Ben Forta's Blog - PhoneGap

Join The Windows Phone Porting Challenge

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 23:45:00 -0400

Join the Windows Phone Porting Challenge and win a Surface Pro or a Windows Phone. What's involved? Simply take your existing PhoneGap application (published in any store) and port it to Windows Phone 8. Winners to be announced at PhoneGap Day in July.

PhoneGap Day US 2013

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 21:40:00 -0400

The third annual PhoneGap Day US is coming to Portland, OR on Friday, July 19th, 2013. In addition to news, sessions, and networking, this year we've added pre-conference workshops. Registration is now open.

Topcoat Available For You To Use

Tue, 28 May 2013 16:36:00 -0400

Topcoat is Adobe's new open source CSS framework with UI components optimized for both desktop and mobile pages (and PhoneGap apps).

Building Your First PhoneGap Build App

Fri, 10 May 2013 14:50:00 -0400

Want to build a mobile app using web standards? Don Woodward shows you how in this new video Introduction to PhoneGap Build - Building your first app:

PhoneGap 2.6 Released

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 09:50:00 -0400

Title says it all, PhoneGap 2.6 has been released. Here are some details.

Check Out Flippin' Awesome

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 23:03:00 -0400

Our very own Brian Rinaldi has created Flippin' Awesome, a home for "top-notch resource for web and mobile developers publishing regular articles, tutorials and news that is cutting-edge, useful and fun". Among his initial content is a great series on Getting Started With PhoneGap Build.

Andy Trice Builds A Game In PhoneGap

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 23:08:00 -0400

Adobe evangelist Andy Trice has outdone himself this time. PhoneGap Legends is an infinitely-scrolling top-view RPG themed game that is implemented entirely in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and PhoneGap. Performance is superb, and Andy has included lots of details, videos, and source via GitHub.

Appliness March 2013 Is Out

Sat, 09 Mar 2013 23:37:00 -0400

The March 2013 issue of Appliness features an interview with W3C champion Lea Verou, as well as lots of JavaScript, jQuery, PhoneGap, and CSS goodness.

Raymond Camden On PhoneGap Config Options

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 10:20:00 -0400

Raymond Camden has been on a roll lately with his PhoneGap related posts. Last week he shared and explained some important but often overlooked Android related config.xml settings.

PhoneGap 2.4.0 Released

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 15:38:00 -0400

Seems like just a few days since I announced PhoneGap 2.3.0, but there's no slowing that team down, so here's PhoneGap 2.4.0. Shazron has shared some of the enhancements.

PhoneGap And Facebook Connect

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:46:00 -0400

PhoneGap Build now supports Facebook Connect via a new plugin, as Colene Chow explains.

Holly Schinsky On PhoneGap Build Push Notifications

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 21:43:00 -0400

Holly Schinsky is fast becoming the authority on PhoneGap push notification. Her latest post on the subject explains the new push notification plugin for PhoneGap Build.

Shazron Explains PhoneGap InAppBrowser

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 14:15:00 -0400

PhoneGap team member Shazron Abdullah has posted a brief explanation of a very important enhancement in PhoneGap 2.3.0. InAppBrowser is just that, a browser within your app, allowing you to write native code for your app shell and PhoneGap (well, HTML and JavaScript) etc. runs within it. This should make it a whole lot easier to build apps that feel more native (a real Android app menu as an example).

PhoneGap 2.3.0 Released

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 09:14:00 -0400

Title says it all. PhoneGap 2.3.0 adds support for Windows Phone 8.

Upcoming Open PhoneGap Session

Wed, 02 Jan 2013 16:51:00 -0400

Have questions about PhoneGap? Our own Raymond Camden and Andrew Trice will be hosting an online Open PhoneGap Session on January 17th. This is not a presentation. Rather, it's an open forum to ask questions about PhoneGap, PhoneGap Build, and mobile development in general. No registration required, just drop by.