• Write HTML/CSS/JS 
  
• Native wrapped mobile package
  
• iOS, Andriod, Windows, a couple others
  
• Integrate into mobile OS services
  
• GEO location, 
• address book, 
• camera/media
• Tons of others
• Many pre-built 3rd Party components
• https://build.phonegap.com/plugins 
  

In October 2011, PhoneGap was donated to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under the name Apache Cordova.

Cordova is the command line executable

npm install -g cordova 

Grunt integration with

npm install grunt-phonegap 

cordova create mobile org.boulderjs.feb14 demo 
cd mobile 
cordova platform add ios 
cordova platform add android 
* cordova plugin add (git repo for plugin here)
cordova build android 
cordova emulate android
cp -R ../dist/* www
cordova build ios 
cordova emulate ios 
 *show project through xcode  

• Command line utility
  
• Create certificate signed .ipa files 
  
• Distribute them with TestFlight or HockeyApp
  

cd platforms/ios
ipa build
ipa distribute:testflight -a API_TOKEN -T TEAM_TOKEN 

TestFlight is a free platform used to distribute beta and internal iOS/Android applications

testflightapp.com

Developers

1. Upload builds to test flight
   
2. Alert testers that a new build is ready
   

Testers

1. Testers install on device through a mobile app
   
2. Testers get notifications when new app uploaded
   

I use shenzhen to deal with the upload api