Getting PhoneGap/Cordova

To start using this framework, follow this guide: http://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/4.0.0/guide_cli_index.md.html#The%20Command-Line%20Interface_installing_the_cordova_cli

Note

PhoneGap and Cordova are two different names for the same framework; in October 2011 PhoneGap was donated to Apache under the name of Apache Cordova; for this reason, you may find references to both names, but the framework is the same.

During the development, we will use the command-line interface.

We could, ourselves, build the application to be distributed, but we will take advantage of the Adobe PhoneGap Build system; you can use it for free, for any open source application and for private applications you want to build.

To get Cordova working, you need to install NodeJS and a Git client; then, after installing Cordova, we use it to create our new application with this command (from the command line):

cordova create PiggyBank com.ko_blueprint.piggybank "Piggy Bank"

Cordova will create a new...