jQuery mobile : up and running / Maximiliano Firtman ; editor, Simon St. Laurent ; illustrator, Robert Romano.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Firtman, Maximiliano R.

Contributor:

St. Laurent, Simon.

Romano, Robert (Illustrator), illustrator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

JavaScript (Computer program language).

HTML (Document markup language).

Computer programming.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (270 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Sebastopol, California : O'Reilly Media, 2012.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Would you like to build one mobile web application that works on iPad and Kindle Fire as well as iPhone and Android smartphones? This introductory guide to jQuery Mobile shows you how. Through a series of hands-on exercises, you'll learn the best ways to use this framework's many interface components to build customizable, multiplatform apps. You don't need any programming skills or previous experience with jQuery to get started. By the time you finish this book, you'll know how to create responsive, Ajax-based interfaces that work on a variety of smartphones and tablets, using j

Contents:

Table of Contents; Preface; Conventions Used in This Book; Using Code Examples; Safari® Books Online; How to Contact Us; Chapter 1. The Mobile Platform; Why Do We Need jQuery Mobile?; Myths of the Mobile Web; It's not the mobile web; it's just the Web!; You don't need to do anything special when designing for the mobile web; One website should work for all devices (desktop, mobile, TV, etc.); Just create an HTML file with a width of 240 pixels, and you have a mobile website; Mobile Webapps; So, Again...Why Do We Need jQuery Mobile?; What Is jQuery Mobile?; What jQuery Mobile Is Not

The FrameworkThe Mobile and Tablet World; Device Categories; Mobile phones; Low-end mobile devices; Mid-end/high-end mobile devices; Smartphones; Tablets; Operating Systems and Browsers; jQuery Mobile Compatibility; Mobile graded browser support; HTML5 and CSS3; Main Features; Use of Nonintrusive Semantic HTML5; Progressive Enhancement; Accessibility Support; Testing Webapps; Emulators and Simulators; Remote Labs; Chapter 2. Starting with the Framework; Preparing the Document; Requirements; Hosting the Files; Using a CDN; Latest builds; Main HTML5 Template; The viewport

Performance on JavaScriptAdobe Dreamweaver Support; Previewing Files; Architecture; Roles; Theming; The Page; The header and the footer; The content; Navigation; Back Button; Internal Page Links; External Page Links; Absolute External Links; Mobile Special Links; Transition Between Pages; Reverse Transition; Dialogs; Closing or Going Back?; Opening Pages from Dialogs; Integrating with the Phone; Making a Call; Video and VoIP Calls; Sending Email; Sending an SMS; Other URI Schemes; Bringing It All Together; Chapter 3. UI Components; Toolbars; Positioning; True Fixed Toolbars

Adding Content to the HeaderAdding buttons; Adding a logo; Customizing the header; Adding Content to the Footer; Navigation Bars; Using icons; Selected element; Persistent Footer; Formatting Content; Collapsible Content; Nested collapsible contents; Accordion; Columns; Buttons; Inline Buttons; Grouped Buttons; Effects; Icons; Creating Custom Icons; Icon Positioning; Icon-Only Buttons; Icon Shadow; Chapter 4. Lists; Full-Page Lists Versus Inset Lists; Visual Separators; Interactive Rows; Nested Lists; Split Button Lists; Managing row importance; Ordered Interactive Lists; Using Images

Row IconsThumbnails; Aside Content; Title and Description; Using Count Bubbles; Filtering Data with Search; List Views Cheat Sheet; Chapter 5. Form Components; Form Action; Forcing a Non-AJAX Form; Form Elements; Labels; Field Containers; Text Fields; Auto-Growing Text Area; New HTML5 Attributes; Date Fields; Slider; Flip Toggle Switch; Select Menus; Grouping select menus; Non-native select menus; Radio Buttons; Checkboxes; File Uploads; Chapter 6. The Framework and JavaScript; Document Events; Configuration; Global Configuration; User interface; Core and AJAX functionalities

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Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781449331108

1449331106

OCLC:

780425856