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What all possible support is there from open source world for building web based application for mobile/ipad touch screen?
I was going through http://jquerymobile.com/.. is it good plugin to develop web based application for mobile/ipad touch screens? Has any one used that..is it easy to customize?
what are the major challenges faced in using this?
Any other good tool/plugin for my development work?
PhoneGap is a framework to wrap your HTML5 app in a WebView, so you are able to deploy it like a native app. PhoneGap supports iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Bada, Symbian, Blackberry and WebOS.
Getting started with PhoneGap
jQuery Mobile is a Javascript framework for UI design of apps for mobile touch devices.
Getting started with jQuery Mobile
It is nice and easy to use for simple apps. jQuery Mobile is also themable and you can customize it with your own CSS.
If you want to deploy your web app as a native app in app stores, PhoneGap is the way to go, but you can also deploy your web app with jQuery Mobile UI on a web server, if you want it to be accessible online.
jQuery Mobile Docs:
PhoneGap Wiki: