Many moons ago I blogged about a proof of concept I built that allowed you to view Edge Inspect screen shots via a nice web interface. This was built in Node using the Express framework. I've finally gotten around to doing some updates to it as well as pushing it up to Github.
If you are a PhoneGap users, hopefully you know about the various aspects of the Notification API. The Notification API allows for visual, audio, and tactile notifications. In this post I want to focus on the visual notifications and how they differ from the built in web view notifications.
For those who attended my PhoneGap presentation earlier this week (or those who just want to hear the sound of my silky-smooth almost Billy Dee Williams voice) you can view the recording at the URL below. Note that if you did not register for the event you will be asked to register before you can view it. To be clear, this is free.
http://w.on24.com/r.htm?e=582941&s=1&k=A3BCF648B71580CC093EF1264D5D27B1
For folks who want a copy of the demos I used, you can get the source code and the slide deck here: https://github.com/cfjedimaster/Introduction-to-PhoneGap
As always, thank you to everyone who showed up (apparently near 900) and I hope you enjoyed it.
Earlier today I was happy to hear that PhoneGap 2.7 was released. While perusing the changelist, I thought I read that progress events for file transfers were added in this release. However, I was wrong. FileTransfer has supported a progress event for a few months now. But since I figured this out while halfway through a demo, I figured I'd finish it up anyway and share it on my blog.
I'm currently working on my MAX Advanced PhoneGap Build presentation (wait, scratch that, of course I'm done already, I mean, who waits to the last minute???) and ran into an interesting issue. Using a splash screen is rather easy via the PhoneGap Build config.xml file.
On Tuesday, April 30th, I'll be giving a free, online presentation about PhoneGap as a preview of my Fluent 2013 presentation in San Francisco next month. This presentation will be your basic "What the frak is PhoneGap"-type presentation, but if you are looking for a chance to get introduced to the product, please join me.
Developing Mobile Applications with PhoneGap
(Wow - I need to update my bio there. Apparently I'm still an independent contractor focused on ColdFusion.)
Miss my presentation last week? You can watch the recording below. If you would like the slide deck or any code samples from what I demonstrated, just ask.
http://seminars.adobeconnect.com/p8cm5w6pyyx/
As always, if you have any questions, just let me know. If you have any suggestions, let me know as well.
Today I decided to try out the Google Analytics plugin with PhoneGap, and more specifically, PhoneGap Build. It is one of the plugins supported by PhoneGap Build and being somewhat of a data nerd, I was curious to see how well it worked. Unfortunately, my "quick little experiment" turned out pretty horrid so I thought I'd write up my experiences to help others avoid the same mistakes I made.
This Friday, March 29th, I'll be giving an "Ask a Pro" online webinar on PhoneGap Build. I'll be talking about the site and demonstrating how to use it -- both by itself, and with Dreamweaver CS6 and Edge Code. To attend, simply register at the link below.
Building Mobile Apps with Adobe PhoneGap Build
Lately I've been thinking more about how to make my PhoneGap applications more robust. By robust, I'm not necessarily talking about performance. While that is important (see my coworker's excellent blog post on the topic: Performance & UX Considerations For Successful PhoneGap Apps), I'm thinking more about the general stability of the application as a whole. This is especially important for applications that need, or desire, data only available on the network. How you handle network conditions is just as important as how you handle the UX and performance of your application. (Well, that may be up to debate. :) In this blog post I'm going to share some thoughts and examples of what I mean by this and - as always - I look forward to your comments, suggestions, and corrections.