Beginning Android Web Apps Development: Develop for Android using HTML5, CSS#, and Javascript
Copyright 2012 by Jon Westfall, Rocco Augusto, Grant Allen
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Dedicated to my wife, Karey, and to my parents, Alan & Dianne
Jon Westfall
I dedicate this book to my daughter Rose... and Perry White, who is too good of a reporter to not know Clark Kent is Superman. You Perry are a true gem.
Rocco Augusto
Contents at a Glance
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About the Authors
Jon Westfall is a researcher and technologist working in New York City at Columbia Business School. His current appointment is as the Associate Director for Research and Technology at the Center for Decision Sciences, a center within Columbia Business School at Columbia University in New York City. Additionally, he holds an appointment as a Lecturer in the Columbia University Psychology department, periodically teaching a course in Judgment and Decision Making. In addition to his research, he also has career ties in information technology, where he has worked as a consultant since 1997, founding his own firm, Bug Jr. Systems. As a consultant, he has developed custom software solutions (including native Windows 32 applications, Windows .NET applications, Windows Phone 7 and Android mobile applications, as well as ASP, ASP.NET, and PHP web applications). He has also served as a senior network and systems architect and administrator (on both Windows and Unix networks, and hybrids) and has also been recognized as a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) 2008 2012. In his spare time, he enjoys writing both technical books as well as fiction. His novel, Mandate, as well as other writings are available via his website at