Presentation by Steve Gill / @stevesgill

Overview

PhoneGap is a free open source framework that allows developers to create cross-platform mobile applications using html, javascript and css

• Content is displayed on a webview
• Use javascript to native bridge to access native features
• PhoneGap API is based on web standards
• Apps are Hybrid (part native/part web)
• Great plugin support for extending the platform
• Reuse code accross platforms

Supported Platforms

• iOS & OSX
• Android (All devices)
• Blackberry 10
• Windows Phone & Windows 8
• Firefox OS (upcoming)

Apache Cordova

PhoneGap is a distribution of Apache Cordova

Has contributors from Google, IBM, RIM, Microsoft, Intel, Mozilla and more

PhoneGap 3.0

With PhoneGap 3.0, all of our APIs have been ripped into plugins and we have introduced the new workflow for managing your PhoneGap/Cordova apps.

Plugins

• All of our APIs are now plugins
• Create new plugins to extend capabilities of PhoneGap
• Lots of community plugins to choose from
• Soon releasing an online registry of plugins (plugins.cordova.io)

PhoneGap Build

Package mobile apps in the cloud

PhoneGap Build

• Upload your PG app to create binary for distribution
• QR code to download app right onto device
• Supports pre-approved plugins
• Apart of the Adobe Creative Cloud

Quick Demo of Build

The PhoneGap CLI

(Command-Line Interface)

Our new command-line tool to develop apps for multiple platforms.

Installation

phonegap

corodva

corodova-cli vs phonegap-cli

phonegap-cli :

- require('cordova-cli')

- require('phonegap-build-cli')

CLI Demo

Plugins

Easy right?

Useful Links

• Adobe PhoneGap (phonegap.com)
• Adobe PhoneGap Build (build.phonegap.com)
• Apache Cordova (cordova.io)
• Documentation(docs.phonegap.com)
• Cordova Wiki (wiki.cordova.io)

THE END

Questions?

By Steve Gill