Phillip Dutson - Sams Teach Yourself jQuery Mobile in 24 Hours

Phil Dutson

Sams Teach Yourself jQuery Mobile in 24 Hours

Copyright 2013 by Sams Publishing

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ISBN-13: 978-0-672-33594-5
ISBN-10: 0-672-33594-8

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:

Dutson, Phil, 1981
Sams teach yourself jQuery mobile in 24 hours / Phil Dutson.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-0-672-33594-5 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. JavaScript (Computer program language)--Programmed instruction. 2. Web site development
-Programmed instruction. I. Title.
QA76.73.J38D88 2013
005.2762--dc23
2012015341

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First Printing July 2012

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Phil does a great job taking you through the mobile ecosystem and how jQuery Mobile makes it dead simple to break into it. Going from the fundamentals of web and mobile to advanced topics like video and themes, anyone looking to gain greater knowledge in mobile development will profit from this book.

Brett Child, Software Consultant, Software Technology Group

Sams Teach Yourself jQuery Mobile in 24 Hours by Phil Dutson is full of rock-solid real-world examples that can be easily built upon to create a functional, rich, custom, completely usable mobile website.

The book reads incredibly easy; you find that the learning comes almost effortlessly as you read and work through the tutorials. In addition to learning the elements you need to build your own website, youll also learn how to extend and fill your mobile website with elements such as video and the creation and scanning of QR and Microsoft Tag codes. It even covers the introduction of jQuery Mobile into WordPress and the development of Android-based applications using jQuery Mobile and PhoneGap. I highly recommend a read if youre doing any type of mobile web development.

Drew Harvey, Solution Architect, CrossView, Inc.

This book is an excellent resource for any developer looking to integrate jQuery mobile into their next project. Phil covers the fundamentals of jQuery mobile while also providing best practices for mobile development.

Jim Hathaway, Web Developer

This book is an excellent read for beginners and web veterans alike. Phil Dutson does an excellent job of highlighting the jQuery Mobile frameworks semantics and syntax while also providing an introduction to mobile web development best practices in general.

Greg Lavallee, Software Engineer, The Washington Post Company

Well-written, detail-oriented, and documented with plenty of hands-on examples makes Sams Teach Yourself jQuery Mobile in 24 Hours flow and easily comprehensible. This book is a must-have library addition for the software developer beginning down the mobile application development path.

Tamara Urry, Sr. Software Engineer & Owner, JET Technical

In my years of learning, training, and teaching programming, I have rarely come across an individual with Phil Dutsons ability to explain code. Whether you are a beginner, novice, or experienced programmer, Sams Teach Yourself jQuery Mobile in 24 Hours is written for you. Developers who want to take advantage of the vast mobile market will want to add this book to their arsenal.

Dale Wallentine, Associate Dean, School of Technology Stevens-Henager College, Logan Utah Campus

Phil Dutson is the lead front-end developer for ICON Health and Fitness. He has worked on projects and solutions for NordicTrack, ProForm, Freemotion, Sears, Costco, Sams Club, and others. He was an original team member of the iFit team that integrated Google Maps into personalized workout n and playback. Phil co-founded and currently manages The E-Com DevBlog, a development blog focused on web development and solutions. To learn more visit http://dev.tonic1394.com.

To my patient and exceptionally loving family. Thank you for the support and encouragement.

A huge thanks to all of the wonderful people at Sams for working with me on this project. In no particular order Id like to single out my project editors, Trina MacDonald and Laura Lewin, for making sure I hit or at least came close to my deadlines; Olivia Basegio for helping me get things turned in; my awesome development editor, Songlin Qiu, who not only made sure that I always spelled lets as lets but also made sure that everything flowed nicely together; and my outstandingly brilliant technical editors, Jim Hathaway and Greg Lavallee, who not only tested every bit of code I threw at them, but pointed out when more explanation was necessary for the reader to really understand the concepts presented. I would also like to thank the production team, who put this book into your hands: Lori Lyons, Geneil Breeze, Nonie Ratcliff, and Kathy Ruiz.

As a personal thanks, Id like to tell Dave Davidicus Brown thank you for being indirectly and yet directly responsible for this endeavor. Another special thanks goes to my designer friends in UltraCube for always telling anyone who would listen (including me) to believe in your dreams, as well as my current eCommerce crew (Tracy, Casey, Sid, Remo, Brett, Eric, Chris, and Kim) and my previous crew (Berticus, Drewbie, Matt, Branden, and Stretch) for the support, praise, slight criticism, and sanity checks.