A small variation of 1) 1) Ship all platform-specific JavaScript in one file and sort it out at runtime. Provide the option to build the JavaScript for a specific platform. Basically, a debug vs production file, although most apps would happily use the debug in production.
On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 2:56 PM, Brian LeRoux <brian.ler...@gmail.com> wrote: > Just had a water cooler discussion about the holy grail of having one > js file to rule them all. > > 1. platforms have differences but could it be feasible to ship all > those differences in the single file and sort out which traits to load > at runtime. this would certainly introduce a latency and parse hit. > this would force us to really be thinking about a protocol to minimize > platform differences instead of brute forcing it. > > 2. the cordova.js file could document.write a script tag including the > auto compiled src file (still doing different files for each platform > but the src would feel cleaner to end developers). same performance we > have today. > > 3. do as we do today: different files for every platform treated as a > build artifact. >
