Comments on: Hybrid iPhone Applications http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7641/ Open Source, Open Standards Sat, 05 Oct 2013 13:48:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: harshith http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7641/#comment-7483 harshith Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7641/#comment-7483 <p>Nice article...<br /> BTW, u play for the CORNELL BIG RED, don\'t you? :) </p> Nice article…
BTW, u play for the CORNELL BIG RED, don\’t you? :)

]]> By: fableson http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7641/#comment-7484 fableson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7641/#comment-7484 <p>I did play for Cornell, yes - three coaches over five years. Long and painful story -- but if you want a copy of the Unlocking Android book, please email me @ fabeson at msiservices.com and I will make arrangements for you to get the ebook.</p> <p>Frank </p> I did play for Cornell, yes – three coaches over five years. Long and painful story — but if you want a copy of the Unlocking Android book, please email me @ fabeson at msiservices.com and I will make arrangements for you to get the ebook.

Frank

]]> By: sconnell http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7641/#comment-7485 sconnell Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7641/#comment-7485 <p>Very informative article! I learned some new techniques! Thank you.</p> <p>But darn! Too bad I was too late with the answer. I read this article on my commute into work (@8am PST) but logging in to post this message proved impossible on my Android phone! </p> <p>Bonus points for knowing that you played for Cornell in the 1993-94 season? :-) </p> Very informative article! I learned some new techniques! Thank you.

But darn! Too bad I was too late with the answer. I read this article on my commute into work (@8am PST) but logging in to post this message proved impossible on my Android phone!

Bonus points for knowing that you played for Cornell in the 1993-94 season? :-)

]]> By: harshith http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7641/#comment-7486 harshith Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7641/#comment-7486 <p>Sorry, but I am unable to reach you through the email address u mentioned here. It says no such email address exists... </p> Sorry, but I am unable to reach you through the email address u mentioned here. It says no such email address exists…

]]> By: rogererens http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7641/#comment-7487 rogererens Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7641/#comment-7487 <p>He missed the \"l\" in his own name? </p> He missed the \”l\” in his own name?

]]> By: fableson http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7641/#comment-7488 fableson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7641/#comment-7488 <p>duh.</p> <p>fableson @ msiservices.com</p> <p>L not an i</p> <p>I did play 93-94. What position? </p> duh.

fableson @ msiservices.com

L not an i

I did play 93-94. What position?

]]> By: tetontech http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7641/#comment-7489 tetontech Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7641/#comment-7489 <p>PhoneGap is interesting but one of it\'s flaws is that it fails to remove the pain of all the async calls you have to make to access the device, databases, remote servers, etc. With each async call they require you to write a callback function. This approach leads to spaghetti code and everybody know it.</p> <p>What is needed is a framework so that the developer doesn\'t have to write callback functions and thus the flow of the application becomes linear rather than chaotic. Both QuickConnect and PhoneGap, the first two hybrid environments, were originally were callback based but QC moved beyond that in it\'s first release back in 2008.</p> <p>Both PhoneGap and QC are open source, both are free. QC is licensed under the MIT license. No other framework or library has as many features as QC for the iPhone.</p> <p>You should take a look. http://www.quickconnectfamily.org</p> <p>FYI - I am the writer and maintainer of QC. </p> PhoneGap is interesting but one of it\’s flaws is that it fails to remove the pain of all the async calls you have to make to access the device, databases, remote servers, etc. With each async call they require you to write a callback function. This approach leads to spaghetti code and everybody know it.

What is needed is a framework so that the developer doesn\’t have to write callback functions and thus the flow of the application becomes linear rather than chaotic. Both QuickConnect and PhoneGap, the first two hybrid environments, were originally were callback based but QC moved beyond that in it\’s first release back in 2008.

Both PhoneGap and QC are open source, both are free. QC is licensed under the MIT license. No other framework or library has as many features as QC for the iPhone.

You should take a look. http://www.quickconnectfamily.org

FYI – I am the writer and maintainer of QC.

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