[aerogear-dev] AeroGear project structure and the website

[Hylke Bons]

On 04/03/2014 16:29, Lee Graham wrote:
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>     *From: *"Hylke Bons" <hbons at redhat.com>
>     *To: *aerogear-dev at lists.jboss.org
>     *Sent: *Tuesday, February 25, 2014 12:43:27 PM
>     *Subject: *Re: [aerogear-dev] AeroGear project structure and the
>     website
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>     On 24/02/2014 14:50, Lee Graham wrote:
>     > So If I'm a Cordova developer and I want to learn how-to setup
>     > UnifiedPush Server and integrate Push within my hybrid app I don't
>     > care about the native Android & iOS libraries, guides, etc.. I just
>     > want everything that is relevant to hybrid apps. I actually ran
>     into
>     > this exact issue this last weekend when I created my first push
>     > notification app. Its hard to keep track of what guides and sample
>     > code I needed. This may solve that. I kind of like the way
>     > http://devcenter.kinvey.com/ does this. When I first go there it
>     > allows me to select my dev platform and it sets a cookie so when I
>     > come back its still on that platform. I can swap at any time,
>     but as a
>     > developer I really liked the Kinvey experience because I could find
>     > what I needed. Nothing more nothing less.
>
>     Cordova is a bit of a special case. Apart from a mention that
>     Cordova is
>     a supported platform on the front page, I'm not quite if we should
>     have
>     it as a mention for every feature, as we already have Javascript
>     there.
>
>     We need to find out how Corodova developers normally go about picking
>     libraries that they want to use. I assume they can use any Javascript
>     library? Perhaps we just add a note to the download page that for use
>     with Cordova you case use the Javascript library and download a
>     native
>     plugin if needed.
>
> Makes sense to me. I think the current site does confuse me a bit... 
> what's the difference between Web/JavaScript and Hybrid/Cordova. If we 
> are using the same exact code (aerogear.js) then my first thought is 
> just to combine that under JavaScript (which I think is your 
> suggestion?). If the code is similar, but different between Web and 
> Hybrid then it may be useful to clearly define the differences.
>
> As a Cordova developer, I'm not a hardcore Java or Objective-C 
> developer. So my first thought is to find a plugin. If that doesn't 
> exist, I'm looking for JavaScript. I want the fastest route (aka the 
> least amount of coding) to integrating 3rd party tools and making it 
> work for both Android and iOS apps.
>
> Example 1: AeroGear push notification, I used the plugin.
>
> Example 2: Count.ly mobile analytics, I use the community Countly SDK 
> JS because there is no plugin: https://github.com/Countly/countly-sdk-js
>
> I hope this helps. I do really love the new look and feel of the 
> mockups. Very clean!

Thanks Lee, that's a useful feedback. I'll have a look at more sites 
that have a Cordova offering.

Hylke


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