Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 284 pages
- Published by: Wrox January 29, 2008
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0470251557
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0470251553
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Book Dimensions:
9.1 x 7.4 x 0.7 inches
- Weighs: 1.1 pounds
Product Description
This hands-on, in-depth book introduces developers to the initial release of the iPhone application platform and assists them in creating Web 2.0 applications that operate on the iPhone and integrate with its services. Author Richard Wagner shares his experience as he guides readers through the process of building new applications from scratch and migrating existing Web 2.0 applications to this new mobile platform.
Utilizing practical examples, the book shows how to build a wide range of solutions--from a basic XHTML/CSS client to an advanced Ajax-enabled database application. As it does so, it helps readers design a user interface that is optimized for the iPhone touch-screen display. Additionally, the book helps readers integrate their applications with iPhone services, including phone dialog, its motion sensor, and Google Maps.
With this book, readers will discover how to:
- Build an XHTML and CSS UI framework from the ground up
- Emulate the look and feel of built-in applications
- Integrate public Web 2.0 APIs into applications
- Capture finger touch interactions
- Use Ajax to load external pages
- Create mashups for the iPhone
- Store local and remote data
- Optimize applications for the EDGE network
- Test, debug, and deploy iPhone applications
- And more.
Back Cover Copy
Professional iPhone and iPod touch Programming The unprecedented success of iPhone and iPod touch serves as proof positive that application developers are entering uncharted territory when it comes to creating sophisticated, multi-functional mobile applications for the revolutionary interface design of the touch screen. The Safari-exclusive applications for these Apple devices assemble elements of Web 2.0 apps, traditional desktop apps, multimedia video and audio, and the cell phone. this book shows you how to integrate these various elements with key design concepts and principles in order to develop a highly usable interface for the touch screen.
You'll learn to use existing open-source libraries in your code, imitate the overall look and feel of built-in Apple applications, and migrate existing Web 2.0 apps and sites to this new mobile platform. Along the way, you'll discover how to design a user interface that is optimized for the touch-screen display. By the end of the book, you'll feel untouchable as you create a custom mobile application from scratch.
What you will learn from this book: - How to design and implement an iPhone user interface
- Ways to enable and optimize web sites for iPhone and iPod touch.
- Tips for handling touch interactions and capturing JavaScript events
- Specific CSS styles that are useful for developing applications
- Techniques for integrating applications with core iPhone services including Phone, Mail, and Goolge Maps
- How to minimize constraints and maximize bandwidth and app-execution performance
- Methods of debugging Mobile Safari applications
Who this book is for:
This book is for web developers who want to build new applications for iPhone and iPod touch. A working knowledge of HTML/XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, and AJAX is necessary.
Wrox Professional guides are planned and written by working programmers to meet the real-world requirements of programmers, developers, and IT professionals. Focused and relevant, they address the issues t3echnology professionals face every day. They provide examples, practical solutions, and expert education in new technologies, all designed to help programmers do a better job.
Reader ReviewsI've never owned a Mac (until now) and never done any development for that platform. While this book doesn't intend to cover the recently released iPhone SDK (it was published before the SDK's release), it does provide excellent coverage of web-based development for the iPhone (and iPod Touch). It leverages a free, open-source library to take much of the grunt work out of it, but also provides detailed code samples and examples and enough information so you could probably do it without the library should you desire. If you're interested in making your site look and feel like an iPhone app, this book will get you there. You should understand HTML, CSS and, preferably, a modicum of Javascript to get the most out of the book.
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