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I work at a big bank and we're developing a very complex application using only jQuery Mobile and Angular JS & fastclick.js. If properly executed, the app runs beautifully and very, very smoothly. Even as a webapp it performs exactly as native.

JQM is beautiful if you really know how to use and know what you're doing.

We're deploying on 20 devices with only one code base and it works flawlessly, it's amazing. We only use native to patch holes or do things we can't do easily with html/css/js.

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No, what you are doing is likely not that complex and just a series of forms and buttons, which jqm is fine for. If you are doing anything truly interface heavy and complex, the hard parts either having nothing to do with jqm or can't be done in jqm smoothly.

And your single codebase likely has a UI and ux that feels wrong on all platforms.

(I built two of the largest US banks mobile apps using Yui and jqm. )

Do you talk like this in real life to people? If I told you about an app I was making, you would tell me its garbage, then brag about what you built?

Unless you've actually been in my environment and used my app that we've been developing straight for the past year, kindly fuck off.

unless you actually have a product to show, it's his word against yours. Devs always brag about how fast their html apps are, these "fast" apps are nowhere to be seen, or do very little things that require performance.

It's my word against his, I'm the developer, I know what I'm making. I have no problem in him not believing me. The problem is disbelief and then commenting on it, which is fruitless as I'm not in a position to preview my app to the public, nor is he in any position to comment on an application he hasn't seen or used.

Take my experience for what it's worth, if it's worth nothing then skip me.

Happy to hear that, I will update the article with your comment,

I also saw people with lot's of issues with long list & jquery mobile while looking but since it's a framework that basically can be use by anyone I guess I should have expected that some people would submit unoptimized apps with jQuery mobile.

I used the JQM + PhoneGap combination for an app for a small business and it was approved by both Play and iTunes. I used the basic JQM skin with a few minor color palette updates. The animations are really smooth on iOS and acceptable on Android.

I want to make an in depth tutorial from the ground up to app store about just a simple app using Phone Gap and JQM. Maybe accompanied by a web cast as well.

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