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Publisher: Auerbach Publications
ISBN-10: 1466589744
Pages: 303
Copyright: October 31, 2013
ISBN-13: 9781466589742
Price: $54.20 (eBook)
PhoneGap is a standards-based, open-source development framework for building fast, easy, cross-platform mobile apps with HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript for iPhone/iPad, Android, Phone 7, Palm, Symbian, BlackBerry and more. Once written, the PhoneGap application can be deployed to any mobile device without losing features of a native app. PhoneGap applications are able to interact with mobile device hardware, such as the Accelerometer or GPS. In other words, the PhoneGap provides access to a device's accelerometer, compass, and geolocation capabilities. Not only this, you can access device contacts, the local file system, camera, and media on multiple platforms, without writing a single line of code.
This book addresses intermediate to advanced users. It is very comprehensive and covers each topic in deep detail. The book teaches technique to configure environment for different mobile platforms. It explains to use HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript to develop apps that run on devices of different mobile operating systems. It exploits the features provides by PhoneGap and PhoneGap Build to develop cross platform mobile applications for the cloud.
This book begins with explaining the differences among the existing mobile platforms, different types of browsers they support and programming languages and IDE required to develop apps for each of them. Then book explains how PhoneGap makes the task of developing cross platform mobile apps easier. Initially beginning with small applications, gradually the books moves towards explaining advanced concepts, exploiting different APIs and different methods in creating real life practical applications. By the time, you have finished the book, you will have learned how to develop feature-rich mobile applications that can run on cloud to support different platforms.
Excerpt
This book is design to teach you how to:
• Use and configure development environments for mobile platforms including iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Windows phone, webOS and Symbian.
• Exploit PhoneGap features to develop cross platform mobile applications.
•Use PhoneGap Build to develop mobile apps in the cloud.
•Exploit Geolocation, Compass, Accelerometer, Contacts, Camera, Media and Capture API and use them in real life practical mobile applications.
•Use the Database Object to save, fetch and maintain information for future use.
•Use PhoneGap with Sencha Touch
•Use PhoneGap with jQuery Mobile
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