoints and memory inspection capabilities. In most […]
Pushing Data to a PhoneGap Web View
UPDATE: In PhoneGap 1.5, the naming conventions were changed to use the Apache Cordova naming conventions. EX: PGPlugin is now CDVPlugin, phonegap.js is now cordova.js, etc… If you are running into issues, please be sure to check the PhoneGap version and appropriate naming conventions. ORIGINAL POST: In my last post, which gave a crash […]