Master Mobile Web Apps with jQuery Mobile, 3rd Edition

What Is jQuery Mobile?

jQuery Mobile is a JavaScript framework that makes it quick and easy to build mobile web apps for iOS, Android and other devices.

By using HTML markup combined with special attributes, you can create an entire mobile web app interface with little or no JavaScript coding.

What’s in the Book?

Here are some of the topics you’ll learn when you read this book:

1. What jQuery Mobile can do for you

   How can jQuery Mobile help you build better mobile websites and web apps? You’ll learn about the concepts behind mobile web apps, discover how jQuery Mobile can speed up your app development, and find out how to install jQuery Mobile and get up and running quickly.

2. Build a simple mobile website in minutes

   Early in the book you dive straight into the action, and use jQuery Mobile to build a simple yet fully-functioning mobile website in a snap.

3. All the jQuery Mobile page elements explained

   Discover how to build pages, buttons, toolbars, dialogs, popups, forms and interactive listviews — using nothing but HTML.

4. Theming jQuery Mobile

   Explore jQuery Mobile’s rich theming system that lets you give your mobile apps a totally unique look and feel. Learn how to use the ThemeRoller tool to design themes quickly and simply.

5. The jQuery Mobile API revealed

   Find out how to use events, methods, and configuration options to get under the hood of jQuery Mobile and integrate your own JavaScript code with the framework.

6. Build a complete PHP-driven mobile web app using jQuery Mobile

   You bring all this knowledge together and learn how to create a fully-functioning, multi-user task manager app from the ground up using jQuery Mobile, PHP and MySQL.

7. Use jQuery Mobile and PhoneGap to Build Native Apps

   Finally, you also discover how to build a native iOS app using jQuery Mobile, PhoneGap and the Google Maps API. You can use these techniques to build native apps for iOS, Android and other platforms that you can then sell through stores like Apple’s App Store and Google’s Android Market.

Table of Contents

Part I: Getting Started
Chapter 1: Introducing jQuery Mobile
Chapter 2: A Quick Tutorial

Part II: jQuery Mobile Essentials
Chapter 3: Creating Pages in jQuery Mobile
Chapter 4: Adding Buttons
Chapter 5: Working with Toolbars
Chapter 6: Adding Dialogs and Popups
Chapter 7: Creating Forms
Chapter 8: Adding Listviews
Chapter 9: Formatting Page Content

Part III: Beyond the Basics
Chapter 10: Theming jQuery Mobile
Chapter 11: The jQuery Mobile API

Part IV: Example Mobile Apps
Chapter 12: Example App 1: “Task Tango”
Chapter 13: Example App 2: “CityChums”

A: jQuery Mobile’s Navigation System
B: Complete Data Attribute Reference
C: Advanced Theming