The last time I remember not being able to find a suitable framework from which to build a website off of was around 2000. I find myself with that feeling again with mobile development. I have tried multiple libraries, each with their pros and cons. I recently decided to dive into Sencha touch to see [...]
Posted December 29, 2011, 10:43 pm in jQuery, jQuery Mobile, Sencha Touch
Anytime we start a mobile project, we always look for ways to use jQuery. I don’t think I need to explain the awesomeness that is jQuery, but I wanted to write this blog post to discuss how we are using jQuery for mobile and offer up a few recommendations, even though their recent deletion of [...]
Posted December 9, 2011, 11:59 am in jQuery Mobile, Mobile
JQM Includes 5 Themes As of JQM alpha release 4.1, there are 5 themes included with the library. Currently there is no ThemeRoller for JQM, so in order to create additional themes you have to edit the jQuery Mobile CSS. The easiest way to do this is to copy all the styling from the theme [...]
Posted May 4, 2011, 6:56 pm in jQuery Mobile, Mobile Themes
After weeks of playing around with jQuery Mobile and Android, I was unable to get the swipe functionality to perform properly. There is always a delay on the swipe action before anything is actually triggered. I also tried the Sencha Touch library, which performed slightly better, but still not proper. This leads me to believe [...]
Posted May 3, 2011, 4:37 pm in jQuery Mobile
There have been countless amazing applications that have been developed based on the jQuery framework. When I read that jQuery released their mobile framework, I thought to myself, this could be the start of something amazing. At first glance, the UI is simply breathtaking. On a mobile phone, their new framework looks fantastic. Specifically, on [...]
Posted November 23, 2010, 9:33 pm in jQuery Mobile