"... Why waste time learning to use JS on the iphone, when you may as well just write the app in C++ or Obj-C? ..."
Answered the Q right there.
"... It's pretty obvious that in order to be able to build the best possible iPhone application you would have to know Objective-C. Having a clear path, paved with JavaScript, to that end result should be any JavaScript developer's goal ..."
I can see a time that the browser on the iPhone will be a nice WebApp platform without entirely having to "go-native" (but still understand).
Answered the Q right there.
"... It's pretty obvious that in order to be able to build the best possible iPhone application you would have to know Objective-C. Having a clear path, paved with JavaScript, to that end result should be any JavaScript developer's goal ..."
I can see a time that the browser on the iPhone will be a nice WebApp platform without entirely having to "go-native" (but still understand).