Beginning Smartphone Web Development: Building Javascript, CSS, HTML and Ajax-Based Applications for iPhone, Android, Palm Pre, Blackberry, Windows Mobile and Nokia S60 [Paperback]

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

Shows you how to build (physique) interactive mobile (ambulatory) web sites using web (scheme) technologies optimized for browsers in smartphones

Details markup fundamentals, design (organisation) principles, content (noesis) adaptation, usability, and interoperability

Explores cross-platform standards and best (prizewinning) practices for the mobile (ambulatory) Web authored by the W3C, dotMobi, and similar (kindred) organizations

Dives deeps into the feature (feature) sets of the most popular (favourite) mobile (ambulatory) browsers, including WebKit, Chrome, Palm Pre webOS, Pocket IE, Opera Mobile, and Skyfire

By the end (modify) of this book, you'll have (hit) the training, tools, and techniques for creating robust (burly) mobile (ambulatory) web experiences on any (some) of these platforms for your favorite (selection) smartphone or other (another) mobile (ambulatory) device.

You'll learn (see) how to:

Build interactive (mutual) mobile (ambulatory) web pages that comply (obey) with industry (business) standards and best (prizewinning) practices.

Develop web (scheme) sites using the markup languages of the mobile (ambulatory) Web: XHTML-MP, Wireless CSS, and WML.

Use Mobile JavaScript and Ajax for client-side web (scheme) interactivity.

Adapt the syntax (structure) and design (organisation) of mobile (ambulatory) web pages to target (direct) smartphone models.

Enhance mobile (ambulatory) web pages to target (direct) advanced features of smartphone browsers.

Validate and compress (wedge) mobile (ambulatory) markup to optimize (behave) for network (meshwork) transmission and browser (application) performance.

Simulate smartphone browsers using emulators and development (utilization) tools.

Who is this book (aggregation) for?

Mobile application (covering) developers and their managers need (requirement) to learn (see) mobile (ambulatory) web technologies because it's in their economic (scheme) interest. Time-to-market and opportunity (possibleness) costs are significantly lower (modify) for web-based mobile (ambulatory) applications than for native (autochthonous) ones.

Desktop web (scheme) developers at software (code) companies and IT departments of non-technology businesses need (requirement) to learn (see) mobile (ambulatory) web technologies to meet (foregather) the demands of managers who will (module) soon be asking them to "mobilize this web (scheme) site." These developers will (module) want to do the minimum (peak) work possible (doable) to maximize (tap) the compatibility (sympathy) of their mobile (ambulatory) web sites. The standards-based approach (move) advocated in this book (aggregation) will allow (earmark) them to build (physique) gracefully adaptive (reconciling) and portable (takeout) mobile (ambulatory) web experiences that perform (action) well across (crossways) mobile (ambulatory) browser platforms.

Product Details:
Paperback: 368 pages
Publisher: Apress; 1st Edition. edition (January 15, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 143022620X
ISBN-13: 978-1430226208
Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 1 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds