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The great thing about webOS is that it's all HTML5 and CSS based, even the apps. For their mobile devices they choose to run a Linux kernel on the hardware but
by mahrain 16y ago
The great thing about webOS is that it's all HTML5 and CSS based, even the apps. For their mobile devices they choose to run a Linux kernel on the hardware but in principle it doesn't matter what the kernel is, as long as they have some way to show the apps.
- camiller 16y agoWell, to start off with the initial SDK was just HTML5 and CSS. Later the PDK was released to enable actual native level coding, most of the higher end apps are PDK apps. As a side note, the original iPhone was also all web technology based. It wasn't until a year or so later that a native SDK became available.
- ryanwatkins 16y agoI'd say the "higher end game apps" are PDK apps, often because they're just porting existing iOS code. They have no need for the HTML UI. With OS 2.x there are now options for hybrid apps as well - native code, but HTML UI. And the option to do backend work as node.js based services. Essentially they've got a great mixed model depending on what you want to build. All HTML/JS in the app. Or abstract backend services but still code in js (node.js). Or ditch all that and write a native code app with its own custom UI. Or write a native code plugin with HTML UI.