Quickly start using jQuery Mobile with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
jQuery Mobile makes it easy for developers to add "native" mobile functionality to their sites and applications, delivering seamless experiences to customers using diverse mobile devices, all from a single code base. In this book, leading mobile expert Phil Dutson helps readers master the latest version of jQuery Mobile, even if they have no previous experience. In just 24 lessons of one hour or less, Dutson guides readers through every step of creating and customizing a mobile website with jQuery Mobile. Each short, easy lesson builds on all that's come before, teaching jQuery Mobile's newest features in the context of real solution development. Readers learn how to: -Create user interfaces with toolbars, buttons, forms, lists, events, and themes -Build responsive layouts and develop new themes -Detect diverse devices -Encode and embed mobile video -Use mobile device simulators -Build apps with PhoneGap and jQuery Mobile -Incorporate QR and Microsoft Tag Codes -And much more Step-by-step instructions walk developers through common questions, issues, and tasks... Quizzes and Exercises build and test knowledge... "Did You Know?" tips offer insider advice and shortcuts... and "Watch Out!" alerts help readers avoid problems. By the time they're finished, readers will be comfortable going beyond the book to "mobilize" virtually any site.
There is little doubt that the way we currently access, use, and share the things we find online
is going to continue to become more and more mobile. Every month thousands of new smartphones
are activated and accompany their owners everywhere from trips to the grocery store to
mountain hiking. As our thirst for connectivity expands into areas not possible a few years ago
we need sites that deliver information quickly and easily, and that will work no matter what
device we are u sing for access. This can be done with jQuery Mobile.
Built on the popular and stable jQuery framework, jQuery Mobile can be utilized to transform
existing sites into mobile-friendly ones. If you do not have a site yet, don’t worry because starting
out with a blank slate is a great way to see how simple and easy using jQuery Mobile is.
Shortly you will have a site that handles as well on a mobile device as it does on a desktop.
Getting into mobile site development is no longer an option; it’s a necessity. Even though the
landscape is morphing as much for the mobile web as for the current desktop websites, using a
framework like jQuery Mobile helps bridge the gaps between hardware and software platforms.
This gives you the peace of mind that users can still use your site, even if they are on a legacy
device that may fail to support many other sites today.