Professional iPhone and iPod touch Programming: Building Applications for Mobile Safari [NOOK Book]

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The Safari-exclusive applications for iPhone and iPod touch assemble various elements, and this book shows you how to integrate these 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. By the end of the book, you’ll feel untouchable as you create a...
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Overview

The Safari-exclusive applications for iPhone and iPod touch assemble various elements, and this book shows you how to integrate these 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. By the end of the book, you’ll feel untouchable as you create a custom mobile application from scratch.

Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780470285756
  • Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
  • Publication date: 4/28/2008
  • Sold by: Barnes & Noble
  • Format: eBook
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 284
  • File size: 16 MB
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Meet the Author

Richard Wagner is an experienced Web designer and developer as well as author of several Web - related books on the underlying technologies of the Mobile Safari platform. These books include XSLT For Dummies , Creating Web Pages All - In - One Desk Reference For Dummies , XML All - In - One Desk Reference For Dummies , Web Design Before & After Makeovers , and JavaScript Unleashed (1st, 2nd ed.). Before moving into full - time authoring, Richard was an experienced programmer and head of engineering. He was also inventor and chief architect of the award - winning NetObjects ScriptBuilder. A versatile author with a wide range of interests, he is also author of The Myth of Happiness . Richard can be located online at tech.digitalwalk.net .
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments.

Introduction.

Chapter 1: Introducing the iPhone and iPod touch Development Platform.

Chapter 2: Designing a User Interface.

Chapter 3: Implementing the Interface.

Chapter 4: Styling with CSS.

Chapter 5: Handling Touch Interactions and Events.

Chapter 6: Advanced Programming Topics: Canvas and Video.

Chapter 7: Integrating with iPhone Services.

Chapter 8: Enabling and Optimizing Web Sites for iPhone and iPod touch.

Chapter 9: Bandwidth and Performance Optimizations.

Chapter 10: Packaging Apps as Bookmarks: Bookmarklets and Data URLs.

Chapter 11: Case Studies: Beyond Edge-to-Edge Design.

Chapter 12: Testing and Debugging.

Index.

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