What are the best tools to develop mobile web applications in different mobile Operating Systems.??

Question

Hi.,

As We are planning to develop mobile web application(aka, widget) for our e-commerce store. These applications should be downloaded and do start shopping "on-demand".

As there are different mobile Operating Systems. As I am seeing there are 5 major OS to develop my storefront mobile version. 1) Symbian S60 2) Iphone 3) Windows CE 4) Android 5) Blackberry

My Questions: 1) Is there any common framework which support to develop for all operating systems? 2) If not, What are the industry best tool set to develop web storefront for above mentioned OSs?

Any reply will be appreciated.

Thanks in advance, Kumaraswamy. Nandipati

Answer 1

I would use Mono , it supports Iphone, andriod and some Nokia phones ( I dont know what OS those Nokia phones use). I dont see them listing Windows Mobile, but on windows mobile you can use the offical .NET Compact framework, and you should be able to share code between the 2 frameworks.

Mono has a tool to check if your currect code can be migrated ( MoMA ) so you should be ablet to check your code written in .NET Compact framework to see for compatebility very simply.

Or you can use what others have posted on this site called: http://phonegap.com

PhoneGap is an open source development tool for building fast, easy mobile apps with JavaScript.

If you’re a web developer who wants to build mobile applications in HTML and JavaScript while still taking advantage of the core features in the iPhone, Android and Blackberry SDKs, PhoneGap is for you.

Answer 2

I would also look into a company called MotherApp (http://www.motherapp.com) as they have recently launched with a system that will turn HTML and JavaScript into applications for iPhone, Android, Blackberry and Windows Mobile with even more to come.