We are looking at using Rhodes to develop a number of apps. So far I have installed it on Win32 to create 'hello worlds' and used their online app development environment rhohub to create android targets. My conclusions so far, off the top of my head are:
1) rhohub is a great fast start which shows you the structure rhomobile expects 2) getting local versions of android SDK running has been painful - probably more so than you might experience right now because I just happened to install the android SDK right at a point where the dir layout had changed and parts of the supporting kit had not caught up. This type of confusion is normal with early stage, fast paced changes so I try not to let it colour my impressions too strongly. 3) rhohub with the emulator gets you into the build, test, refine cycle really quickly though I have had problems with some css stuff not being rendered in the emulator. Basic things like background images don't appear for example. 4) we have some concerns about apple's reluctance with flash infecting their view of rhodes apps. But against the background of march's market stats showing UK android phones making up 20% of the delivered units and with many pundits expecting it to overtake the iphone's share this concern is reducing. 5) The simple MVC model is nice and easier for non rubyists/rails folks to get their heads around than the more fulsome offerings rails. Rhohub has been a great resource for this. 6) Not yet figured out how best to run unit tests on rhohub, or even if this is possible. Anyone have any guidance on this? JJ --------------------------------- John Jones UK: (+44) (0)797 644-3043 "Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen." John Steinbeck On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 10:01 PM, Paul Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: > Apologies for the awful pun in the subject. Couldn't resist. > I was wondering if any of you had any experience with > Rhodes: http://rhomobile.com/products/rhodes/ > I know there are some mobile devs here :-) and this fascinates me for all > sorts of reasons on that front, but also it looks like a really interesting > Ruby MVC platform generally to be honest. > And it's just got better given they've decided - apparently - to make Rhodes > 2 available under an MIT license: > http://www.infoq.com/news/2010/05/rhodes-2 > I'm grabbing gems now, and hope to get time to play with it a bit over the > next few weeks. I think the sync server could be pretty valuable to take off > the shelf (which they're still selling), but it's not impossible to > replicate that functionality by rolling your own. > Thoughts? > -- > Paul Robinson > http://vagueware.com :: [email protected] :: +44 (0) 7740 465746 > Vagueware Limited is registered in England/Wales, number 05700421 > Registered Office: 3 Tivoli Place, Ilkley, W. Yorkshire, LS29 8SU > Correspondence: 13 Crossland Road, Manchester, M21 9DU > Signup now for white papers, trends, etc.: http://eepurl.com/tVNx > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NWRUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nwrug-members?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NWRUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nwrug-members?hl=en.
