What to Use for mobile development

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What to Use for mobile development

I have to design a mobile portal that has support for support Android,BlackBerry and IPhone. Shall I use eclipse, .Net framework or something else.

I have written a test application using .net 3.5 and it renders and works well for all the required platforms (Android,BlackBerry and IPhone), so not sure what I am going to miss if I use .net.

I have written the same in .NET with no issues. The master page model seems to fit very well with mobile rendering.

Michael Krauklis 2010-01-27 14:45:57

+1 A:

Server-side language has nothing to do with how well it can serve up mobile pages. What's more important is what you're comfortable with.

Dan Herbert 2010-01-27 14:49:41

Dan - see my comment to the question. The HTML/JS generated for mobile platforms is different than one for desktops, and as such there may be assorted back-end libraries/toolsets making generating this content easier.

DVK 2010-01-27 14:54:11

@DVK HTML doesn't change from desktop to mobile, especially if you're only targeting smart phones. Android/iPhones have great JS support, and BlackBerry doesn't do too bad. .NET won't generate output that can't be rendered in all mobile platforms, however it is possible for a programmer to generate content that a mobile device can't handle. This has more to do with the programmer than the framework, however. Choose what your developers are most comfortable with. You'll be able to develop faster and with more ease and less headaches.

Dan Herbert 2010-01-27 15:21:45

@Dan - having perused web pages from the same web sites which were mobile optimized and not on my BBerry, I can authoritatively state that there's a MAJOR difference in experience. There's a difference between "can be rendered" and "is useful and usable considering device limitations" as far as user experience. Think both screen size, bandwidth and controls.

DVK 2010-01-27 15:33:27

Dan Herbert 2010-01-27 15:47:22

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