- hi
by profession i'm a php applications developer, working mainly on integration solutions.
i bought a playbook just over a week ago, and love it, i am glad i chose it over the ipad. within hours of buying mine, i had the webworks for tablet os sdk downloaded, and have since read it cover to cover.
i'm starting off with a relatively simple app, but before i started planning my app, does anyone have any tips or pointers of things to be aware of. similarly, if anyone has any suggestions on what app i should build, they are also welcome.
thanks!09-01-11 01:24 AMLike 0 - Welcome! have you registered over at the official Blackberry developer forums too? Lots of good and useful info there. I, myself, can't offer any pointers,but there is one app I have really wanted since the Playbook launched. Its really a simple app, but on my iPid touch I had an app called SpaceGeek. I lived the layout of the app, it was basically just news feeds from popular Space news sites, and my favorite feature was the built in live NASATV stream and the Image of the Day/Image Gallery. Here are some screenshots because I am horrible at descriptions...just so u know what i am trying to describe.
Anyway, just throwing that out there.
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com09-01-11 01:55 AMLike 0 - Hi Bud
That looks like an ideal first app, simple enough to be achieved, but engaging enough to keep me interested!
I used to be a bit of a space geek but let it lapse, so this would be a nice first project! Thanks for the screen grabs, appreciate it. Will let you know as soon as I start production, and if the process is simple enough, will port it to the blackberry handsets too :-)
Thanks again
Ste09-01-11 07:59 AMLike 0 - Some pointers from a fellow WebWorks developer:
- While it's tempting to use a framework like jQuery Mobile, if you value UI responsiveness you'll probably want to abstain. The performance is less than stellar.
- Hardware acceleration of CSS3 transitions (currently a bit buggy) will help a lot, so make use of them.
- The Web and WebWorks Development forum on blackberry.com is very useful when you've got questions.
I build all of my apps out of personal need - I built Lemma because there wasn't a Twitter client that functioned exactly in the manner I wanted. What do you want to do with your PlayBook but can't currently?09-01-11 08:52 AMLike 0 - Back to the Future - somehow your reply to the thread appears before the initial inquiry!!! The pb is amazing. Now if only rim could somehow manage that trick with the pb - make it something at release it was not!09-01-11 09:54 AMLike 0
- Some pointers from a fellow WebWorks developer:
- While it's tempting to use a framework like jQuery Mobile, if you value UI responsiveness you'll probably want to abstain. The performance is less than stellar.
- Hardware acceleration of CSS3 transitions (currently a bit buggy) will help a lot, so make use of them.
- The Web and WebWorks Development forum on blackberry.com is very useful when you've got questions.
I build all of my apps out of personal need - I built Lemma because there wasn't a Twitter client that functioned exactly in the manner I wanted. What do you want to do with your PlayBook but can't currently?
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com09-01-11 10:07 AMLike 0 - Hi Bud
That looks like an ideal first app, simple enough to be achieved, but engaging enough to keep me interested!
I used to be a bit of a space geek but let it lapse, so this would be a nice first project! Thanks for the screen grabs, appreciate it. Will let you know as soon as I start production, and if the process is simple enough, will port it to the blackberry handsets too :-)
Thanks again
Ste
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com09-01-11 10:09 AMLike 0 -
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Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com09-01-11 11:13 AMLike 0 - Hi guys
After reading your comments, and doing a little bit of research, we're going to press on with this at the weekend.
As we've got hardware acceleration on CSS3 animations, me and the interface designer who will also be working on this project are thinking an animated starscape in the background, with clear concise navigation upon opening.
We're really excited about working on this, looking forward to it! Thanks again all for your input and advice, its a big help! Will keep this thread updated with progress!
Ste09-02-11 07:45 AMLike 0
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