This document discusses building app-like experiences without actual apps. It compares apps to webapps, noting apps are single-platform while webapps are multi-platform, and apps have full hardware access while webapps have limited access. It recommends using frameworks like iUI and jQuery Mobile to create responsive webapps that work across devices without native apps. It also provides examples of incorporating barcode scanning into webapps by linking to scanning apps on iPhone and Android platforms.

1. Building an app-like experience (without the app)3/21/11Chad HaefeleEmerging Technologies Librarian, UNC Chapel HillcHaefele@email.unc.edu

2. 10 billion!

3. App vswebappAppWebappJava, Objective CSingle platformFull hardware access(GPS, camera, etc)Can be used offlineTricky to get statsMoney!CoolHTML, CSS, JavascriptMulti-platform (maybe)Limited hardware access (GPS only)Requires web connectionStandard webstatsHard to charge forNot sexy

4. Boiled downObject OrientedVSWeb coding

5. iPhone app codehttp://dclibrarylabs.org/

6. Webapp code

7. Which is the app?

8. http://code.google.com/p/iuiiUIHelp:http://groups.google.com/group/iphonewebdev/

9. Jquery mobilehttp://jquerymobile.com/Help:http://forum.jquery.com/jquery-mobile

10. Mobile site generatorwww.hiddenpeanuts.com/msgBuilt with iUI

11. Note: Might move to Jquery Mobile soon(ish)!Barcode scanningSteal from apps via linksiPhone: pic2shoppic2shop://scan?callback=http://www.library.org/mobilecatalog.php?ISBN=EANMore info: bit.ly/pic2shopscanAndroid: Barcode Scannerhttp://zxing.appspot.com/scan?ret=http://www.library.org/mobilecatalog.php?ISBN={CODE}More info: bit.ly/zxingscan

12. Google’s App Inventor

13. Barcode scanningiPhone/iPod Touch demo (beta)

14. Barcode scanningOption 1iPhone/iPod Touch demo (beta)

15. Barcode scanningiPhone/iPod Touch demo (beta)

16. Barcode scanningiPhone/iPod Touch demo (beta)

17. Barcode scanningiPhone/iPod Touch demo (beta)

18. Barcode scanningiPhone/iPod Touch demo (beta)Option 2

19. Barcode scanningiPhone/iPod Touch demo (beta)

20. Barcode scanningiPhone/iPod Touch demo (beta)

21. Barcode scanningiPhone/iPod Touch demo (beta)

22. Thanks!?cHaefele@email.unc.eduSlides online: http://www.slideshare.net/chaefele