I want to make app like zipgrade for my school project. This app works with server but i want to make it works locally. I found some apps about OMR written by python. I found a framework kivy for making android app but this framework has bad frontend contents. I want to make it with good frontend. Which language is best for making app like i said? My first priority for this project, it needs to work locally. Thanks for advices.
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I dived into this new subject Electron few months back. I'm a PHP developer, but after going through many articles on web I'm learning nodejs, express through online resources.
Could anyone here suggest me, what exactly I need to focus on. I'm really interested in making a Electron app with routing, CRUD, sessions etc.
Please suggest, your help will save me a lot of time
Electron itself uses HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for the interface, with Node.JS for powering the background app stuff like opening windows, and keeping the app alive. For online interactivity, it can use any proper web server you want, be it PHP powered, an NGINX static site, or Express as you mentioned, or even use none at all - being a purely offline app.
We are considering development of a web app using ReactJS (probably, we will use npm's create-react-app feature). Also, we are thinking if it will be possible in future to easily transform the web app to a desktop application using Electron. Since we have no experience with both technologies, we like to ask about this combination, whether it is a good option, and if it is possible to turn a React web app into a desktop Electron-powered app.
I was googling any working tutorial how to build an app using both technologies but no one worked for me.
So, to sum up, is it good choice to start developing a web app with React when we would like to have the opportunity to transform it into a desktop application built with Electron? If not, are there any better technologies?
You should look into how exactly your solutions are built, instead of focusing on the technology itself. If your team builds your backend with this in mind, you can create APIs that your clients(React Web App, Electron Desktop App) can connect to.
To answer the question: No, it is not a good choice to begin development of your web app project without considering future implications of your design. Focus your time on how your backend talks to your front end.
Moreover, ReactJS is only a front end library, you can use it with Electron, Check out some GitHub Hug Repos like: Re-Electron , React-Electron-Starter, Electron-React
I am a first year "computer programmer" college student and I got an internship where I was asked to develop a simple cross platform mobile app. Nothing too complex, consists in a login screen, then a screen with a form where I'm using jQuery UI autocomplete to get some info from the DB, a select box, datepicker and a text area. The other screen is just a table with information with the current day, week and month records of whoever is logged in.
I am using HTML5 and CSS for the front-end and php with Codeigniter to connect to mySQL DB.
The question is: I intend to use phonegap to turn it into a hybrid mobile app. Would you consider this a good approach? Or would it be worth it to delay the project a little more and learn how to do it using Ionic framework for the front-end and learn how to use node.js to connect with the database? Also I could use Ionic for front-end so it feels more like a native app and still use Codeigniter to connect to my server. I'd love to read your opinions and suggestions on this.
Thanks in advance.
I would highly recommend using Ionic for the app, you get a lot of stuff right out of the box that you will otherwise have to figure out your self.
Getting started with ionic is as easy as writing 'ionic start' and choosing a name for your project and a template to start from.
Depending on you level of web development skills you could really quickly end up with a app of spaghetti code without some kind of framework to set up some guidelines on how to structure your project.
As for the backend I will recommend you to use what ever you feel the most comfortable with as long as it easily can expose the REST endpoints you need.
Lucas Berte Schoenardie,
Since jquery mobile is not updated last two years so it will be better to choice IONIC which is using AngularJS (Google product) and App with Ionic is more native than PhoneGap( using jquery).
This reference on StockOverFlow may help you to take appropriate decision.
Thank you!
I ran into http://maker.github.com/ratchet
As I see this is for prototyping and not actual production frontend for mobile.
Sorry for the stupid question, but is ratchet for a production website or just for pretending to have a mobile app?
Why would it be only for prototyping? There are lots of scenarios where you would want a web app that mimicks a native one in production, without ever planning to build a native version.
For starters, production time is much lower when you can use html/javascript instead of Objective C, you can develop on any platform, skip the hassle of App Store approval and most functionality for non-timecritical apps is available as a web app. If you decide on going "real app" later you can wrap your web app in Phonegap and release it through the app store.
Okay, so I'm running a Rails 3.1 app hosted on engine yard. I'd like to create a native iOS app which will run off the same database as the web app.
However, where the web app supports full CRUD, I only want to be able to do two things with the app:
Fetch data from the database [eg: MP3 Names]
Play the MP3s within the app.
Any suggestions of frameworks from anyone? :) It'd be much appreciated.
If you intend on building out the app more, I'd take a look at RestKit. It has some great stuff included to help cache data on the iphone and synch between iOS and the Rails app.
If you aren't planning on things getting more complicated than what you have described above, you may be better off using something a little more lightweight check out RestClient or LRResty