In a previous post, I provided a simple example of rendering an HTML list view using Backbone.js and jQuery Mobile. The code from that example ended up rendering a list like this: Notice that the list is presented in the order that came from the JSON. Also, when items are added to the list, they … Read More
If you are working on a JavaScript heavy application (think jQuery Mobile, etc.), you probably will want to look at some JavaScript libraries to help add structure, consistency and convenience to your applications. One of the JavaScript libraries I’ve used lately is Backbone.js. To quote Backbone themselves, it provides “models with key-value binding and custom … Read More
I can’t believe it is a month since our last post. Vacation got in the way, but our consultants have been blogging on various topics. There is some catching up to do over the next week. New to the blogsphere is John Shepard. John recently posted around JQuery ad HTML5, and what he has been … Read More
This is a “reprint” of a guest blog post on the PhoneGap blog, by our resident PhoneGap expert, Hiedi Utley. Hiedi tackles debugging JavaScript on PhoneGap. If you have ever written any JavaScript and tried to get it working on a mobile phone then spent hours banging your head against the wall because it just … Read More
Here’s why they do attend – for learning, for new ideas, for meeting peers By Todd R. Weiss PHILADELPHIA – Almost 500 attendees from all over the U.S., and some from as far away as India and Sweden, are here at the 6th annual Emerging Technologies for the Enterprise Conference (ETE). What attracted them to … Read More
Design expert: Pay attention to the new rules of designing for touchscreens By Todd R. Weiss PHILADELPHIA – As software developers design how the next generations of apps will look and work, they need to transform their ideas about how to best put useful content on the shrinking device screens being used by consumers. That’s … Read More
By Todd R. Weiss In the next two days, prepare to be inspired, educated, challenged, informed and entertained by a cast of diverse IT experts who are here to share their insights and experiences on a wide swath of software development topics. I’m technology journalist Todd R. Weiss, and I’m a regular contributor to Computerworld, … Read More
This is the last of the series Hiedi Utley has written on PhoneGap. I hope you have found the series helpful. We hope to have more of this type of blog post in the future to help with developing mobile applications. How to Create Your Own PhoneGap Plugin Today’s topic is about creating your own … Read More
Here is the third installment of Hiedi Utley’s series on PhoneGap. We hope you are finding this series helpful as you learn more about developing for mobile applications. Extending the PhoneGap API If you’ve had a chance to play with PhoneGap a bit, chances are you have wanted it to do something that it doesn’t … Read More
The next installment of Kevin Griffin’s blog on Mobile Design. Cognitive Effort. In this installment of my thoughts on mobile design, I thought we would take a look at the concept of ‘cognitive effort’. I think I first heard that term used in reference to design from William Van Hecke (@fetjuel) when he spoke at … Read More
