I’m deeply entrenched in learning Objective-C at the moment due to my overwhelming obsession to create an iPhone application. However, within the past couple of months I’ve taken note of some interesting tools that rely heavily on JavaScript and HTML to allow developers (particularly web) to create mobile phone applications without knowing anything about Objective-C.

Today as I discovered an open source development tool called “PhoneGap” which allows a developer with JavaScript and HTML knowledge to build a mobile application.

From the PhoneGap site:

If you’re a web developer who wants to build mobile applications in HTML and JavaScript while still taking advantage of the core features in the iPhone, Android and Blackberry SDKs, PhoneGap is for you.

Take note that not only is this an iPhone development tool, but also Android and Blackberry.

The other is tool is called “Atlas” and it’s a development environment which is powered by Cappuccino and built on top of standard web technologies like JavaScript.

These technologies are amazing, but they say something more profoundly important in that web developers realize that the future is on the mobile platform and they need to be there to stay relevant.  Thankfully they’ve decided to share these tools!