[Hidden-tech] Phone App for Local Sustainable Food Providers

[nestor at fuzzy-math.com]

http://www.appcelerator.com/

If you are familiar with web technologies such as CSS/HTML,  
javascript, php, etc.  I would recommend Appcellerator Titanium.  AT  
allows you to compile native apps for iPhone, Android, mac/linux/ 
windows all using the same web-based source.  I am currently using it  
for desktop applications and it functions fairly well.  You will, of  
course, need the iPhone SDK installed, which required the OSX  
devtools.  Your project seems like a really great application for AT,  
as what you are doing could easily be driven by a database and  
accessed with javascript, AT would make it all fit and give it the  
look and feel of a true iPhone app.  As far as the scalability and  
updating, you may be able to get what you need from a CMS such as  
wordpress, allowing clients to update their own information.  Then;  
pull the data for the iphone app from wp's MySql database.

Caveats:  AT is not what I would call "WEll supported"...  Yet.  That  
being said, it kind of just works;  if it works in a browser it seems  
to work in AT.  I would assume that any app created with AT would pass  
Apple's guidelines to be accepted to the app store (as long as you  
followed the guidelines yourself)  but I don't know if any apps have  
so far, this would be a question for the AT team.

Otherwise:  you are stuck learning objective C.

Good luck, it seems like a really cool project.  Let me know off-list  
if you have any more questions about AT.

--Ryan


On Feb 22, 2010, at 9:50 AM, Mary Wiseman wrote:

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> Hello All,
> I am wondering if any one within this list can give me some  
> assistance on how-to create a phone app. similar to the Wholefoods  
> app. with some variations?
>
> Ultimately, what I am trying to create is a similar app containing  
> databases or all the recipes, foods-on-hand, favorites, lists etc.   
> AND I would also like to include locations of Local Sustainable  
> Farms/Foods [or stores carrying local foods i.e. WholeFoods and  
> River Valley Market Coop and/or local restaurants–using local foods].
>
> ADDITIONALLY, I would also like to be able to include a database of  
> the foods particular sustainable farms might be featuring any  
> particular week.  For example, if Town Farm has green beans, lettuce  
> greens, radishes and basil, in a certain week,  this would also  
> appear within the app. and could be spun into the recipes offerings–  
> within the recipe database.
>
> I realize due to the nature of the ever-changing listings of fresh  
> foods, coming from the local farms into the database, this would be  
> a ‘live’ and changing app.– if there is such a thing?
> Does anyone know how-to build such an app?
> Or, know of any leads for me to follow in pursuit of this possibility?
> Thank you for your time, I hope to hear back from you.
> Mary
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