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JavaScript Mobile Application Development

JavaScript Mobile Application Development

By : Saleh
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JavaScript Mobile Application Development

JavaScript Mobile Application Development

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Overview of this book

If 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.
Table of Contents (10 chapters)
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Preface
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What this book covers
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1. An Introduction to Apache Cordova
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1. An Introduction to Apache Cordova
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What is Apache Cordova?
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The differences between mobile web, hybrid mobile, and native mobile applications
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Why you should use Cordova
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Cordova architecture
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Overview of Cordova APIs
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Summary
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2. Developing Your First Cordova Application
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2. Developing Your First Cordova Application
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An introduction to Cordova CLI
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Developing Sound Recorder application
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Building and running Sound Recorder application
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3. Apache Cordova Development Tools
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3. Apache Cordova Development Tools
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Configuring Android development environment
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Configuring iOS development environment
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Configuring the Windows Phone development environment
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4. Cordova API in Action
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4. Cordova API in Action
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Exploring the Cordova Exhibition app
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The Cordova Exhibition app structure
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Accelerometer
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Camera
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Compass
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Connection
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Contacts
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Device
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Geolocation
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Globalization
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InAppBrowser
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5. Diving Deeper into the Cordova API
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5. Diving Deeper into the Cordova API
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Media, file, and capture
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Notification
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Storage
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Finalizing the Cordova Exhibition app
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Cordova events
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6. Developing Custom Cordova Plugins
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6. Developing Custom Cordova Plugins
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Developing a custom Cordova plugin
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Developing Android code
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Developing iOS code
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Developing Windows Phone 8 code
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Publishing our plugin to Cordova Registry
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Testing our Cordova plugin
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7. Unit Testing the Cordova App's Logic
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7. Unit Testing the Cordova App's Logic
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What is Jasmine
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Configuring Jasmine
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Writing your first Jasmine test
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Jasmine Matchers
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Jasmine in action – developing Cordova app tests
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Automating tests using Karma
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8. Applying it All – the Mega App
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8. Applying it All – the Mega App
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Mega App specification/wireframes
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Preparing for the Mega App
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The Mega App architecture
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The Mega App model and API
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The Mega App user interface
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Finalizing Mega App
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Deploying and running Mega App
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Start contributing to Mega App
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Index
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Jasmine in action – developing Cordova app tests

Now, let's see Jasmine in action. In the following sections, we will illustrate a Cordova mobile app (weather application), which we will develop its tests using Jasmine. We will see how to test both the synchronous and asynchronous JavaScript code of the app, automate running our developed Jasmine tests using Karma, run our tests on the mobile device browser, generate test and code coverage reports, and finally, fully automate our tests by integrating our developed tests with CI tools.

An overview of the weather application

The main purpose of the weather application is to allow its users to know the current weather information of a specified place. It has two main views; the first view represents First Time login, which appears to the users for their first login time, as shown in the following screenshot:

Weather application's first time login

After entering the valid information and clicking on the Login button, the user will be forwarded to...

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