JavaScript Frameworks Session Resources – Adobe MAX 2013
If you attended our JavaScript Frameworks session at Adobe MAX 2013 and would like the session resources, you can find them here: 1) The presentation slides 2) The AngularJS sample Wine Cellar application 3) The Ember.js sample Wine Cellar application Also see Christophe’s blog for the links to his github account where you can find [...]
Fun with AngularJS!
ecently AngularJS, an MVC style JavaScript framework from Google, has been gaining more momentum. I’ve been curious about it for awhile and when I read this article recently, I decided it was finally time to give it a whirl. I was pleasantly surprised with what I found. I first watched these two videos by John [...]
Push Notifications Plugin Support added to PhoneGap Build
I’m happy to post today there is now support for a generic push notifications plugin for PhoneGap Build. The new plugin is called PushPlugin and works for both iOS and Android push notifications. The iOS support is based on the Apple Push Notifications Service (APNS) and the Android support is based on Google Cloud Messaging [...]
Introducing Adobe TechLive!
Our team has been busy working on a new initiative called Adobe TechLive, a place where we’ll be hosting interactive online webinars on various topics. Some upcoming topics include Adobe’s Create the Web tour introducing Adobe’s latest new tools and web technologies, a PhoneGap Open Session where you can come to get your questions answered [...]
Geo-based Push Notifications with PhoneGap and Pushwoosh
Recently I blogged about sending push notifications via the Pushwoosh service and specifically with PhoneGap applications. While working with the service I noticed it had something built in for setting up geozones for your push notifications (aka: geofencing). If you’re not familiar with this term, it’s basically the ability to send push notifications to a [...]
Easy PhoneGap Push Notifications with Pushwoosh
I recently posted regarding the use of Push Notifications on both iOS and Android with PhoneGap. Both of those addressed sending push notifications from a general 3rd party server where you write the server side push code. However, there are many services out there you can leverage for sending push notifications as well and this [...]
Tutorial: Android Push Notifications with PhoneGap
My last post covered push notifications with PhoneGap on Apple devices, but I also wanted to cover push notifications with PhoneGap on Android for those developing cross platform applications. I found that I was able to get my notifications working much faster on Android comparatively. Google Cloud Messaging Android push notifications are available via the [...]
Tutorial: Apple Push Notifications with PhoneGap – Part 1
This is part 1 of a new series to help explain how to set up and use Apple Push Notifications (APNs) in your mobile applications. Push notifications are different than local notifications in that they are coming from a 3rd party server to inform the user of something, versus a local notification which is scheduled [...]
Cross-Platform PhoneGap (aka Cordova) Project Templates in a Jiffy!
Often times half the battle to getting started with cross platform development is getting set up. I’ve blogged about this often times before, but now there’s a helpful new tool available from our Adobe engineers to help you set up a cross-platform project template quickly! The tool is called cordova-client, and it allows you to [...]
Styling your App with Twitter Bootstrap
Twitter Bootstrap is an open source toolkit to help you create visually pleasing interfaces for your web and mobile apps quickly. According to this article it’s the most watched and forked repository in GitHub. A couple of developers that work for Twitter wrote the framework (hence the name), you can follow them on twitter at [...]
Apache Flex 4.8.0 Released!
In case you haven’t heard the news yet, the Apache Flex team just delivered their first release, Apache Flex 4.8.0! Though it’s just a parity release (no new features yet), this is a major milestone for the team and validates the strength of the community and the dedicated Adobe folks coming together and proving they [...]
Fast PhoneGap Development for Android with AppLaud
At PhoneGap Day last week I saw a demo showing the AppLaud Eclipse plugin by Mobile Developer Solutions (MDS), a plugin for creating PhoneGap templates to make your PhoneGap/Cordova for Android development fast and easy. I found it particularly interesting as I had discovered this pain point myself and been trying to address it with [...]
Adobe Shadow – Inspect/Debug your Mobile Web Content
Adobe Shadow is a great new tool from Adobe that allows developers to design and develop their mobile web content quickly by providing a way to inspect and debug from their desktops wirelessly and synchronously across multiple devices. It essentially allows a developer to browse web content on their desktops and see that same content [...]
PhoneGap and iOS – www folder creation tip
When building your first PhoneGap (aka Cordova) project using XCode, there’s something to be aware of that could potentially cause confusion so I wanted to address it quickly with a post. First of all, to get started with PhoneGap and iOS, you can follow the detailed instructions here. This post is meant to supplement these [...]
PhoneGap for Flex/AIR Mobile Developers
If you’re a Flex/AIR developer or any developer focused on mobile for that matter, I believe it’s worth your while to spend some time reading this first post in a series of posts I will be writing on using PhoneGap (aka Cordova) for building mobile apps. It’s another great technology choice for rapid cross-platform mobile [...]
May Meetups! Building Real Mobile Apps with HTML/JS/PhoneGap
We will be doing a couple of presentations here in Florida on building mobile applications with HTML/JS and PhoneGap that you will not want to miss if you’re anywhere near the area. Christophe Coenraets, Greg Wilson and myself will be presenting two 3 hour workshops in Orlando and Tampa on May 8th and 9th respectively. [...]
