jQuery mobile cookbook.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jain, Chetan K.

Series:

Quick answers to common problems

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

jQuery Mobile.

Mobile computing.

JavaScript (Computer program language).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Olton Birmingham : Packt Publishing, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Biography/History:

Jain Chetan: Chetan K Jain loves to code, and has been writing code for over 16 years now. He is a Senior Architect, and has worked on mobile technologies for over 4 years for Nokia. Since then, he has moved on to work as a freelance consultant. Chetan has significant experience in writing cross-platform mobile apps using jQuery Mobile, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Nodejs, and has also worked extensively on Qt. Prior to mobile technologies, he has worked with Java technology and was also certified as an MCSD and MCSE in his early days. Chetan is an active contributor to open source development, and tries to help jQuery Mobile development whenever he can. He regularly participates in developer forums, and was earlier a top-ranked member and a "mad scientist" in the Nokia Qt Developer Forum. Chetan was born in Bangalore and lives there with his wife Shwetha and son Tanmay. The only time he ventured to live away from Bangalore was when he worked for over 4 years in the USA. His adventure didn't end there. He did a solo US cross country drive in his two door coupe from the east coast to the west and back, driving alone for over 8000 plus miles in 16 days to experience and live life as he calls it. His travelogue can be found at http: //adventure. chetankjain. net. Chetan has contributed and published over 15 books to Gutenberg as a volunteer. He has also published four books on Jaina Literature and History written by his mother Saraswathamma. He is a voracious reader, and his other interests include music, movies, and travelling. Photography is his favorite hobby, and his clicks can be found at http: //www. facebook. com/chetankjainphotos/photos_stream. Chetan can be reached at chetankjain@gmail. com. He also blogs at http: //dev. chetankjain. net.

Summary:

This book is written in Cookbook style with a lot of practical tips, code, and step-by-step examples, to ease and quicken your learning curve. If you are a beginner with jQuery/JavaScript skills, this book offers you numerous examples to get you started. If you are a seasoned developer, this book lets you explore jQuery Mobile in greater depth.

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; Acknowledgement; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1:Get Rolling; Introduction; Writing your first jQuery Mobile application; Using JS Bin to create a simple application; Chapter 2:Pages and Dialogs; Introduction; Writing a single-page template application; Writing a multi-page template application; Prefetching pages for faster navigation; Using the DOM cache to improve performance; Custom styling a dialog; Using CSS to create a bouncing page transition; Using JS to create a slide and fade page transition

Using data-url to handle the login page navigation Using History API to create a custom error pop up; Chapter 3:Toolbars; Introduction; Using fullscreen fixed toolbars; Using persistent navbars in toolbars; Customizing the header with multiple buttons; Adding a customized round button to the header; Adding an image to the header; Adding a customized back button; Adding a layout grid to the footer; Chapter 4:Buttons and Content Formatting; Introduction; Scripting a dynamically added button; Using a custom icon in a button; Adding a custom icon sprite; Replacing the default icon sprite

Using alternate icons in a collapsible Creating a nested accordion; Creating a custom layout grid; Using XML content; Using JSON content; Chapter 5:Forms; Introduction; Native styling of form controls; Disabling text controls; Grouping radio buttons in a grid; Customizing a checkbox group; Creating dynamic flip switch and slider controls; Using options to auto-initialize a select menu; Validating forms; Submitting a form using POST; Fetching data using GET; Creating an accessible form; Chapter 6:List Views; Introduction; Using inset and non-inset lists; Creating a custom numbered list

Using a nested list Using a read-only nested list; Formatting content in a list; Using a split button list; Using image icons; Creating a custom search filter; Modifying a list with JavaScript; Chapter 7:Configurations; Introduction; Configuring the active classes; Configuring ajax Enabled; Configuring autoInitialize Page; Configuring the default transitions; Configuring ignoreContent Enabled; Configuring the page loading and error messages; Configuring the default namespace; Configuring hashListening Enabled and subPage UrlKey; Configuring pushStateEnabled and linkBinding Enabled; Chapter 8:Events

Introduction Using orientation events; Using scroll events; Using touch events; Virtual mouse events; Page initialization events; Page load and remove events; Page change events; Page transition and animation events; Using layout events; Chapter 9:Methods and Utilities; Introduction; Using loadPage() to load a page; Using change Page() to change a page; Using jqmData() and jqmRemoveData(); Using jqmEnhanceable(); Using jqmHijackable; Using .mobile.base; Parsing an URL; Using .mobile.path utility methods; Using silent scrolling; Chapter 10:The Theme Framework; Introduction

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Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed April 30 2013).

ISBN:

9781299466647

1299466648

9781849517232

1849517231

OCLC:

823723674