“For those not ready to tackle the complexities of Objective-C, this is a great way to get started building iPhone apps. If you know the basics of HTML, JavaScript, and CSS, you'll be building apps in no time.”
–August Trometer, Owner of FoggyNoggin Software, www.foggynoggin.com
Discover the Easier, Faster Way to Build High-Quality iPhone Applications
Now, you don’t need to dive headfirst into Objective-C to write state-of-the-art applications for the iPhone. You can use the web development tools and technologies you already know: JavaScript, HTML, and CSS. In this book, long-time web and mobile application developer Lee S. Barney shows how to create secure, high-quality, modular hybrid iPhone applications–and how to do it fast, so you can get it to market first!
Barney, creator of the powerful QuickConnect framework for JavaScript-based iPhone development, covers both QuickConnect and the alternative PhoneGap framework. He walks through the entire hybrid iPhone development process, from creating great user interfaces to compiling, deploying, and executing applications. Along the way, he introduces techniques and sample code designed to streamline development, eliminate complexity, optimize performance, and leverage all iPhone’s native capabilities–from its accelerometer and GPS to its built-in database. Coverage includes
- Using Dashcode and Xcode together to create unique, exciting hybrid iPhone applications
- Building modular applications that perform complex tasks quickly and easily without sacrificing flexibility
- Creating intuitive user interfaces that meet Apple’s requirements for inclusion in the App Store
- Using the QuickConnect JavaScript API to perform tasks ranging from vibrating the phone to accessing the accelerometer and GPS location data
- Accessing native iPhone functionality using the PhoneGap JavaScript API
- Building GPS capabilities into your iPhone applications
- Storing, retrieving, and managing data on the iPhone, even without network access
- Using XMLHttpRequest to access or synchronize with remote data and to utilize Web services
- Creating Google-based maps that look and work like iPhone Map and run from within your application
- Previewing QuickConnect and PhoneGap development roadmaps
This book systematically lowers the barriers to iPhone development, enabling Web developers to build any iPhone application they can imagine–without long development cycles or steep learning curves!
Preface
Chapter 1: Developing with Dashcode and Xcode
Chapter 2: JavaScript Modularity and iPhone Applications
Chapter 3: Creating iPhone User Interfaces
Chapter 4: GPS, Acceleration, and Other Native Functions with QuickConnectiPhone
Chapter 5: GPS, Acceleration, and Other Native Functions with PhoneGap
Chapter 6: Embedding Google Maps
Chapter 7: Database Access
Chapter 8: Remote Data Access
Appendix A: Introduction to JSON
Appendix B: The QuickConnectFamily Development Roadmap
Appendix C: The PhoneGap Development Roadmap
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