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Sams Teach Yourself jQuery Mobile in 24 Hours
Author(s): Phil Dutson (Author)
- Publisher: Sams Publishing
- Publication Date: 13 July 2012
- Language: English
- Print length: 496 pages
- ISBN-10: 0672335948
- ISBN-13: 9780672335945
Book Description
jQuery Mobile makes it easy for developers to add “native” mobile functionality to their sites and applications, delivering seamless experiences to customers using diverse mobile devices, all from a single code base. In this book, leading mobile expert Phil Dutson helps readers master the latest version of jQuery Mobile, even if they have no previous experience. In just 24 lessons of one hour or less, Dutson guides readers through every step of creating and customizing a mobile website with jQuery Mobile. Each short, easy lesson builds on all that’s come before, teaching jQuery Mobile’s newest features in the context of real solution development. Readers learn how to: -Create user interfaces with toolbars, buttons, forms, lists, events, and themes -Build responsive layouts and develop new themes -Detect diverse devices -Encode and embed mobile video -Use mobile device simulators -Build apps with PhoneGap and jQuery Mobile -Incorporate QR and Microsoft Tag Codes -And much more Step-by-step instructions walk developers through common questions, issues, and tasks… Quizzes and Exercises build and test knowledge… “Did You Know?” tips offer insider advice and shortcuts… and “Watch Out!” alerts help readers avoid problems. By the time they’re finished, readers will be comfortable going beyond the book to “mobilize” virtually any site.
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From the Back Cover
Quizzes and Exercises at the end of each chapter help you test your knowledge.
Notes present valuable additional information related to the discussion.
Tips offer advice or show you easier ways to perform tasks.
Cautions alert you to possible problems and give you advice on how to avoid them.
Learn how to…
• Quickly start using jQuery Mobile with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
• Create responsive layouts that automatically optimize for any smartphone or tablet
• Detect devices and route them to specific areas of your site
• Style jQuery Mobile user interfaces that control everything users see, touch, or do
• Use events to create custom functionality for gestures
• Choose and use the best video embedding/encoding techniques for each solution
• Go beyond jQuery Mobile defaults with plugins and themes
• Add jQuery Mobile to WordPress themes
• Use scannable QRs and Tag Codes to track customers and point them to custom content
• Work with device emulators and overcome their weaknesses
• Use PhoneGap to bridge the gap between native and web applications
• “Minify” your site to make it load and run faster
• Master powerful new tips and tricks for better jQuery Mobile development
