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Beginning PhoneGap

Mobile Web Framework for JavaScript and HTML5

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  • Gap is a definitive, one-of-a-kind book that teaches the fundamentals and strategies behind cross-platform mobile application development.

  • Instead of learning languages like Objective-C, focus on building apps from day one for Android, i. OS, Blackberry, Web.

  • OS and Symbian—without the complexities of these platforms.

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
  2. Understanding Cross-Platform Mobile Application Development

    • Rohit Ghatol, Yogesh Patel
    Pages 1-16
  3. Getting Started with PhoneGap

    • Rohit Ghatol, Yogesh Patel
    Pages 17-96
  4. Setting the Environment

    • Rohit Ghatol, Yogesh Patel
    Pages 97-126
  5. Using PhoneGap with jQuery Mobile

    • Rohit Ghatol, Yogesh Patel
    Pages 127-192
  6. Using PhoneGap with Sencha Touch

    • Rohit Ghatol, Yogesh Patel
    Pages 193-230
  7. Using PhoneGap with GWT

    • Rohit Ghatol, Yogesh Patel
    Pages 231-248
  8. PhoneGap Emulator and Remote Debugging

    • Rohit Ghatol, Yogesh Patel
    Pages 249-270
  9. Using PhoneGap Plug-Ins

    • Rohit Ghatol, Yogesh Patel
    Pages 271-292
  10. Extending PhoneGap

    • Rohit Ghatol, Yogesh Patel
    Pages 293-324
  11. Back Matter

    Pages 325-332

About this book

PhoneGap is a growing and leading open-source mobile web apps development framework that lets developers build JavaScript and HTML5-based web applications with native wrappers for more than six mobile platforms, including iOS, Android, and BlackBerry. This framework lets you build HTML- and JavaScript-based apps and still take advantage of native mobile device capabilities like camera, localStorage, geolocation, storage and much more, irrespective of the mobile platform you target. It also lets you use more specialized JavaScript frameworks like jQuery Mobile and more.

Beginning PhoneGap is a definitive, one-of-a-kind book that teaches the fundamentals and strategies behind cross-platform mobile application development. Instead of learning languages like Objective-C, focus on building apps from day one for Android, iOS, Blackberry, WebOS and Symbian—without the complexities of these platforms.

This book shows how to build apps which makes use of Google Local Search to create a Restaurant finder apps (which uses Maps to layout locations and uses internal database to store your favorite restaurants. Furthermore, you'll learn how to extend PhoneGap's functionality by using PhoneGap plugins to write apps like Dropbox (syncing files in the background outside HTML/JavaScript code and in native code).

By the time you finish Beginning PhoneGap, you'll know PhoneGap inside and out, and, consequently, be able to develop mobile web apps faster and more efficiently than ever before. Make more money in less time!

About the authors

Rohit Ghatol is a technology evangelist, always analyzing upcoming technology and finding the right places to apply it. Rohit is an associate architect with Quickoffice, building its mobile suite. He is a technical speaker on various topics including Android, Google Web Toolkit, and various Google and Spring technologies. He is a Google Technology User Group manager and formerly worked as part of the OpenSocial team at Google.

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eBook USD 34.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
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  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 44.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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