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Dev tools · September 29, 2011

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Idea to App store in 1 month using JQuery Mobile + PhoneGap

This is a side project I made with the help of JQuery Mobile and PhoneGap. Design (1 week) Actual coding was about (2 weeks) Release to apple roller-coaster ride (1 week) Content came from my business partner. I was so worried Apple would reject the application because it's 90% javascript, but to my surprise it passed with flying colors! I ended up rewriting the app a few times because jquery mobile was so slow. I wrote it again using Zepto but it wasn't any faster. Turns out the web view in iOS uses an older version of the mobile safari, and as a result a slower javascript engine.…

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This is a side project I made with the help of JQuery Mobile and PhoneGap. Design (1 week) Actual coding was about (2 weeks) Release to apple roller-coaster ride (1 week) Content came from my business partner. I was so worried Apple would reject the application because it's 90% javascript, but to my surprise it passed with flying colors! I ended up rewriting the app a few times because jquery mobile was so slow. I wrote it again using Zepto but it wasn't any faster. Turns out the web view in iOS uses an older version of the mobile safari, and as a result a slower javascript engine. Apparently this will be corrected in the next version of iOS. After trying it on a few other devices I realized the root cause of the slowness was my 3G iphone and not jquery mobile. A hard reboot of the device made the app run smoothly. You can check it out at this link. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/astro-dating-2012/id467097635?ls=1&mt=8 or http://defyent.com/#astro-dating

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