Building an app-like experience (without the app)
Chad HaefeleEmerging Technologies Librarian, UNC Chapel [email protected]
3/21/11
10 billion!
Java, Objective C
Single platform
Full hardware access(GPS, camera, etc)
Can be used offline
Tricky to get stats
Money!
Cool
HTML, CSS, Javascript
Multi-platform (maybe)
Limited hardware access (GPS only)
Requires web connection
Standard webstats
Hard to charge for
Not sexy
App WebappApp vs webapp
Object Oriented
Boiled down
Web coding
VS
Webapp code
Which is the app?
http://code.google.com/p/iui
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Help: http://groups.google.com/group/iphonewebdev/
iUI
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Jquery mobile
http://jquerymobile.com/
Help: http://forum.jquery.com/jquery-mobile
Mobile site generator
www.hiddenpeanuts.com/msg• Built with iUI• Note: Might move to Jquery Mobile
soon(ish)!
Barcode scanning
Steal from apps via links
iPhone: pic2shop pic2shop://scan?callback=http://
www.library.org/mobilecatalog.php?ISBN=EAN
More info: bit.ly/pic2shopscan
Android: Barcode Scanner http://zxing.appspot.com/scan?ret=http://
www.library.org/mobilecatalog.php?ISBN={CODE}
More info: bit.ly/zxingscan
Google’s App Inventor
Barcode scanning
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Barcode scanning
Option 1
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Barcode scanning
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Barcode scanning
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Barcode scanning
iPhone/iPod Touch demo (beta)
Barcode scanning
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Option 2
Barcode scanning
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Barcode scanning
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Barcode scanning
iPhone/iPod Touch demo (beta)
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