PhoneGap Build Dev Experience

PhoneGap and PhoneGap Build - the developer experience of using PG Build

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1. PhoneGap Build Developing with Andrew Lunny, PhoneGap/Adobe Thursday, 26 April, 12
2. Me @alunny Computer Scientist Nitobi Software Adobe Systems Author Thursday, 26 April, 12
3. 2007 Software Consultancy, Vancouver BC Doing most everything Thursday, 26 April, 12
4. also 2007 Thursday, 26 April, 12
5. mid 2008 Thursday, 26 April, 12
6. late 2008 iPhone then Android then BlackBerry Thursday, 26 April, 12
7. 2009 onward iOS: XCode Android: Eclipse BlackBerry: Eclipse Winphone: Visual Studio Thursday, 26 April, 12
8. 2010 build.phonegap.com Thursday, 26 April, 12
9. Thursday, 26 April, 12
10. Thursday, 26 April, 12
11. PhoneGap ‣ install native SDKs ‣ install PhoneGap ‣ write HTML, CSS, JS ‣ build native app with SDKs + PhoneGap Thursday, 26 April, 12
12. PhoneGap ‣ install native SDKs ‣ install PhoneGap ‣ write HTML, CSS, JS ‣ build native app with SDKs + PhoneGap PhoneGap Build ‣ write HTML, CSS, JS ‣ upload your code ‣ download native apps Thursday, 26 April, 12
13. 2011 Thursday, 26 April, 12
14. 2011 Thursday, 26 April, 12
15. PhoneGap Thursday, 26 April, 12
16. Thursday, 26 April, 12
17. ‣ xcode/java project ‣ platform-specific configuration and permissions ‣ icons/splash screen etc native app Thursday, 26 April, 12
18. FAILURES AHEAD Thursday, 26 April, 12
19. I don’t have a Mac adb isn’t in my path Where is my project template? How do I install ant? Thursday, 26 April, 12
20. ‣ platform-init logic ‣ loads chromeless browser ‣ loads your code main class Thursday, 26 April, 12
21. ‣ “www” directory bundled in app ‣ “index.html” opens ‣ “cordova-1.6.1.js” inserted your code Thursday, 26 April, 12
22. ‣ bridge b/w webview and native ‣ access to stock native APIs ‣ different on different platforms cordova/phonegap.js Thursday, 26 April, 12
23. FAILURES AHEAD Thursday, 26 April, 12
24. jQuery stopped working it stopped working when I upgraded this code works on Android, but not iOS Where is my JS file? Thursday, 26 April, 12
25. PhoneGap Build Thursday, 26 April, 12
26. PhoneGap Build BETA Thursday, 26 April, 12
27. ‣ native SDK finagling ‣ ambiguous JS-platform dependency ‣ very leaky abstractions point to the part that hurts Thursday, 26 April, 12
28. ‣ no native SDKs ‣ we manage the framework (JS & native) ‣ you focus on your code PhoneGap Build Thursday, 26 April, 12
29. some numbers 100000 apps 50000 users 60000 builds/week over 6 platforms Thursday, 26 April, 12
30. https://build.phonegap.com/people/sign_up Thursday, 26 April, 12
31. Thursday, 26 April, 12
32. ‣ upload an archive/index.html ‣ create a new git repository ‣ pull from a git/svn repo url creating an app Thursday, 26 April, 12
33. ‣ write your app ‣ zip it up and upload ‣ simplest way to get started upload archive or index Thursday, 26 April, 12
34. ‣ creates git@git.phonegap.com endpoint ‣ git push your private code to there create a new git repository Thursday, 26 April, 12
35. ‣ you push your code to public repo ‣ we pull it down ‣ let us know when to update pull from a git/svn repo Thursday, 26 April, 12
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38. App Configuration Thursday, 26 April, 12
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40. https://build.phonegap.com/docs/config-xml Thursday, 26 April, 12
41. Thursday, 26 April, 12
42. Code Signing Thursday, 26 April, 12
43. ‣ sign everything ‣ uses certificate and private key ‣ certificate must match profile ‣ profile must match all devices Signing on iOS Thursday, 26 April, 12
44. ‣ debug (dev) builds use generic keystore ‣ release builds use private key + keystore ‣ no device restrictions Signing on Android Thursday, 26 April, 12
45. ‣ sign everything on RIM’s servers* ‣ no device restrictions ‣ PGB: signs dev builds for you, requires cert for release builds Signing on BlackBerry *this is an insane/terrible decision Thursday, 26 April, 12
46. Thursday, 26 April, 12
47. DEMOS AHEAD Thursday, 26 April, 12