Learn to develop web applications that look and feel native on Apple iOS and Google Android touchscreen devices using Sencha Touch through examples
Design resolution-independent and graphical representations like buttons, icons, and tabs of unparalleled flexibility
Add custom events like tap, double tap, swipe, tap and hold, pinch, and rotate
Plenty of well-explained sample code with the essential screenshots added in for thorough understanding
Build web applications for Apple iOS and Google Android touchscreen devices with this first HTML5 mobile framework
Sencha Touch Mobile JavaScript Framework teaches you all you need to get started with Sencha Touch and build awesome mobile web applications. Beginning with an overview of Sencha Touch, this book will guide you through creating a complete simple application followed by styling the user interface and the list of Sencha Touch components explained through comprehensive examples. Next, you will learn about the essential touch and component events, which will help you create rich dynamic animations. The book follows this up with information about core data packages and dealing with data and wraps it up with building another simple but powerful Sencha Touch application. Download eBook Free »
Clear and practical recipes for building web applications using JavaScript and AJAX without having to learn Objective-C or Cocoa
Build web applications for iPhone with a native look feel using only JavaScript, CSS, and XHTML
Develop applications faster using frameworks
Integrate videos, sound, and images into your iPhone applications
Work with data using SQL and AJAX
Write code to integrate your own applications with famous websites such as Facebook, Twitter, and Flickr
These practical recipes include code and screenshots offering a clear step-by-step guide using different frameworks
In Detail
Undoubtedly, the iPhone is one of the most exciting mobile devices in the world. Its iOS is used in other Apple devices such as the iPad and iPod Touch. With this book you’ll learn how to build and develop applications for these devices without applying Apple’s burdensome and at times restrictive technologies. Just use your experience and knowledge combined with web front-end technologies like JavaScript to build quality web apps. Nobody will know you haven’t used Objective-C and Cocoa.
The iPhone JavaScript Cookbook offers a set of practical and clear recipes with a step-by-step approach for building your own iPhone applications applying only web technologies such as JavaScript and AJAX. Web developers won’t need to learn a new programming language for building iOS applications with a native look and feel.