App.js: Mobile webapps made easy

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Post by tdrnd » Mon, May 26, 2014, 7:52 PM UTC

App.js: Mobile webapps made easy
code.kik.com

Re: App.js: Mobile webapps made easy

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Post by gearoidoc » Mon, May 26, 2014, 10:00 PM UTC

Looks nice but I'm just wondering what this offers above Mobile Angular.js?

Re: App.js: Mobile webapps made easy

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Post by notduncansmith » Mon, May 26, 2014, 10:07 PM UTC

Not to be confused with AppJS[0], a (recently deprecated) SDK for building native desktop apps with Node.js.

[0] https://github.com/appjs/appjs

Re: App.js: Mobile webapps made easy

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Post by joshmn » Mon, May 26, 2014, 10:16 PM UTC

gearoidoc wrote: post #2

Looks nice but I'm just wondering what this offers above Mobile Angular.js?

I'm not a Javascript guy by any means but from what it looks like this is a library whereas Mobile Angular.js is a framework.

Re: App.js: Mobile webapps made easy

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Post by gearoidoc » Mon, May 26, 2014, 10:45 PM UTC

joshmn wrote: post #4

gearoidoc wrote: post #2

Looks nice but I'm just wondering what this offers above Mobile Angular.js?

I'm not a Javascript guy by any means but from what it looks like this is a library whereas Mobile Angular.js is a framework.

Sorry, should have specified - it looks to me that Angular mobile provides a similar theme out of the box plus the awesome Angular stuff on top of it.

What I'm saying is this is like a plain donut whereas a donut with sweet, sweet toppings already exists :D

Re: App.js: Mobile webapps made easy

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Post by sehr » Mon, May 26, 2014, 10:46 PM UTC

gearoidoc wrote: post #2

Looks nice but I'm just wondering what this offers above Mobile Angular.js?

The fact that you aren't tied to a specific framework for the entirety of your app's lifetime.

Re: App.js: Mobile webapps made easy

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Post by bsenftner » Mon, May 26, 2014, 11:56 PM UTC

gearoidoc wrote: post #5

joshmn wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not a Javascript guy by any means but from what it looks like this is a library whereas Mobile Angular.js is a framework.

Sorry, should have specified - it looks to me that Angular mobile provides a similar theme out of the box plus the awesome Angular stuff on top of it. What I'm saying is this is like a plain donut whereas a donut with sweet, sweet toppings already exists :D

What if you don't like Angular's over sweetened toppings?

Re: App.js: Mobile webapps made easy

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Post by evv » Tue, May 27, 2014, 12:10 AM UTC

notduncansmith wrote: post #3

Not to be confused with AppJS[0], a (recently deprecated) SDK for building native desktop apps with Node.js. [0] https://github.com/appjs/appjs

And if you want an actively-maintained alternative, check out https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit

Re: App.js: Mobile webapps made easy

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Post by evv » Tue, May 27, 2014, 12:15 AM UTC

I would be a bigger fan if there were some included phonegap utilities & tutorials.

Famo.us is making the same mistake for some reason. Aggressively targeting mobile, with half of the toolchain missing to actually shipping mobile apps.

Not that I can blame the OP, who is likely not a SF startup with millions in funding.

Re: App.js: Mobile webapps made easy

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Post by d4m0 » Tue, May 27, 2014, 1:09 AM UTC

Offers similar functionality to http://chocolatechip-ui.com/