title: What is the purpose of Phonegap for data driven mobile applications?
body: <p>Please forgive me, I'm a newbie at mobile app development. My background is making websites with Drupal &amp; Rails.</p>
  
  <p>What I'm trying to understand is, what is the point of using Phonegap. Let's say, for example, we wanted to recreate the eBay app using Phonegap, something where I can view listings, take a picture and list something.</p>
  
  <p>If I understand correctly, to do this on Phonegap, I need to create all the pages as static HTML, add load of complicated Javascript, and then build a REST interface with a server somewhere. This is a pain.</p>
  
  <p>What I don't understand is, what is the benefit of doing it this way, vs just providing a responsive website in the 'normal' way? Sure, it might run a bit slower, but development will be way faster. I just don't get it. Any clarification will be really helpful.</p>