The digest of interesting materials for the mobile # 133 developer (December 7-13)

This week, we discussed the differences between PhoneGap and Cordova, moderation of application stores by Roskomnadzor, development for Apple TV, Mozilla’s rejection of Firefox OS, trends for 2016, and much more. Welcome to the new digest!

How institution botanists automate

At first glance it may seem that everything is simple and cloudless, but I assure you that it is not. The most interesting and dangerous only to be. In fact, we have passed only the first stage - the stage of testing the idea and building the first version of the product. Next is the most difficult stage - the stage of formation, when there is an internal optimization and restructuring of the company. That's what I want to tell you.

PhoneGap vs. Cordova

Many people mistakenly believe that PhoneGap is a kind of unified system. However, there are three different platforms - Cordova (CLI), Phonegap (CLI) and PhoneGap Build. Each has its own characteristics and minor variations.

Experience of developing an arcade for Android in C ++ and Qt

But who needs all these recommendations and rules when there is Qt? I don’t know Java to the extent that I consider sufficient for the high-quality development of the game, and I didn’t want to study it, but I have in my knowledge C ++. After several test projects on Qt for Android, I realized that it is possible to develop a full-fledged application on it, and even transfer it to other platforms.
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