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I don't know how this performs, but at first appearances, it looks pretty good. Does anyone know what the major competitors are for mobile UI libraries? I play

I don't know how this performs, but at first appearances, it looks pretty good. Does anyone know what the major competitors are for mobile UI libraries? I played around with an early version of Sencha Touch, but that's all I'm familiar with.

sunsu 15y ago
Sencha Touch 2 is in developer preview now. It has a steep learning curve but I think it is worth it.
- viscanti 15y ago
  The fixed toolbars (as well as other performance advantages) are why I initially started using Sencha Touch instead of jQuery mobile. I'm sad to see where this 1.0 release is. I've been expecting working fixed toolbars for a long time. Sencha nailed this a long time ago, and it's a basic necessity. The learning curve isn't THAT steep. Sencha Touch is well documented, and there are tons of example apps. There's a bit of a gap between the basic example apps and a full featured mobile app, but the documentation covers that all pretty well. Regardless of the learning curve, it's worth the effort for javascript mobile development. Sencha Touch 1.0 was miles ahead of this release, and 2.0 is even further ahead.
drewda 15y ago
Here are a few others: Sencha Touch: http://www.sencha.com/products/touch/ http://www.sencha.com/products/touch/ jQTouch: http://www.jqtouch.com/ http://www.jqtouch.com/ iui: http://www.iui-js.org/ http://www.iui-js.org/ Jo: http://joapp.com/ http://joapp.com/
- maccman 15y ago
  And Spine Mobile: http://spinejs.com/mobile http://spinejs.com/mobile (disclaimer - I'm the author)
  - niklas_a 15y ago
    Is it any good?
  - zmmmmm 15y ago
    Can you clarify if Spine is actually cross platform (at least to Android if not elsewhere)? A statement of such is conspicuously lacking from the web site, leading me in combination with the giant oversized iPhone pic to believe it is probably not. If it is, you could do yourself a favor and make it more clear.
  - minikomi 15y ago
    Feels snappy but the demos feel a bit incomplete.. On my phone (iOS5) the address bar not receeding in particular spoils the top two examples.
- Ecio78 15y ago
  dojoMobile: http://dojotoolkit.org/features/mobile.php http://dojotoolkit.org/features/mobile.php xUI: http://xuijs.com/ http://xuijs.com/ Zepto (i think it's done by scriptaculous creator): http://zeptojs.com/ http://zeptojs.com/ PhoneGap tools site has others too: http://phonegap.com/tools/ http://phonegap.com/tools/
jeffreymcmanus 15y ago
We attempted to do a project with jQM and dumped it in favor of Sencha. The performance just isn't there for anything but the most trivial apps. Sencha has a significantly steeper learning curve (jQM is mostly markup while Sencha apps are mostly JavaScript-generated) but performance is much better. And performance is pretty important on mobile devices.
- detour 15y ago
  Yep we came to the same conclusions for the app I'm currently working on. jQM's ease of use lends itself well to rapid prototyping but when you want build something slick, go with Sencha.
nreece 15y ago
There's a nice Mobile Frameworks Comparison Chart at http://www.markus-falk.com/mobile-frameworks-comparison-chart/ http://www.markus-falk.com/mobile-frameworks-comparison-char...

sunsu 15y ago

Sencha Touch 2 is in developer preview now. It has a steep learning curve but I think it is worth it.

viscanti 15y ago
The fixed toolbars (as well as other performance advantages) are why I initially started using Sencha Touch instead of jQuery mobile. I'm sad to see where this 1.0 release is. I've been expecting working fixed toolbars for a long time. Sencha nailed this a long time ago, and it's a basic necessity. The learning curve isn't THAT steep. Sencha Touch is well documented, and there are tons of example apps. There's a bit of a gap between the basic example apps and a full featured mobile app, but the documentation covers that all pretty well. Regardless of the learning curve, it's worth the effort for javascript mobile development. Sencha Touch 1.0 was miles ahead of this release, and 2.0 is even further ahead.

drewda 15y ago

Here are a few others: Sencha Touch: http://www.sencha.com/products/touch/ http://www.sencha.com/products/touch/ jQTouch: http://www.jqtouch.com/ http://www.jqtouch.com/ iui: http://www.iui-js.org/ http://www.iui-js.org/ Jo: http://joapp.com/ http://joapp.com/

maccman 15y ago
And Spine Mobile: http://spinejs.com/mobile http://spinejs.com/mobile (disclaimer - I'm the author)
- niklas_a 15y ago
  Is it any good?
- zmmmmm 15y ago
  Can you clarify if Spine is actually cross platform (at least to Android if not elsewhere)? A statement of such is conspicuously lacking from the web site, leading me in combination with the giant oversized iPhone pic to believe it is probably not. If it is, you could do yourself a favor and make it more clear.
- minikomi 15y ago
  Feels snappy but the demos feel a bit incomplete.. On my phone (iOS5) the address bar not receeding in particular spoils the top two examples.
Ecio78 15y ago
dojoMobile: http://dojotoolkit.org/features/mobile.php http://dojotoolkit.org/features/mobile.php xUI: http://xuijs.com/ http://xuijs.com/ Zepto (i think it's done by scriptaculous creator): http://zeptojs.com/ http://zeptojs.com/ PhoneGap tools site has others too: http://phonegap.com/tools/ http://phonegap.com/tools/

jeffreymcmanus 15y ago

We attempted to do a project with jQM and dumped it in favor of Sencha. The performance just isn't there for anything but the most trivial apps. Sencha has a significantly steeper learning curve (jQM is mostly markup while Sencha apps are mostly JavaScript-generated) but performance is much better. And performance is pretty important on mobile devices.

detour 15y ago
Yep we came to the same conclusions for the app I'm currently working on. jQM's ease of use lends itself well to rapid prototyping but when you want build something slick, go with Sencha.

nreece 15y ago

There's a nice Mobile Frameworks Comparison Chart at http://www.markus-falk.com/mobile-frameworks-comparison-chart/ http://www.markus-falk.com/mobile-frameworks-comparison-char...