JavaScript Mobile Application Development

by Hazem Saleh

Create neat cross-platform mobile apps using Apache Cordova and jQuery MobileAbout This BookConfigure your Android, iOS, and Window Phone 8 development environments.Extend the power of Apache Cordova by creating your own Apache Cordova cross-platform mobile plugins.Enhance the quality and the robustness of your Apache Cordova mobile application by unit testing its logic using Jasmine.Who This Book Is ForIf you are a native mobile developer, with some familiarity with the common web technologies of JavaScript, CSS, and HTML, or if you are a web developer, then this learning guide will add great value and impact to your work. Learning how to develop mobile applications using Apache Cordova is of particular importance if you are looking to develop applications on a variety of different platforms efficiently.

What You Will LearnDevelop, build, run, and deploy great cross-platform mobile applications using Apache CordovaCreate complete mobile apps using Apache Cordova that run on Apple iOS, Google Android, and Windows PhoneAccess the device's native functions by utilizing the Apache Cordova APIsCreate a neat user interface for your mobile application using jQuery MobileIncrease the quality and robustness of your mobile applications by developing unit tests for their logicDesign, develop, and automate tests for your mobile application using Jasmine, Karma, and Jenkins CIExtend the power of Apache Cordova by creating your own Apache Cordova cross-platform mobile pluginsExplore some of the differences between the mobile platforms and learn how to handle these differences in a maintainable wayIn DetailWhether you are developing a mobile app for iPad or on a Windows Phone, you need to learn the specific languages and technologies for that device. This is where Apache Cordova shines.

This book is the learning resource to use when you want to efficiently develop your own mobile applications using Apache Cordova as the platform for your HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. In order to develop good-looking mobile applications, this book also utilizes jQuery Mobile. jQuery Mobile is one of the best available frameworks for developing mobile-friendly web applications.

After finishing this book, you should be able to develop your very own mobile application on different mobile platforms using only JavaScript, without having to learn the native programming languages of every mobile platform.

531 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 21, 2014

About the author

Hazem Saleh has ten years of experience in Java EE, Mobile and Open Source technologies. He worked as a technical consultant for many clients in Europe (Sweden), North America (USA, Canada), South America (Peru), Africa (Egypt, Morocco, Zambia), and Asia (Qatar, Kuwait, KSA). He is an Apache MyFaces committer and a person who spent many years of his life writing open source software. Beside being the author of the "JavaScript Unit Testing" book, "Pro JSF and HTML5" book and the co-author of the "Definitive guide to Apache MyFaces" book, Hazem is also an author of many technical articles, a developerWorks contributing author and a technical speaker in both local and international conferences such as ApacheCon North America, Geecon, JSFDays, CON-FESS Vienna and JavaOne (San Francisco, Moscow, and Shanghai). Hazem is now working for IBM Egypt as an advisory software engineer. He is a member of the IBM Mobile Global CoC (Centre of Competency), and an IBM Certified Expert IT Specialist (L2).