Mobile technology


Developing in the mobile space can be a daunting task for developers.  Developers must figure out which platforms they should support for their apps, purchase the hardware, and join the developer programs for each platform.   PhoneGap is an open source set of tools which enables developers to create mobile applications for multiple devices by utilizing the same code. It is a hybrid mobile application framework that allows the use of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to write applications which are based on the open standards of the web.  

  • How does the use of PhoneGap speed up development time?
  • Discuss differences between device interactions of PhoneGap and HTML5.
  • Describe some of the drawbacks from using PhoneGap.

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