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Create Your Own Native Looking iPhone and iPad App Using HTML, CSS and Javascript

Most people dont know that you can develop native iOS applications for the iPhone and iPad by using Javascript. Here is a great tutorial on how to create a native looking iOS application from HTML, CSS and Javascript.

The tutorial includes how to strip away the browser; prevent viewport scrolling and scaling; respond to multi-touch and gesture events; use webkit CSS to get the iPhone OS look and feel; cache the app so it runs without internet access; get a custom icon on the home screen; and have a splash screen load at the start.

Click here to read the full tutorial.

Flash-to-HTML5 Conversion Tool Demo

Wallaby is the tool which can end much of the supremacy defined by Adobe Flash. It will allow developers to re-use most of the elements from their projects and transforming those easily in HTML5. Here’s a demo.

Wallaby exports from an Adobe Flash project some key elements like graphics, masks and animations into a HTML file:

This tool won’t export all of the elements, but it will for sure automate a lot of the process developers can perform to achieve their animations to work with, for example, iPhones and iPads.

The interesting about this, is that Adobe posted this information in their blog. Cheers to that.

Tutorial: Create your Own Website with Stiqr

Stiqr is a very simple web app that allows you to create your own website with no programming experience; you don’t even need graphic design experience. This is a 5 mins video with the step by step explanation about how to create your own web sites in just a few steps.

“A simple tool for a simple job” says the home page from Stiqr (which BTW was created with the web app under an hour); where you don’t need to code anything just “stick it!” Is currently in a beta period but you can sign up now to start creating your own web apps.

And since is working as a beta for now accessing this online service is completely free. It works perfectly with WordPress, Blogger and Tumblr.

Edicy – A Simple but Basic Wesbite Creator

Edicy - logoSo, you need a website – and a free one at that. Edicy is an option – a good one if you’re not to tech savvy and just need something knocked up quickly with no fuss or bother.

Basically you go to their site and start to make your website by signing up. Pretty straight forward. After just putting in an e-mail address you are brought to the website editor which is as easy as stealing pie from a window sill. Basically, it looks like your site and all you do is insert text, images and other special functions exactly where you want them. Along the menu bar of your site you can ad more pages and there is even a nice introduction article there for you.

However, it is extremely basic. FreeWebs are basic but they still offer you some good features. With Edicy the best you can hope for is a no-frills page to tell people who you are and what you do. You have to use templates provided by them (or risk the peril of trying to use their HTML system). They’re not providing anything worthwhile and are coming into a crowded market. FreeWebs has millions of customers; Edicy have just over 70,000. They won’t be able to compete and should have gone into a more refined niche.

Edicy - Homepage

All things considered, it’s a good page if you want to give people directions to you store or just have a small bio. If you’re looking for a website that in anyway stretches beyond the year 1998, go elsewhere. 4/10