It turns out AngularJS and it's companion UI framework bundles JavaScript support for Bootstrap, which is fantastic. All you need to do is include AngularJS, AngularUI, and the Bootstrap CSS, and you can say goodbye to JQuery for good, and start building Adaptive Design for the Mobile Web.
I really feel this piece has been lacking; I am very pleased with being able to nestle a Firefox OS app within a PhoneGap app, boosted by Angular. With the addition of Bootstrap, you really can have it all.
What is important here, though, is that all of these approaches intend to make themselves obsolete, leaving behind the promise of Firefox OS... Rich Internet Applications built on Open Web standards (HTML5, CSS), rather than Mono or Flash. In time, the best features of these frameworks will be built into the mobile browser.
Much as I love JavaScript and XSLT, there has to be a better way. I'm really starting to believe that a thin layer of Controller glue and maintainable AngularJS Services is this better way. This is a great time to be a mobile developer.
On the server-side, a resource-based Open Data REST API, Secured Mobile approach should allow us to build mobile applications that mash up resources across jurisdictions, securely and meaningfully.
Mobile Web and Mobile Exchange. This will be exciting.
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