Book description
Create cross-platform mobile apps without having to learn a new language!
PhoneGap is an open source solution, ideal for web developers wanting
to build cross-platform mobile apps without having to learn a new
language. Using HTML, CSS, and Javascript, PhoneGap allows you to jump
into the mobile world and develop apps for iPhone, Android, and the BlackBerry.
- Walks you through installing the development software
- Covers the basics of each of PhoneGap's functional units
- Introduces various projects you can build with the framework
- Discusses using HTML, CSS, JavaScript
- Explores the features accelerameter and compass
- Examines media, storage and files, camera, contacts, geolocation,
and more
Within Beginning PhoneGap, each new chapter builds on the
lessons taught in the previous so that by the end of the book, you can
have mobile apps up and running!
"NOTE: Several significant changes to the PhoneGap software
occurred shortly after this book was published. The author has
written extra pages to address these and other changes. You can
download the updates to this book from the book's support page on
the Wrox website."
Thomas Myer
is a consultant, author, and speaker. He owns Triple Dog Dare Media and
specializes in Linux- and Mac-based development, including iPhone apps,
CMS, blogs, wikis, dashboard widgets, UNIX systems, and Applescripting.
He is the author of several books, including
Professional CodeIgniter
,
Apple Automator with AppleScript
, and
Mac OS X UNIX Toolbox
, among others.
