" I have a website created with Perl (and MySQL) and Ajax and would like to convert it to an app that can be downloaded on an Android phone or Iphone"

I have not used phonegap, are you sure it can do this? I doubt it very much. Most of these things I've seen create a UI (HTML/CSS/JS) within a wrapper and expose things like GPS, accelerometers etc via HTML5. Think about what you're trying to do. The "server" does not get downloaded onto the phone. Also, WFIW, I've reversed a couple of "apps" created using similar systems distributed by my employer. I was wondering why a 4 page "app" (one pointless splash screen, one legally unenforceable 'licence' page, a help page and one stupid graph) was over 40MB in size. Bloatware combined with binary runtimes for various targets, all bundled up in a .apk file. If you have this running on a web server, why bother having an app at all? Why not just have a web interface with a nice UI?

In reply to Re: Phonegap with ajax and Perl backend by marto
in thread Phonegap with ajax and Perl backend by Anonymous Monk

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