Programming the mobile web / Maximiliano Firtman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Firtman, Maximiliano R., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Internet programming.

Mobile computing.

Pocket computers--Programming.

Pocket computers.

Application software--Development.

Application software.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (512 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Sebastopol : O'Reilly, [2010]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Today's market for mobile apps goes beyond the iPhone to include BlackBerry, Nokia, Windows Phone, and smartphones powered by Android, webOS, and other platforms. If you're an experienced web developer, this book shows you how to build a standard app core that you can extend to work with specific devices. You'll learn the particulars and pitfalls of building mobile apps with HTML, CSS, and other standard web tools. You'll also explore platform variations, finicky mobile browsers, Ajax design patterns for mobile, and much more. Before you know it, you'll be able to create mashups

Contents:

Table of Contents; Preface; Who This Book Is For; Who This Book Is Not For; What You'll Learn; Other Options; If You Like (or Don't Like) This Book; Conventions Used in This Book; Using Code Examples; How to Contact Us; Safari® Books Online; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. The Mobile Jungle; Myths of the Mobile Web; It's Not the Mobile Web; It's Just the Web!; You Don't Need to Do Anything Special About Your Desktop Website; One Website Should Work for All Devices (Desktop, Mobile, TV, etc.); Mobile Web Is Really Easy; Just Create a WML File

Just Create an HTML File with a Width of 240 Pixels, and You Have a Mobile WebsiteNative Mobile Applications Will Kill the Mobile Web; People Are Not Using Their Mobile Browsers; The Mobile Ecosystem; What Is a Mobile Device?; Portable; Personal; Companion; Easy usage; Connected device; Mobile Device Categories; Mobile phones; Low-end mobile devices; Mid-end mobile devices; High-end mobile devices; Smartphones; Non-phone devices; Small Personal Object Technology (SPOTs); Tablets, netbooks, and notebooks; Mobile Knowledge; Display; Resolution; Physical dimensions; Aspect ratio; Input methods

Other featuresBrands, Models, and Platforms; Apple; Nokia; Series 40; S60; Maemo/MeeGo; BlackBerry; Samsung; Sony Ericsson; Motorola; LG Mobile; HTC; Android; Windows Mobile; Palm; Symbian Foundation; Other Platforms; Technical Information; Market Statistics; Chapter 2. Mobile Browsing; The Mobile Browsing Experience; Browsing Types; Zoom Experience; Reflow Engines; Direct Versus Proxied Browsers; Multipage Experience; The WebKit Engine; Preinstalled Browsers; NetFront; Myriad; Internet Explorer; Safari on iOS; Nokia Series 40 browser; Sony Ericsson browsers; Obigo browser

Motorola Mobile Internet Browser (MIB)Symbian browser; Android browser; webOS browser; BlackBerry browser; Samsung WebKit browser; MicroB (Maemo browser); User-Installable Browsers; Opera Mobile; Opera Mini; Firefox for mobile; UC Browser; SkyFire; Bolt; Chromium; Browser Overview; Mobile Web Eras; WAP 1; WAP 2.0; The dotMobi era; On-Device Portals and rich clients; Mobile Web 2.0; Chapter 3. Architecture and Design; Website Architecture; Navigation; Context; Progressive Enhancement; Different Version Approach; Design and Usability; Touch Design Patterns; Official UI Guidelines

Chapter 4. Setting Up Your EnvironmentSetting Up a Development Environment; Working with Code; Emulators and Simulators; Android emulator; Nokia emulators; iPhone simulator; Palm emulator; BlackBerry simulators; Windows Mobile emulators; Windows Phone emulator; i-mode HTML simulator; Opera Mobile emulator; Openwave simulator; Adobe Device Central; Comparison; Online simulators; Opera Mini Simulator; ready.mobi; Production Environment; Web Hosting; Domain; Error Management; Statistics; Chapter 5. Markups and Standards; First, the Old Ones; WML; WML was not alone; Serving WML; Current Standards

Politics of the Mobile Web

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 14, 2014).

ISBN:

9781449395896

1449395899

9781449395971

144939597X

OCLC:

780425267