Native App

[shreyasva]

Hey guys, i am really interested in developing a native iPhone app for
sakai as part of GSoC. Could someone point me in the right directions,
a good start would be the API documentation so i can see what my app
can hook into. Also direct contact details of the mentors would be
fantastic.

[Steve Swinsburg]

Hi,

The issue with a native iOS app is that Sakai is generally used by education institutions, and thus the range of mobile devices that students have is wider than just iOS. An app that was restricted to just iOS would be less attractive because it would be seen as limiting access to some. This is why I have proposed a cross platform app mobile app using PhoneGap which can target multiple platforms with the same application code.

We can also use the PhoneGap build cloud (build.phonegap.com)

We can certainly point you in the right direction about the Sakai RESTful API's if you are still interested?

cheers,
Steve

[Shreyas VA]

Yeah Sure! I see your point there...

Can you please point me to the location of the RESTful API's

[Steve Swinsburg]

Hi,

You'll definitely want to get your own demo version of Sakai up for development [1], but the endpoint on the nightly build is here: http://nightly2.sakaiproject.org:8083/direct/describe

Take a look and let me know if you have any questions.

cheers,

Steve

[1] https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/DOC/Install+Guide+-+Demo+Install+(2.7)