Available iPhone Web Application JavaScript UI Library/Frameworks

Question

I'm starting a web application that will target Mobile Safari on iPhone/iPod Touch. I'm evaluating the available client-side JavaScript/CSS libraries/frameworks that are currently out there.

These are the ones I'm currenlty aware of:

• iUI
• CiUI
• UiUIKit
• WebApp.Net
• iWebKit
• Apple's Dashcode Application - not really a standalone library/framework, but it provides/generates JavaScript, CSS, and images that conform to the native iPhone UI metaphors.

Are there any others out there? I want to make sure I'm not missing any before I make a decision. I'm only looking for client-side JavaScript/CSS solutions and building one from scratch isn't an option because of time constraints. No server-side PHP, Ruby, Python, Java, etc. solutions.

I am aware of the iPhone web applications, templates, frameworks? question that was asked, but this only mentioned iUI and UiUIKit.

Thank you

Answer 1

Old question, but still relevant. Sencha (the new name of the company behind ExtJs) just released the mobile app platform Sencha Tounch for iPhone, iPod, iPad and Android: http://www.sencha.com/products/touch/

Blog post that explains the difference between jQTouch and Sencha Touch: http://9-bits.com/post/723711597/jqtouch-and-sencha-touch

Update: John Resig recently announced that the jQuery team is working on a mobile UI library. Looks promising: http://jquerymobile.com/2010/08/announcing-the-jquery-mobile-project/

Answer 2

PhoneGap isn't exactly what you're asking about, but is something you might want to be aware of. It's a wrapper for making iPhone apps using HTML/CSS/JavaScript.