Practical Guide to Mobile Apps
Learning and science
developer guide and tutorials
SHOW HN2014
Practical Guide to Mobile Apps
Practical Guide to Mobile Apps Using Phonegap and Famo.us
practicalguidetomobileapps.comHow HN took it
8 positive, 10 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 14 critical, out of 33 comments about the project. Thread score -0.14.
Performance: 1 for, 6 againstIdea: 2 for, 3 againstDocs: 2 for, 1 againstDesign: 0 for, 3 againstExecution: 1 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Step-by-step guide is useful for learning
From 2 comments
Thank you very much for writing this, I will pay for the book when it comes out (assuming you provide a way to do so) even if you give it all away for free... This kind of…
sbarre on HNJust downloaded the book! Thanks for making it free. You are very generous! I am looking to build a quick and dirty prototype for Tinder for X, and this is a great starting point…
liquimoon on HN
Thanks for open-sourcing and making it free
From 2 comments
Thanks for taking the time to write and open-source this!
welder on HNJust downloaded the book! Thanks for making it free. You are very generous! I am looking to build a quick and dirty prototype for Tinder for X, and this is a great starting point…
liquimoon on HN
Objections
Hybrid apps have a performance gap versus native
From 2 comments
As someone working on a phonegap project, I'd really advise against committing to this framework for mobile app development. It is good for really quick and dirty proof of…
thebokehwokeh2 on HNJust spending 5 minutes with PhoneGap was enough to convince me that it isn't ready for professional app development, performance wise. That was 2 years ago and I'd hoped it had…
gagege on HN
PhoneGap supports only iOS and Android and has a closed-source push path
From 1 comment
Kind of sad the state PhoneGap push support is in. I checked the links and they have an if else for two completely different code branches for Android or iOS and don't support…
lnanek2 on HN
Sample app ulu performs poorly on high-end hardware
From 1 comment
I just tried out the ulu app on OnePlus(top of the line hardware) and in terms of performance I wouldn't call this acceptable.
angryasian on HN
Requests
Support more platforms in the push and device code
From 1 comment
Kind of sad the state PhoneGap push support is in. I checked the links and they have an if else for two completely different code branches for Android or iOS and don't support…
lnanek2 on HN
Fix broken links and the 20 MB limit note on the PhoneGap Build page
From 1 comment
Feedback on http://www.practicalguidetomobileapps.com/resources/book/phonegap_and_cordova/phonegap_build.html 3. don't see [New App] button 5. Broken URL (missing ".git") 6. "App…
pbreit on HN
Questions
How does Famo.us compare to Ionic
From 1 comment
Anyone done any comparisons of PG/Famo.us with Ionic (http://ionicframework.com/)? Seems Ionic is making a really strong case for hybrid app viability
dchuk on HN
Should a developer learn native instead
From 2 comments
I'd do yourself a favor and take the time to learn native mobile development.
allsystemsgo on HNWhy? (non-rhetorical)
Winningest on HN
Alternatives named
Ionic
From 2 comments
Anyone done any comparisons of PG/Famo.us with Ionic (http://ionicframework.com/)? Seems Ionic is making a really strong case for hybrid app viability
dchuk on HNIonic seems to be easy if you know some AngularJS, but I would really like to know how stable and quick these things are.
thomasfl on HN
Native iOS and Android development
From 1 comment
I'd do yourself a favor and take the time to learn native mobile development.
allsystemsgo on HN
Sencha Touch 2
From 1 comment
You haven't tried Sencha Touch 2, eh? At least, I've been pretty happy with it (packaged in PhoneGap afterwards of course).
elwell on HN
Titanium and Intel XDK
From 1 comment
intel's xdk platform might be worth looking at, as is titanium.
mgkimsal on HN