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ASP.NET MVC 4 Mobile App Development

By : Andy Meadows
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ASP.NET MVC 4 Mobile App Development

By: Andy Meadows

Overview of this book

The ASP.NET MVC 4 framework is used to build scalable web applications with the help of design patterns and .NET Framework. The Model-View-Controller (MVC) is a design principle which separates the components of a web application. This separation helps you to modify, develop, and test different components of a web application. ASP.NET MVC 4 Mobile App Development helps you to develop next generation applications, while guiding you to deal with the constraints the mobile web places on application development. By the end of the book, you will be well versed with all the aspects of mobile app development. ASP.NET MVC 4 Mobile App Development introduces you to developing mobile web apps using the ASP.NET MVC 4 framework. Walking you through the process of creating a homebrew recipe sharing application, this book teaches you the fundamentals and concepts relevant to developing Internet-ready mobile-enabled web apps. Through the sample application, you will learn how to secure your apps against XSS and CSRF attacks, open up your application to users using third party logins such as Google or Facebook, and how to use Razor, HTML 5, and CSS 3 to create custom views and content targeting mobile devices. Using these custom views, you will then learn how to create web apps with a native mobile device feel using jQuery mobile. By the end of the book, you will be presented with a set of challenges to prove to yourself that you now have the skills to extend your existing web applications to the mobile web or create new mobile web apps.
Table of Contents (23 chapters)
ASP.NET MVC 4 Mobile App Development
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgment
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
7
Separating Functionality Using Routes and Areas
Index

Summary


This chapter introduced you to jQuery Mobile and its use to generate web apps that function as if they were native to the device. Through progressive enhancement, jQuery Mobile can take any page and transform it into a truly mobile user experience.

This chapter only scratched the surface of what can be done with jQuery Mobile and, admittedly, put forth a lot of information in very few pages. For some really interesting ideas, tools, techniques, and demos, including support for browser orientation and swipe events, I recommend you visit the jQuery Mobile site at jquerymobile.com.

Speaking of only scratching the surface, determining what information to put in this book, chapter by chapter, was one of the most difficult things I've undertaken. There were several other items I wanted to cover that simply wouldn't fit within a book of this size. In the next chapter, we will look at some of the more interesting items that didn't make the cut and I will provide you with the starting points...