Porting Javascript Applications to the iPhone

Dr. Dobb's | Porting Javascript Applications to the iPhone | October 16, 2008: "I admit when the iPhone was first pitched as a web-application platform, I was among many who clamored for the ability to write native iPhone applications. The phone runs a stripped-down version of Mac OS X, after all. Fortunately, after a year Apple has allowed us to do just that. In the interim, however, I've had an attitude adjustment in that I believe the iPhone can also serve—within limits—as a decent web-application platform. To understand my change of heart, some background information is in order."