I have a lot of respect for the NS Basic family of products - I remember using the NS Palm Basic maybe 10 years ago and then later reviewing the offerings for windows CE for a UK computer magazine.
Having just had a first go at using PhoneGap to package an HTML5/CSS/JavaScript app for the Android platform I would be interested in trying anything that could cut out some of the software layers in that stack or simplified the process (although I suppose I might get used to it).
<edit> I jumped in a bit too quickly there - and I have now watched the demo videos. You don't end up with (say) a .apk package for Android but you do end up with a web App that can be presented in full screen mode - neat.
Any plans to go the next step and create "native apps"?
So far, the best way is to feed the result of App Studio to PhoneGap, which can then create an apk (for Android) or an app that can be submitted to the App Store. Both of those solutions require that you download and configure the SDKs for their platforms. In the case of iOS, you'll also need to deal with the App Store.
OTOH, many apps work nicely as web apps, and it's improving all the time.
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I have a lot of respect for the NS Basic family of products - I remember using the NS Palm Basic maybe 10 years ago and then later reviewing the offerings for windows CE for a UK computer magazine.
Having just had a first go at using PhoneGap to package an HTML5/CSS/JavaScript app for the Android platform I would be interested in trying anything that could cut out some of the software layers in that stack or simplified the process (although I suppose I might get used to it).
<edit> I jumped in a bit too quickly there - and I have now watched the demo videos. You don't end up with (say) a .apk package for Android but you do end up with a web App that can be presented in full screen mode - neat.
Any plans to go the next step and create "native apps"?
So far, the best way is to feed the result of App Studio to PhoneGap, which can then create an apk (for Android) or an app that can be submitted to the App Store. Both of those solutions require that you download and configure the SDKs for their platforms. In the case of iOS, you'll also need to deal with the App Store.
OTOH, many apps work nicely as web apps, and it's improving all the time.