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I don't develop phonegap apps but I'll have a go at answering this: > I'm still confused why this matters if you are packaging your assets with the phonegap bu

I don't develop phonegap apps but I'll have a go at answering this: > I'm still confused why this matters if you are packaging your assets with the phonegap build which I would expect most people do. Ignoring download time, loading, parsing, and evaluating 250k of javascript is not free[1]. [1] http://carlos.bueno.org/2010/02/measuring-javascript-parse-and-load.html http://carlos.bueno.org/2010/02/measuring-javascript-parse-a... That article is on a desktop (well, laptop) processor. The timings on mobile are obviously higher. JS parse & load is mostly ignored on the desktop but I know I've read at least one article where a team was pulling down their JS as plain text and eval()ing it later to get their load times down.

johnbender 14y ago
I'd be interested to see the actual numbers for jqm here but I don't think the 100-150ms initial load time is a deal breaker for almost any app. Your point is well taken though, and thanks for the link.
- joemoon 14y ago
  It's more like 800-900ms. Here is a link to the jquery init time on Android: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aq_a4WNAMuCEdDdjSlhyWXJaTkQ0TVJFc1k1RzlTTlE#gid=0 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aq_a4WNAMuCEdDd... I don't recall when this kind soul made this document public, but I believe it was in a similar discussion on hacker news and I've had it bookmarked since. I have also done my own tests, and the iOS numbers are similar (depending on the device of course).