I wanted to look at some sample PhoneGap apps code but the cost of setting up an Android/iOS shell project seemed a bit high. Sure it is worth for a real app but if you just want to play around with code and after you paid it a couple of times you start to think "it has to be a better way". And ... wait for it ... there is.

  The key was the search for "phonegap shim". This brings back a couple of GitHub repos but some of them look stale. One that looks fresh and juicy is  ...