Book description
Create neat cross-platform mobile apps using Apache Cordova and jQuery mobile
In Detail
Whether you are developing a mobile app for iPad or on a Windows Phone, you need to learn the specific languages and technologies for that device. This is where Apache Cordova shines.
This book is the learning resource to use when you want to efficiently develop your own mobile applications using Apache Cordova as the platform for your HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. In order to develop good-looking mobile applications, this book also utilizes jQuery Mobile. jQuery Mobile is one of the best available frameworks for developing mobile-friendly web applications.
After finishing this book, you should be able to develop your very own mobile application on different mobile platforms using only JavaScript, without having to learn the native programming languages of every mobile platform.
What You Will Learn
- Develop, build, run, and deploy great cross-platform mobile applications using Apache Cordova
- Create complete mobile apps using Apache Cordova that run on Apple iOS, Google Android, and Windows Phone
- Access the device's native functions by utilizing the Apache Cordova APIs
- Create a neat user interface for your mobile application using jQuery Mobile
- Increase the quality and robustness of your mobile applications by developing unit tests for their logic
- Design, develop, and automate tests for your mobile application using Jasmine, Karma, and Jenkins CI
- Extend the power of Apache Cordova by creating your own Apache Cordova cross-platform mobile plugins
- Explore some of the differences between the mobile platforms and learn how to handle these differences in a maintainable way
Table of contents
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JavaScript Mobile Application Development
- Table of Contents
- JavaScript Mobile Application Development
- Credits
- About the Author
- About the Reviewers
- www.PacktPub.com
- Preface
- 1. An Introduction to Apache Cordova
- 2. Developing Your First Cordova Application
- 3. Apache Cordova Development Tools
- 4. Cordova API in Action
- 5. Diving Deeper into the Cordova API
- 6. Developing Custom Cordova Plugins
- 7. Unit Testing the Cordova App's Logic
- 8. Applying it All – the Mega App
- Index
Product information
- Title: JavaScript Mobile Application Development
- Author(s):
- Release date: October 2014
- Publisher(s): Packt Publishing
- ISBN: 9781783554171
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