This document outlines an agenda for a workshop on developing apps with Apache Cordova. The workshop will include an introduction to Apache Cordova, following a Cordova tutorial, and building a sample app. Cordova allows developing cross-platform native apps with web technologies like HTML and JavaScript. It combines native and web capabilities by wrapping web content in a native container. Popular companies use Cordova to build apps that work across platforms like iOS, Android and Windows.

1. OPENSHIFT
Workshop
PRESENTED
BY
Shekhar
Gulati
Developing Great Apps with
PhoneGap / Apache Cordova

2. l Apache
Cordova
Introduc1on
l Follow
Apache
Cordova
workshop
tutorial
l h"ps://github.com/shekhargula5/cordova-­‐workshop
AGENDA

3. Modern
Web
Applica5on

4. Apache
Cordova
• Free,
open-­‐source
framework
for
building
cross-­‐pla>orm
na1ve
applica1ons
using
HTML5.
• Combines
na1ve
and
web
applica1on
technologies
to
provide
a
simple
way
to
build
cross
pla>orm
applica1ons.
This
is
also
called
Hybrid
applica1on.
• Extensible.
You
can
write
plugins
for
func1onali1es
not
available
in
Cordova.

5. Timeline
• Nitobi
developed
Mobile
development
framework
called
PhoneGap
• Adobe
acquired
Nitobi(company
behind
PhoneGap)
in
October
2011
• Adobe
contributed
PhoneGap
to
Apache
• Open
source
version
is
called
Apache
Cordova
• PhoneGap
is
Adobe
implementa1on
of
open
source
Apache
Cordova.

6. PhoneGap
vs
Apache
Cordova
• PhoneGap
is
an
implementa1on
of
Cordova.
It
is
also
open
source
• Tightly
integrates
with
Adobe
product
• Adobe
will
offer
paid
services
on
top
of
open
source
project
• PhoneGap
also
has
different
command-­‐line
tool

7. What
Apache
Cordova
is
Not?
• It
is
not
a
framework
that
provides
you
CSS
and
JavaScript
libraries
required
to
design
your
applica1on.
• As
a
web/mobile
developer
you
have
to
decide
your
stack.
Anything
a
developer
can
do
in
web
app
hosted
on
server
can
also
be
done
in
Cordova.
Possible
combina1ons
• HTML
5
+
jQuery
+
jQuery
Mobile
• HTML
5
+
jQuery
+
Backbone
+
Twi[er
Bootstrap
• HTML
5
+
jQuery
+
Backbone
+
Topcoat
• HTML
5
+
Sencha
touch
• ….

8. Why
not
only
use
HTML
5?
• Access
to
na1ve
capabili1es
above
and
beyond
available
in
browser.
• Many
mobile
applica1ons
need
to
do
more
than
HTML.
You
need
access
to
device
APIs
like
contacts,
camera,
etc.

9. Cordova
components
• Pla>orm
specific
na1ve
applica1on
container.
The
container
renders
the
HTML
5
applica1on
on
the
device.
• JavaScript
API
to
access
na1ve
device
capabili1es
• Tools
to
manage
the
process
of
applica1on
crea1on,
plugins,
build
the
applica1ons,
tes1ng
on
emulators
and
real
devices.

10. Cordova
Applica5on
Anatomy

11. PlaIorm
Support

12. Who’s
using
it

13. Workshop
Time
Download
h"p://bit.ly/cordova-­‐workshop

14. QUESTIONS?

15. DONE!