Jquery Mobile Web Development Essentials

Build a powerful and practical jQuery-based framework in order to create mobile-optimized websites About This Book Build websites with jQuery Mobile that work beautifully across a wide range of mobile devices Become a competent jQuery Mobile developer and learn the building blocks of jQuery Mobile's component-driven design This book covers key concepts but with a focus on providing the practical skills required Who This Book Is For This book is for any web developer who is looking to create mobile-optimized websites. Basic knowledge of HTML is required. Minor familiarity with JavaScript would help but is not required. What You Will Learn Create mobile-optimized sites using simple HTML Structure your sites so users can browse them on mobile devices Find out how to work with multiple pages in the JQM framework and embed multiple pages in HTML files Enhance simple pages using various toolbars Include mobile-optimized forms for interactive sites Convert desktop sites into mobile versions Use HTML5's local storage feature in jQuery Mobile to include persistent client-side storage Explore the rich sets of widgets and themes available and discover how to modify them for use in your jQuery Mobile site In Detail jQuery Mobile is a HTML5-based touch-optimized web framework. jQuery Mobile can be used to build responsive cross-platform websites and apps for a wide range of smartphones, tablets, and desktop devices. The jQuery Mobile framework can be integrated with other mobile app frameworks such as PhoneGap, IBM Worklight, and more. Introduction to jQuery Mobile explains how to add the framework to your HTML pages to create rich, mobile-optimized web pages with minimal effort. You'll learn how to use jQuery Mobile's automatic enhancements and configure the framework for customized, powerful mobile-friendly websites. We then dig into forms, events, and styling. You'll see how jQuery Mobile automatically enhances content, and will find out how to use the JavaScript API to build complex sites. We'll introduce you to how jQuery Mobile can be themed as well looking into how JavaScript can be used for deep sets of customizations. The examples are ready to run and can be used to help kick-start your own site. Along the way, you will leverage all the concepts you learn to build three sample mobile applications. Style and approach Through a set of easy to follow instructions, we'll show you how to use jQuery Mobile's features one easy-to-use widget at a time. You'll see examples for each feature as well as screenshots to demonstrate what they should look like on a mobile device. You can then take these example files and modify them as you learn to experiment.

Jquery Mobile Web Development Essentials will explain how to create mobile-optimized sites with the easiest, most practical HTML/Javascript framework available and to add that framework to your HTML pages to create rich, mobile-optimized Web pages with minimal effort. [from publisher]

Covering the latest version of the jQuery Mobile Framework, jQuery Mobile: Develop and Design teaches readers step-by-step how to get started, how to write code, and ultimately how to create mobile websites using the jQuery Mobile framework. The book is hands-on, with code examples (with corresponding on-line demos) and activities throughout.

This book assumes a basic level of experience with standard web development. If you've used jQuery Mobile before, you're good to go. Otherwise, you can pick it up along the way.

Provides instruction on how to use jQuery to create applications for use on mobile computing devices like smartphones and tablet computers.

Written as a concise yet practical guide with an explicit focus on utilizing jQuery for game development, you'll learn how to create stunning games that look great without the hassle of learning about a complex game engine in the process.Knowledge of JavaScript and jQuery as well as basic experience with frontend development is all you need to start making games in a matter of hours with this essential guide. Whilst also suitable for those who simply want to start making games with jQuery, it's specifically targeted at web developers that want to experiment with and utilize their existing skills.

"Mobile" ist eines der Schlagwörter unserer Zeit. Alles muss heutzutage mobil sein, auch Webseiten und mehr noch, die Webapplikationen. Es gibt unendlich viele Möglichkeiten mobile Web-Apps zu erstellen, eine einfache und dennoch sehr geschickte Möglichkeit ist die Verwendung eines Frameworks, das schon viele benötigte Komponenten mitbringt. JQuery Mobile ist ein solches Framework. Es ermöglicht sowohl dem Webentwickler als auch dem Web-Neuling einen einfachen Einstieg. In diesem E-Book werden die Grundlagen für die Arbeit mit jQuery Mobile geschaffen. Anhand geeigneter und getesteter Beispiele wird dem Leser die Funktionsweise und Vielschichtigkeit des Frameworks vermittelt. Schritt für Schritt werden ihm Werkzeuge an die Hand gegeben, um eigene Anwendungen mit jQuery Mobile zu entwickeln. Neben grundlegenden Widgets geht der Autor auch auf weitere zur Entwicklung notwendige Themen wie Progressive Enhancement und Eventhandling ein, um sie schließlich in einer Beispielanwendung einzusetzen.

Mobile App Manual: The Blueprint is a starting point for building native mobile applications using web technologies. You'll learn about a process developed using tools like jQuery Mobile and PhoneGap Build, that will allow you to create mobile applications quickly and easily. You'll also learn how to leverage skills typically used to develop desktop websites to create modern hybrid mobile applications, so you can write your code once, and deploy your apps across a wide variety of devices and app stores.

Would you like to build one mobile web application that works on iPad and Kindle Fire as well as iPhone and Android smartphones? This introductory guide to jQuery Mobile shows you how. Through a series of hands-on exercises, you’ll learn the best ways to use this framework’s many interface components to build customizable, multiplatform apps. You don’t need any programming skills or previous experience with jQuery to get started. By the time you finish this book, you’ll know how to create responsive, Ajax-based interfaces that work on a variety of smartphones and tablets, using jQuery Mobile and semantic HTML5 code. Understand how jQuery Mobile works with HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript Work with UI components to format content and create forms, lists, navbars, and buttons Create dynamic content with JavaScript, Ajax, and the jQuery core framework Customize your entire user interface with themes and CSS3 Enable users to install your app from the browser and work with it offline Distribute through app stores by packaging your creation as a native app