NYCPHP Meetup

[Chris Snyder]

2010/12/2 Peter Sawczynec <ps at blu-studio.com>:

> I'm just making a general call for you to share any info/war story/opinion
> regarding any tools/IDEs/projects/classes/functions involving/not involving
> PHP or how you have used server-side PHP-based technology in any combination
> with others tools/languages to create:

PHP works just as well with html5 as it did with html4 and xml. Build
for the mobile web first, and then if necessary drop the assets into
PhoneGap for a native app. It's like progressive enhancement on
steroids.

The biggest pain for me in transitioning to mobile web is figuring out
how to deal with a wide variety of screen sizes, and wrapping my head
around width vs device width. PPK's quirksmode.org has been essential:
http://www.quirksmode.org/blog/archives/2010/04/a_pixel_is_not.html

Obviously there are things that you can't do with mobile web that you
can do native, but the ability to write once, run everywhere and use
your existing toolset can give you a big advantage over those stuck in
the native SDKs.