webOS Developer Day(s) are almost here! Update: "Enyo" App Framework to get sneak peek 41
It's been a long time coming (okay, just a couple of months), but it's almost here: webOS Developer Day (or rather days, including the pre-conference) are this Friday and Saturday, November 19th to 20th, at 82 Mercer in New York City. A few brand-new announcements, courtesy of an e-mail from Palm:
- A Community Forum Track has been added to the agenda on Friday, November 19th and will run in parallel to the Intro to webOS content being presented in Track 1. It features a select group of webOS community all-stars, who will share their ideas and insights.
- [Palm will] be raffling off the newly announced Palm Pre 2 to attendees throughout the day. The new device will be the first to run webOS 2.0, currently available through our Early Access program.
A partial list of the sessions on the agenda:
- Homebrew, Community and WebOS Internals, presented by Rod Whitby
- Hybrid Apps and Cross-Platform Development Using the PDK , presented by Ben Combee, Sam Clegg and Jelte Liebrand
- Introduction to HP webOS Development, presented by Ben Combee and Joshua Marinacci
- Keynote, presented by Phil McKinney and Joe Hayashi
and yes, even
- Real World Copyright For Developers, presented by Jonathan Ezor
There are also some fun socializing (Beverages! Bowling!) and networking opportunities along the way.
If you haven't already registered, you're running out of time, so go do it! I (and many more of the PreCentral team) will see you in the Big Apple!
Update: We know that one of the premier features in webOS 2.0 is a switch from Java to Javascript services, improving speed and web standards. One thing we didn't know that appears in the aforementioned Agenda for Dev Day: something called "Enyo." Here's the relevant agenda item:
Track 1: A First Look at Enyo, Next Generation webOS App Framework
Speaker: Matthew McNulty, Director, webOS Tools and Frameworks, HP
Description: This session offers a sneak peek of what's next for JavaScript development on webOS. Learn about the benefits of the
next-generation framework and its impact on webOS developers. In addition to giving an overview of the framework and supporting
tools, Matt will demonstrate applications built using this new technology.
We'll be curious to hear what that's all about, but a "Next Generation webOS App Framework" sounds mighty interesting. Also, improved Javascript performance is important for mobile platforms. It's one of the core reasons Android 2.2 is so much faster than previous versions and it stands to reason Palm doesn't intend to miss out on the trend.
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Woot! Excited for coverage on it!
Great, maybe they can tease with more vague timelines and info...That will def keep me excited for "the coming months". Wonder how many people will jump ship in " the coming months"...
I don't understand why people can't just accept the fact that CES is when they're going to release all their new stuff....It's like a kid begging all month to open some Christmas gifts, and when Christmas finally comes, he has no gifts no surprise. Just Wait! CES'll be here soon!
Probably because they aren't releasing it at CES, but several months later and not many people like to wait over two years for a new phone anymore.
.... Just sayin.
Understandably CES is a great place to put out future products, but when your current line is a year and half old, and the holiday shopping season is days a way. Its just bad business, everyone else is gearing up for the holidays and will probably premiere Q2/Q3 at CES, while Palm is already late in the game.
"line", "year and a half" - not true.
Even the Sprint Pre is still less than 1.5 years.
The Pixi, Pre Plus and most other countries and carriers are at a year or less.
wow. That's getting technical. :-)
Sprint Pre was released in June of 2009. It's nearly December 2010. ONE month till a year and a half. Gimme a break.
And they announced the thing in January which is why most refer to it being a 2 year old phone.
Would be cool if PreCentral posts videos of the sessions. Really interested in hybrid apps and real world copyright.
Thought Palm said they would post the vids online.
I hope good news comes from this. It's been pretty rough around here for the past few weeks.
+1
Don't expect any news to come out of this, and you will be fine. I am very interested just because I am currently trying to learn so I can develop an app or two.
I'm really excited to attend. My only problem is that I'm going to have a hard time choosing which presentations to go. Some of them run in parallel and they all sound interesting. The one that really stands out though is the next generation webOS app framework called Enyo. I'm surprised no one has talked about this yet.
Don't expect any news, aside from the Pre2 launch, before CES. They're going to want to make CES as big of a deal as possible.
Good stuff. Can't make it but looking forward to hearing what comes from this event.
enyo will be very important for those tablet and webos printer and netbooks apps.
''Next Generation'' sounds interesting, Indeed!
all i want in my next webos device: amazing battery life. I dont care if its not that thin, i just want it to last me a whole day without any doubt.
I want to know why the hell youtube is so shitty on webos when other platforms (android ios) play just fine? And by shitty I mean takes a long time to load, studdering, and even the search is terrible on webos's youtube app. Everytime I show off a video the end result is them saying how crappy my phone is.add that to the tiny screen and garbage battery life you have some unappealing features.
Youtube works great on my Pre Plus on at&t. The iPhone only plays HQ videos on WiFi mode not over 3g, Android gives the option, and the Pre plays it automatically. So if you have a slow connection, that is why you have choppy videos...
I wish there was an option for video quality. Sprint doesn't always have the gratest signal.
Youtube usually works great on my phone. I've sat around iPhone people and have been able to search and play videos faster than all three.....and ALWAYS Higher quality. Even on iPhone 4's. Wifi might be a different story, I was on Sprint EVDO.
you kids dont appriciate shit these days... pay your own cell bill then complain more
Incidentally, "Enyo" was a companion of aries, the god of war. Platform wars maybe?
Ares, not Aries. Enyo isn't in the zodiac.
cry us a river
It's called 'venting'. And we wouldn't do it if we didn't like the software as much as we do.
If Palm/HP wants to continue to succeed, they'll have to learn to please the 'ventors' or they'll lose them quick.
I'll keep venting cause it gets the frustrations off my chest. Otherwise I get impulsive and I go to something else.
You must not want Palm to succeed or you would be talking us into staying instead of telling us to stop whining and leave.
Face it, Palm needs the whiners as much as the blind faithful.
I agree. YouTube and google are absolutely terrible on the pre. So what if it plays in HQ? The search is terrible, you cannot log in, can't comment or anything. Compare that to other platforms and what you have on the pre is something barebone. HP could have atleast paid google to write something decent. I'm surprised those same app are in 2.0
Yeah every time I use the youtube app and that goddammned loading circle spins, and spins, until it just gives up and says "error playing video" I wand to put my pre minus in a blender. They really fcuked up a good product with trash hardware. And unfinished software
yeah I agree the youtube app needs to be improved alot. Users should be able to sign into their account and save favs too.
try downloading the youtube mini app...it allows great search, even recent,most viewd etc..allows you to log in also..but hey there's always the mobile version on the web..and just bookmark and save the page to launcher
try downloading the youtube mini app...it allows great search, even recent,most viewd etc..allows you to log in also..but hey there's always the mobile version on the web..and just bookmark and save the page to launcher
HELP!! Will someone anyone plese set up an app that allows you to send meeting invites from your Pre? Honest to gawd you would think if you recieve them and can respond..you ought to be able to CREATE and SEND them...HELP!!!!
Nice. How did you get the bold font?
You put
You do that at the beginning and end...if you click on more inforamtion adn formatting options it will show you a whole list of cute things! But go there first and then start your message...you can't do an edit like function and come back andclean it up....
Like this?
Yes!!! Thanks. I'm new to this, as you can see.
Can some please help to ask palm about the following?
- Why geo-restrict apps store? Don't they know that its kills sales and turning a lot of potential user away?
- When is APAC ever going get HP Palm phones? Don't they know that there is a huge user community which is thinning out over time?
Thanks
Enyo should be something that makes porting iOS/Android apps to webOS ludicrously easy
Yeah maybe Enyo is a UI implementation for the PDK. Then all the iphone people could port all their apps over.
http://www.webosroundup.com/2010/11/palm-pre-2-review/