Tony Hillerson - Seven Mobile Apps in Seven Weeks: Native Apps, Multiple Platforms

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When people ask where I got the concept for this book, I joke that it sprang fully formed into my head because I needed to answer questions about or build apps for multiple mobile platforms so many times. It certainly feels that way, but what most likely happened was that I had hundreds of conversations with coworkers, friends, clients, and industry experts about building apps for multiple platforms. Add to those conversations the great esteem I have for the Seven in Seven series, and you can see how I came to the conclusion to write this book.

So, then, thank you to all of my coworkers and friends with whom Ive had these conversations and built those apps over the years. We commiserated, we argued, we experimented, we built stuff, and I learned a great deal from all of you.

Thank you also to Dave and Andy, the publishers; Bruce, the Seven in Seven series editor; and Jackie, the editor of this book, for helping me to make this an addition to the series that I enjoy so much. I really appreciate the opportunity.

Writing a book like this, with seven technologies, requires more eyes than just mine on the code; it requires the help of reviewers both reviewing the book as a whole and diving deeply into technologies as experts. Here are the reviewers who made this book possible by finding bugs and corrections and offering style tips and encouragement. Thanks to all of you:

Michael Hunter,Kevin Garriott,Daniel Wanja,Loren Sands-Ramshaw,Maricris Nonato,Javier Collado,Alessandro Bahgat,Daniel Lamb,Nishant Srivastava,Gbor Lszl Hajba,Ramaninder Singh Jhajj,Stephen Wolff,Stefan Turalski,Kaan Karaca,Fabrizio Cucci,Jacob Henry,Colin Gray,Seth Howard,Eric Langland,Rob Malko,Brandon Minnick,Jack Moffitt, andJoshua Jamison.

Finally, thanks to my wife, Lori, and our kids, Dina, Lincoln, and Titus, for allowing me the time to write another book.