Morfik Announces Development Tool for the iPhone
Morfik announces today the ability of WebOS AppsBuilder to develop AJAX applications for iPhone easily. We have previously reviewed the AJAX capabilities of the Morfik's AJAX IDE, and the iPhone support is introduced today thanks to the Scriptor's Plastic Layout architecture implemented in Morfik AppsBuilder.
Scriptor, which currently comes with predefined support for Salesforce.com S-Control Objects, Yahoo Maps, Google Maps and Google Search, will have a new iPhone option in due course to make it even easier for developers to create AJAX applications for iPhone - once Apple's provides more information on APIs.
The first Morfik application for iPhone is iChess, works perfectly on the current Safari 3 beta and uses Amazon EC2. There is a feature that you probably won't notice, try after opening the iChess link to disconnect from the internet and see that you can still play even offline. This is not full offline support since there is no local storage and synchronization API available yet, but it will be added in time. Below the press release:
HOBART, Tas., Australia, June 27. Morfik today announced the ability of its WebOS AppsBuilder to develop web-based applications and complex browserside code for Apple's iPhone.
Web 2.0 applications can now easily be designed for the iPhone with Morfik's AppsBuilder, opening the possibility of quickly extending "iPhone's capabilities without compromising its reliability or security”.
Members of Morfik's staff have been working to create versions of existing Morfik applications optimized for the device's screen. "It is only a matter of adjusting the layout of an application so that it can fit directly into the iPhone's native resolution, without expressly relying on its built in zoom capabilities." said Martin Roberts, a Morfik engineer.
Morfik AppsBuilder empowers developers to create sophisticated applications, from games to database-oriented business services that are written in a high-level language of their choice, are 100% Ajax based and run across all major browsers including the iPhone's built-in Safari.
An example of such an application for the iPhone can be seen at:
http://ichess.morfik.com – for iPhone users
http://chess.morfik.com – for all other users
About Morfik
Morfik is an innovative Australian software tool vendor with a strong emphasis on research and development in software tools and Web technologies. For more information about Morfik, please visit www.morfik.com.
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