HTML5 Offline storage web framework

Question

I am looking for a web app framework which can automatically generate an HTML5 offline storage based app, so while the users become disconnected they still can view the data which normally is stored on a server

Also currently I am using Django and it would be great if there was a framework which could pull data from Django and present that as an offline app.

From the related questions suggested by stackoverflow, while writing this question, I found one interesting link mentioning that GWT has such functionality, I would like to know more about that if possible and if it can generate an HTML5 offline app

Thanks in Advance

Answer 1

Rather than server-side frameworks, you should be taking a look at JavaScript frameworks.

Dojo Storage will transparently select between providers such as Google Gears, Adobe AIR or plain old HTML 5 local storage. Dojo 1.5 - dojox.storage: http://dojotoolkit.org/api/1.5/dojox/storage

There's also jQuery local storage: http://plugins.jquery.com/project/saveit

... or jStorage, which can act as a storage plugin for jQuery, Prototype or MooTools: http://www.jstorage.info/

With any of these, you should be able to use a quick little AJAX call to pull (JSON perhaps) data from your server and use one of these tools to help minimise your storage code.