how to make web application?

Question

I want to implement web application using xcode?is it possible?if yes then then please advicse me?

example:http://pinoypay.com/iphone/

Answer 1

XCode is an IDE. You can use it to build a web application but you must use some kind of web application framework in the first place.

Answer 2

While I have no personal experience with it I think you are looking for Dashcode rather than Xcode for developing web applications such as the one you linked.

It's located in /Developer/Applications/Dashcode after installing the developer tools.

You can read more about using Dashcode to develop web applications in the Dashcode User Guide.

Answer 3

Is it possible? Yes.

Is it convenient or pleasant? No.

I'm sorry but from the question, it appears you are trying to run before you can walk. Or possibly even crawl.

XCode is not required to build an iPhone styled website, only to write an iPhone application. You would be better off starting with some HTML-CSS tutorials.

Answer 4

The best option is to use one of the frameworks becoming available and maturing. In the first instance as has been said look at Dashcode, particularly the latest release as this has templates for web based apps and will actually generate the code for dual, Browser and iPhone app so the resultant code will function in both. The there are a number of third party solutions of varying quality, ease of use and documentation. In no particular order there is:

IUI library

webapp

iWebkit

jqtouch (this is jquery based)

phone-universal

quickconnect (which has large parts of an OReilly book devoted to it)

All of these give you the javascript and the css to make a web app look and feel and act like a native iPhone app (to one degree or another).

Dashcode is excellent for some solutions as it gives you access to all the Apple tools and has reasonable IDE. The result then runs on a normal web server.

Quickconnect actually has Dashcode templates which you load into Dashcode and build the first part of the app in, then this is exported and imported into Xcode and you completed the project in Xcode and deliver it as a Web App for the iPhone.

Thee other frameworks can be used and developed with any tools, Textmate, Eclipse etc. and the resulting code it then run on a normal web servers