Show HN: Idea to App store in 1 month using JQuery Mobile + PhoneGap
Design (1 week) Actual coding was about (2 weeks) Release to apple roller-coaster ride (1 week) Content came from my business partner.
I was so worried Apple would reject the application because it's 90% javascript, but to my surprise it passed with flying colors!
I ended up rewriting the app a few times because jquery mobile was so slow. I wrote it again using Zepto but it wasn't any faster. Turns out the web view in iOS uses an older version of the mobile safari, and as a result a slower javascript engine. Apparently this will be corrected in the next version of iOS.
After trying it on a few other devices I realized the root cause of the slowness was my 3G iphone and not jquery mobile. A hard reboot of the device made the app run smoothly.
You can check it out at this link.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/astro-dating-2012/id467097635?ls=1&mt=8
or
http://defyent.com/#astro-dating