What people are saying about Building iPhone Apps w/ HTML, CSS, and JavaScript "The future of mobile development is clearly web technologies like CSS, HTML and JavaScript. Jonathan Stark shows you how to leverage your existing web development skills to build native iPhone applications using these technologies." --John Allsopp, author and founder of Web Directions "Jonathan's book is the most comprehensive documentation available for developing web applications for mobile Safari. Not just great tech coverage, this book is an easy read of purely fascinating mobile tidbits in a fun colloquial style. Must have for all PhoneGap developers." -- Brian LeRoux, Nitobi Software It's a fact: if you know HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, you already have the tools you need to develop your own iPhone apps. With this book, you'll learn how to use these open source web technologies to design and build apps for the iPhone and iPod Touch on the platform of your choice-without using Objective-C or Cocoa. Device-agnostic mobile apps are the wave of the future, and this book shows you how to create one product for several platforms. You'll find guidelines for converting your product into a native iPhone app using the free PhoneGap framework. And you'll learn why releasing your product as a web app first helps you find, fix, and test bugs much faster than if you went straight to the App Store with a product built with Apple's tools. Build iPhone apps with tools you already know how to use Learn how to make an existing website look and behave like an iPhone app Add native-looking animations to your web app using jQTouch Take advantage of client-side data storage with apps that run even when the iPhone is offline Hook into advanced iPhone features -- including the accelerometer, geolocation, and vibration -- with JavaScript Submit your applications to the App Store with Xcode This book received valuable community input through O'Reilly's Open Feedback Publishing System (OFPS).

Provides step-by-step instructions on creating a variety of applications for the iPhone and iPod Touch using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript instead of Objective-C or Cocoa.

"It's a fact - if you know HTML, CSS and JavaScript, you already have the tools you need to develop your own iPhone apps! You can design and build apps for the iPhone and iPod Touch with existing open source web technologies without using Objective-C or Cocoa. Mobile apps that work on multiple platforms are the wave of the future. Learn about these new technologies from a recognized expert by watching this recorded webcast provided by Safari Books Online! You will learn to convert your product into a native iPhone app using the free PhoneGap framework. Releasing your product as a web app first will help you find, fix and test bugs much faster than if you went straight to the App Store with a product built with Apple's tools. Author Jonathan Stark shows you how to: - Build iPhone apps with tools you already know how to use - Learn how to make an existing website look and behave like an iPhone app - Add native-looking animations to your web app using jQTouch - Take advantage of client-side data storage with apps that run even when the iPhone is offline - Hook into advanced iPhone features - including the accelerometer, geolocation and vibration - with JavaScript - Submit your applications to the App Store with Xcode The future of mobile development is clearly web technologies like CSS, HTML and JavaScript. Leverage your existing web development skills to build native iPhone applications using these technologies."--Resource description page.

Today’s Web 2.0 applications (think Facebook and Twitter) go far beyond the confines of the desktop and are widely used on mobile devices. The mobile Web has become incredibly popular given the success of the iPhone and BlackBerry, the importance of Windows Mobile, and the emergence of Palm Pre (and its webOS platform). At Apress, we are fortunate to have Gail Frederick of the well-known training site Learn the Mobile Web offer her expert advice in Beginning Smartphone Web Development. In this book, Gail teaches the web standards and fundamentals specific to smartphones and other feature-driven mobile phones and devices. Shows you how to build interactive mobile web sites using web technologies optimized for browsers in smartphones Details markup fundamentals, design principles, content adaptation, usability, and interoperability Explores cross-platform standards and best practices for the mobile Web authored by the W3C, dotMobi, and similar organizations Dives deeps into the feature sets of the most popular mobile browsers, including WebKit, Chrome, Palm Pre webOS, Pocket IE, Opera Mobile, and Skyfire By the end of this book, you’ll have the training, tools, and techniques for creating robust mobile web experiences on any of these platforms for your favorite smartphone or other mobile device.

Learn to build and optimize attractive, functional web sites for smartphones Today, mobile devices outnumber desktop and laptop computers three to one. Skill in developing web sites that work on mobile devices is in demand, and this friendly, step-by-step guide shows how to build and optimize sites using HTML5 and other standard web development tools. Building web sites that work for all types of smartphones and tablets, including iPhones, iPads, Android devices, and BlackBerry devices is a skill much in demand as mobile devices outpace both desktop and laptop computers, and this book gets you started. Guides you through creating and optimizing mobile sites with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript Covers HTML5, WebKit extensions, platform variations, accommodating different browsers, security issues, and making mobile sites richer with Flash, graphics, and video Includes code for differences in mobile app design and navigation, including touch devices HTML, CSS, and JavaScript Mobile Web Development For Dummies makes it easy to start developing great sites for mobile devices.

Es geht auch ohne Objective-C und Cocoa! Wenn Sie HTML, CSS und JavaScript konnen, haben Sie alles, was Sie brauchen, um eine schicke, funktionstuchtige iPhone-Applikation zu entwickeln. Im iPhone-Look&Feel, nur mit Standard-Technologien und unschlagbar einfach. Wer will schon gern bei Null anfangen? Sich in eine neue Programmiersprache und ungewohnte Entwicklungswerkzeuge einzuarbeiten, ist ganz schon muhsam und vollig uberflussig. Nutzen Sie Ihr Webwissen und legen Sie los: Mit HTML5 konnen Sie Daten auf dem Client speichern und Anwendungen entwickeln, die offline funktionieren. Mit CSS bekommen Sie den echten iPhone-Look hin, und mit den richtigen JavaScript-Helfern klappt s auch mit den Animationen. Das Beste aus zwei Welten Wollen Sie den App Store als Verbreitungskanal fur Ihre Anwendung nutzen? Oder mochten Sie, dass Ihre App auf verschiedenen mobilen Geraten lauft? Dann nutzen Sie das Open Source-Framework PhoneGap, das aus Ihrer Web-App ein installierbares Programm macht. Die Vorzuge der Webversion konnen Sie trotzdem nutzen: Testen und verbessern Sie Ihre App kontinuierlich und zeitnah, bevor Sie sie Apples Review-Prozedere uberantworten. Kompakt, schnell, praxisbezogen Jonathan Stark ist kein Freund des Seitenschindens: Er kommt sofort zur Sache und bringt alle in der Praxis wichtigen Schritte klar und strukturiert auf den Punkt. Vermutlich brauchen Sie fur diesen kompakten, praxisnahen Leitfaden nur wenige Stunden, und Ihre Anwendung steht."