Technology for application development?

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Nikolay Kavunenko2012-03-31 22:57:34

Graphic arts

Nikolay Kavunenko, 2012-03-31 22:57:34

Greetings.
I decided to create a learning application with rich animation and "heavy" graphics. It should work in browsers and is planned to be transferred to tablets / smartphones (Android, iOS).
Of the technologies for implementation, I see Flash in the forefront, then HTML (5) canvas and / or SVG.
Flash - I imagine and understand the possibilities, but the resource gluttony of the flash confuses me. How is it portability to mobile platforms?
HTML(5) canvas and/or SVG - I am embarrassingly very unfamiliar with this technology. I read it - you can steer everyone through JS (this is good, familiar), but I can’t quite imagine whether this technology will pull “fancy” animation? Will I drown in JS animating scenes. How to "settle" this technology on mobile platforms?
Here I am asking you a question. What can you advise? Maybe I don't know about something new that will work wonderfully in browsers on both Android and iOS. I remind you - a lot of animation with transparency, etc.
I don't really want to write for each platform separately. Moreover, the application will not be very complicated, just graphically beautiful, click-and-drag, work with the network.
Thank you.

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MastaEx, 2012-03-31
@MastaEx

Flash is not supported on iOS and will be difficult to migrate.
HTML5, canvas, SVG and WebGL, IMHO, this is the future. Check out the js libraries Raphaël and three.js . The three.js examples will help you evaluate the capabilities of the platform as a whole.
Personally, I have not developed anything like this for mobile platforms, but it seems to me that there are no particular problems with javascript.

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alternativshik, 2012-03-31
@alternativshik

Look towards phonegap. Support for all modern platforms + based on html5, the community is quite good + there are docks and examples.

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Vitaly Zheltyakov, 2012-03-31
@VitaZheltyakov

Here it is necessary to build on what is meant by "fancy animation".
As much as HTML5, Canvas, and JS frameworks are touted, there are "limitations" to them in using animation. Those. there are some types of animation that can freeze any browser and their practical use is impossible.

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Kirill Boldyrev, 2012-04-01
@usetester

www.sencha.com/products/animator/

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akzhan, 2012-04-01
@akzhan

Flash is gone from mobile platforms, and most likely will soon leave desktop systems.