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Beginning Smartphone Web Development

Building JavaScript, CSS, HTML and Ajax-based Applications for iPhone, Android, Palm Pre, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile and Nokia S60

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Authors:
  1. Gail Rahn Frederick
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  2. Rajesh Lal
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  • By the end of this book, you'll have the training, tools, and techniques for creating robust mobile web experiences on a wide array of platforms for your favorite smartphone or other mobile device.

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Getting Started with Mobile Web Development

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction to Mobile Web Development

      • Gail Rahn Frederick, Rajesh Lal
      Pages 3-13

    3. Set Up Your Mobile Web Development Environment

      • Gail Rahn Frederick, Rajesh Lal
      Pages 15-43

  3. The Syntax of the Mobile Web

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 45-45
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    2. Mobile Markup Languages

      • Gail Rahn Frederick, Rajesh Lal
      Pages 47-96

    3. Device Awareness and Content Adaptation

      • Gail Rahn Frederick, Rajesh Lal
      Pages 97-134

    4. Adding Interactivity with JavaScript and AJAX

      • Gail Rahn Frederick, Rajesh Lal
      Pages 135-159

  4. Advanced Mobile Web Development Techniques

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 161-161
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    2. Mobile Web Usability

      • Gail Rahn Frederick, Rajesh Lal
      Pages 163-186

    3. Enhancing Mobile Web Pages for Smartphone Browsers

      • Gail Rahn Frederick, Rajesh Lal
      Pages 187-210

  5. Deploying into the Mobile Ecosystem

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 211-211
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    2. Optimizing Mobile Markup

      • Gail Rahn Frederick, Rajesh Lal
      Pages 213-238

    3. Validating Mobile Markup

      • Gail Rahn Frederick, Rajesh Lal
      Pages 239-257

    4. Testing a Mobile Web Site

      • Gail Rahn Frederick, Rajesh Lal
      Pages 259-272

    5. Deploying a Mobile Web Site

      • Gail Rahn Frederick, Rajesh Lal
      Pages 273-287

    6. How to Play Well in the Mobile Ecosystem

      • Gail Rahn Frederick, Rajesh Lal
      Pages 289-302

    7. The Future of the Mobile Web

      • Gail Rahn Frederick, Rajesh Lal
      Pages 303-313

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 315-349
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About this book

Today’s Web 2.0 applications (think Facebook and Twitter) go far beyond the confines of the desktop and are widely used on mobile devices. The mobile Web has become incredibly popular given the success of the iPhone and BlackBerry, the importance of Windows Mobile, and the emergence of Palm Pre (and its webOS platform). At Apress, we are fortunate to have Gail Frederick of the well-known training site Learn the Mobile Web offer her expert advice in Beginning Smartphone Web Development. In this book, Gail teaches the web standards and fundamentals specific to smartphones and other feature-driven mobile phones and devices.

  • Shows you how to build interactive mobile web sites using web technologies optimized for browsers in smartphones
  • Details markup fundamentals, design principles, content adaptation, usability, and interoperability
  • Explores cross-platform standards and best practices for the mobile Web authored by the W3C, dotMobi, and similar organizations
  • Dives deeps into the feature sets of the most popular mobile browsers, including WebKit, Chrome, Palm Pre webOS, Pocket IE, Opera Mobile, and Skyfire

By the end of this book, you’ll have the training, tools, and techniques for creating robust mobile web experiences on any of these platforms for your favorite smartphone or other mobile device.

About the authors

Gail Rahn Frederick is an expert web developer and software architect in the mobile industry. Her products target 500+ device models and have been deployed at 10+ mobile operators in North America and Europe. She advocates standards-based mobile development techniques as a blogger and conference presenter. Gail teaches standards-based mobile web development in Portland, Oregon. Her students learn mobile markup languages, mobile design and usability, content adaptation, best practices, advanced web development for smartphones and defensive programming for the mobile ecosystem.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Beginning Smartphone Web Development

  • Book Subtitle: Building JavaScript, CSS, HTML and Ajax-based Applications for iPhone, Android, Palm Pre, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile and Nokia S60

  • Authors: Gail Rahn Frederick, Rajesh Lal

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-2621-5

  • Publisher: Apress Berkeley, CA

  • eBook Packages: Professional and Applied Computing, Professional and Applied Computing (R0), Apress Access Books

  • Copyright Information: Gail Frederick and Rajesh Lal 2009

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4302-2620-8Published: 13 January 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4302-2621-5Published: 15 April 2010

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 368

  • Topics: Web Development, Computer Applications

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