LiquidGear

[Giraldo Rosales]

Is there still development going on with Big5? I haven't seen any updates in the SVN. Hopefully this new framework, LiquidGear, may help move it forward again. I know some of you may be on the PhoneGap list which now seems to be moving a bit quicker on development. You can take a look at LiquidGear at: http://liquidgear.googlecode.com

Some of the differences that were changed/added in LiquidGear to make programming the JS easier:

    * It removes all the NIB files which are not needed.
    * Adds the use of the jQuery events and listeners for a more object oriented structure.
    * Parameters in the "gap" calls are optional and can be in any order.
    * More information is provided in the calls (such as GPS, contacts, etc).

Let me know your thoughts!
Thanks!
-Giraldo

[Dirk Holtwick]

Hi Giraldo,

Big Five is not dead but you are right the development has not been
very intensive ;) The Big Five App is in the AppStore since a few
weeks and I am working on a new release. The planning is to make it
even unnecessary for developers to use XCode for their projects. Hope
this will not be rejected by Apple, we'll see.

I personally have been a little absent from the list, because I moved
into a new apartment and it took a while to get all systems running
again and find some time. Hope to answer all open threads soon.

I had a short look at LiquidGear and it looks very cool. It has the
modularization Big Five still needs and the code looks nice and clean.
Did you have a look at the new Javascript API of Big Five? http://www.big5apps.com/api
Maybe this can be useful for you. But if you like we could also
share our efforts under the MIT License and work together on a code
base.

Of course also other interested developers are very welcome to join
the project.

Cheers,
Dirk

[Giraldo Rosales]

Was actually using Big5 for development while experimenting with the concept of a web app. Liked it very much. I believe it even had the call piping before PG. Just started getting got impatient waiting for a few more features like contacts. :)

Like your idea about a losing the XCode hassle all together. It'll be quite tricky. Almost like a standalone web browser, no? I did hear that they are allowing third party web browsers on the iPhone now... And WebKit is open source... Let me know how it goes.

Thanks,
-G