In this chapter, you are introduced to PhoneGap/Cordova and a little bit of its history. You also cover the various environments you can use to develop a Cordova app. You also briefly touch upon the application's architecture. You also will have covered the typical application structure used to create Cordova apps.
The following are important web links for reference and information on PhoneGap/Cordova:
About Cordova/PhoneGap:
The Apache Cordova website: http://cordova.apache.org
The Apache Cordova documentation: http://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/edge/index.html
The Adobe PhoneGap website: http://phonegap.com
The Adobe PhoneGap documentation: http://docs.phonegap.com/en/edge/index.html
The Adobe PhoneGap build website: https://build.phonegap.com
The Adobe PhoneGap enterprise: http://enterprise.phonegap.com
The Adobe PhoneGap developer app: http://app.phonegap.com
Online support groups/assistance:
The PhoneGap Google group: http://groups.google.com/group/phonegap
The Cordova / PhoneGap on Stack Overflow: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/cordova
Useful books about Cordova/PhoneGap:
Shotts, Kerri. PhoneGap 3.x Mobile Application Development Hotshot. Second edition. Packt Publishing. May 2014. This is available at https://www.packtpub.com/application-development/phonegap-3x-mobile-application-development-hotshot.
Wargo, JM. Apache Cordova 3 Programming. First edition. Addison-Wesley Professional. December 2013. This is available at http://www.johnwargobooks.com/index.php/apache-cordova-books/.
Wargo, JM. Apache Cordova API Cookbook. July 2014 First edition. Addison-Wesley Professional. This is available at http://www.johnwargobooks.com/index.php/apache-cordova-books/.
Weyl, Estelle. Mobile HTML5. First edition. O'Reilly. November 2013. This is available at http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920021711.do.
Other PhoneGap/Cordova books available from Packt Publishing can be seen at https://www.packtpub.com/all/?search=phonegap.
Developer programs:
The iOS developer program: https://developer.apple.com/programs/ios/
The enterprise iOS developer program: https://developer.apple.com/programs/ios/enterprise/
Android SDK: http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
The Windows Phone developer program: https://dev.windowsphone.com/en-us
The Blackberry development: http://developer.blackberry.com