Index

A

• AmplifyJS
  • URL / The publish-subscribe pattern
• Android 4.4.3 / Forms and the validation
• AngularJS
  • URL / Libraries and frameworks, The URL routing pattern
• API
  • building, with Node.js / Building our API using Node.js
  • backend database, connecting to / Connecting to the backend database
  • queries, executing / Executing queries
  • Passport, used for handling authentication / Using Passport to handle authentication and sessions
  • handlers, building / Building API handlers
• Apiary
  • URL / Designing a RESTful-like API
• Apigee
  • URL / Push Notification services and BaaS
• API handlers
  • building / Building API handlers
• app architecture, Cordova / Cordova app architecture
• Appery
  • URL / Push Notification services and BaaS
• Apple Push Notifications
  • setting, with Boxcar / Setting up Apple Push Notifications with Boxcar
• application-level events
  • responding / Responding to application-level events
• Application Programming Interface (API) / Middle-tier architecture
• application state changes
  • handling / Handling changes in the application state
• app presentation
  • User Interface frameworks / User Interface frameworks
  • view management / View management
  • form validation / Forms and the validation
  • data visualization / Data visualization
• app structure, Cordova
  • about / Cordova app structure
  • www directory / Cordova app structure
  • hooks directory / Cordova app structure
  • merges directory / Cordova app structure
  • platforms directory / Cordova app structure
  • plugins directory / Cordova app structure
• ArbiterJS
  • URL / The publish-subscribe pattern
• authentication
  • about / Authentication
  • handling / Authentication

B

• Backbone.js
  • URL / Libraries and frameworks
• backend
  • communicating, XHR used / Communicating with the backend using XHR
  • used, for authenticating user / Authenticating the user with the backend
• backend, hardening against attack
  • SQL injection, avoiding / Avoiding SQL injection
  • cross-site request forgeries, preventing / Preventing cross-site request forgeries
  • client’state trust, avoiding / Avoid trusting your client's state
  • message integrity verification with HMACs / Verify message integrity with HMACs
• backend-as-a-service (BaaS) / Server architecture
• backend communication
  • references / Communication with the backend
• backend database
  • connecting / Connecting to the backend database
• backend tier / Server architecture
• Background Push Notifications
  • versus Foreground Push Notifications / Background vs foreground Push Notifications
• Balsamiq
  • URL / Mock-up design tools
• Blackberry / Forms and the validation
• Boxcar
  • URL / Delving into Push Notification architecture
  • used, for setting Apple Push Notifications / Setting up Apple Push Notifications with Boxcar
  • used, for setting up Google Cloud Messages / Setting up Google Cloud Messages with Boxcar
  • integrating with PhoneGap/Cordova / Integrating Boxcar with PhoneGap/Cordova
  • Push Notifications, receiving / Receiving Pushes from Boxcar
  • Push Notifications, sending via / Sending a Push via Boxcar
• Boxcar-PhoneGap/Cordova integration
  • iOS configuration, steps / Additional iOS configuration steps
  • Android configuration, steps / Additional Android Configuration steps
• Boxcar PhoneGap SDK
  • downloading / Downloading the Boxcar PhoneGap SDK
• Boxcar Universal Push Notifications platform
  • about / Boxcar Universal Push Notifications Platform
  • Apple Push Notifications, setting / Setting up Apple Push Notifications with Boxcar
• bridge / Cordova app architecture
• browser
  • security / JavaScript/browser security
  • JavaScript cryptography, avoiding / Avoiding JavaScript cryptography in the browser
• business logic
  • hosting, in database server / Server architecture
  • hosting, in separate instance / Server architecture
  • designing / Designing the business logic
• business logic, in database server
  • advantages / Server architecture
  • disadvantages / Server architecture
• business logic, in separate instance
  • advantages / Server architecture
  • disadvantages / Server architecture

C

• certificate authority (CA)
  • about / Avoiding self-signed certificates
  • using / Using a well-known certificate authority
  • StartSSL / Using a well-known certificate authority
  • Comodo Positive SSL / Using a well-known certificate authority
  • DigiCert / Using a well-known certificate authority
  • Entrust / Using a well-known certificate authority
  • Symantec / Using a well-known certificate authority
• certificate pinning / Man-in-the-middle attacks
• Chart.js
  • URL / Data visualization
• checkAuth method / Building API handlers
• Chocolate Chip UI
  • URL / User Interface frameworks
• code injection / Filtering and validating input
• command-line interface (CLI) / History behind PhoneGap and Cordova
• Comodo Positive SSL
  • URL / Using a well-known certificate authority
• connectivity changes
  • detecting / Detecting changes in connectivity
• connectivity issues
  • handling / Handling connectivity issues
• Content-Security-Policy
  • using / Using Content-Security-Policy
  • URL / Using Content-Security-Policy
• Controller / MVC (Model-View-Controller)
• cookies
  • securing / Securing your cookies
• Cordova
  • advantages / Why PhoneGap/Cordova?
  • history / History behind PhoneGap and Cordova
  • cross-platform development / Easy cross-platform development
  • app architecture / Cordova app architecture
  • app structure / Cordova app structure
• cordova-HTTP
  • URL / Ensuring secure communication
• Cordova/PhoneGap
  • web links references / Chapter 1 – PhoneGap and Enterprise Mobility
  • books / Chapter 1 – PhoneGap and Enterprise Mobility
  • developer programs / Chapter 1 – PhoneGap and Enterprise Mobility
• Cordova project
  • steps / Getting started
  • creating / Getting ready
• Cordova security
  • modern mobile devices, targeting / Targeting modern mobile devices
  • source code protection / Source code protection
  • InAppBrowser, using for external links / Using InAppBrowser for external links
  • domains, whitelisting / Whitelisting domains
  • self-signed certificates, avoiding / Avoiding self-signed certificates
  • certificate authority (CA), using / Using a well-known certificate authority
  • man-in-the-middle attack / Man-in-the-middle attacks
  • local data store security/encryption / Local data store security/encryption
• Couchbase
  • URL / Designing Data Models
• Create, Read, Update, Delete (CRUD) / Designing a RESTful-like API
• Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) / Communicating with the backend using XHR
• cross-platform development, Cordova / Easy cross-platform development
• cross-platform development, PhoneGap / Easy cross-platform development
• cross-site scripting (XSS) / JavaScript/browser security
• Cross Origin Resource Sharing (CORS)
  • about / Avoiding JSONP
  • URL / Avoiding JSONP
• cryptographic nonces / Authentication
• CryptoJS
  • URL / Communicating with the backend using XHR
• current network type
  • obtaining / Getting the current network type

D

• data
  • storing, in iOS Keychain / Storing data in the iOS Keychain
• database servers
  • MariaDB / Database servers
  • PostgreSQL / Database servers
  • Oracle / Database servers
  • SQL / Database servers
  • MySQL / Database servers
  • NoSQL servers / Database servers
• data binding pattern
  • about / The data binding pattern
• data modeling
  • references / Designing Data Models
  • URL / Designing Data Models
• data models
  • designing / Designing your data models
• data tier / Server architecture
• data visualization
  • about / Data visualization
• dbUtils.execute() method / Using Passport to handle authentication and sessions
• DELETE / Designing a RESTful-like API
• deserializeUser method / Using Passport to handle authentication and sessions
• DigiCert
  • URL / Using a well-known certificate authority
• DigitalOcean
  • URL / Securing your backend
• Document Object Model (DOM) / MVC (Model-View-Controller)
• domains
  • whitelisting / Whitelisting domains
• dygraphs
  • URL / Data visualization

E

• Ember
  • URL / Libraries and frameworks
• Entity-Relationship model
  • URL / Designing Data Models
• Entrust
  • URL / Using a well-known certificate authority
• errors
  • TimeoutError / Handling connectivity issues
  • HTTPError / Handling connectivity issues
  • JSONError / Handling connectivity issues
  • XHRError / Handling connectivity issues
  • MaxRetryAttemptsReached / Handling connectivity issues
• ES6 promises
  • URL / Promises
• eval, JavaScript
  • avoiding / Avoiding the use of JavaScript eval
• execute method / Executing queries

F

• File API / Storing local data using SQLite
• files, Cordova project
  • www/index.html / Getting started
  • www/app/main.js / Getting started
  • www/app/lib/xhr.js / Getting started
  • www/app/lib/objUtils.js / Getting started
  • www/app/lib/hateoas.js / Getting started
  • www/app/lib/cryptojs.js / Getting started
  • www/app/models/session.js / Getting started
• Flotr 2
  • URL / Data visualization
• FluidUI
  • about / Mock-up design tools
  • URL / Mock-up design tools
• Foreground Push Notifications
  • versus Background Push Notifications / Background vs foreground Push Notifications
• form validation
  • about / Forms and the validation
  • best practices / Forms and the validation
• Framework 7
  • URL / User Interface frameworks

G

• generic-pool NPM module
  • URL / Connecting to the backend database
• GET / Designing a RESTful-like API
• Google Cloud Messages
  • setting, with Boxcar / Setting up Google Cloud Messages with Boxcar
• Google Developer’s Console / Setting up Google Cloud Messages with Boxcar

H

• Handlebars
  • utility libraries / The templates pattern
• handlers, XHR
  • ontimeout / Communicating with the backend using XHR
  • onerror / Communicating with the backend using XHR
  • onreadystatechange / Communicating with the backend using XHR
  • onloadstart / Communicating with the backend using XHR
  • onloadend / Communicating with the backend using XHR
  • onabort / Communicating with the backend using XHR
  • onprogress / Communicating with the backend using XHR
• HMACs
  • used, for verifying message integrity / Verify message integrity with HMACs
• hooks
  • URL / Cordova app structure
• HTML5 forms
  • URL / Forms and the validation
• HTML5 form validation
  • URL / Forms and the validation
• HTML5 Rocks / Promises
• Hypermedia As The Engine Of Application State (HATEOAS) / Communicating with the backend using XHR

I

• iframes
  • avoiding / Avoiding the use of iframes
  • avoiding, URL / Avoiding the use of iframes
• InAppBrowser
  • using, for external links / Using InAppBrowser for external links
• Infobip Push
  • URL / Push Notification services and BaaS
• Intel App Framework
  • URL / User Interface frameworks
• interface / Cordova app architecture
• Ionic Framework
  • URL / Libraries and frameworks, User Interface frameworks
• iOS Keychain
  • data, storing / Storing data in the iOS Keychain
  • URL / Storing data in the iOS Keychain
• iOS keychain plugin
  • URL / Local data store security/encryption
• iPlotz
  • about / Mock-up design tools
  • URL / Mock-up design tools

J

• JavaScript
  • security / JavaScript/browser security
  • cryptography, avoiding in browser / Avoiding JavaScript cryptography in the browser
  • eval, avoiding / Avoiding the use of JavaScript eval
  • strict mode, using / Using strict mode
  • untrusted HTML injection, avoiding / Avoiding untrusted HTML injection
  • Strict Transport Security, avoiding / Using Strict-Transport-Security
  • cookies, securing / Securing your cookies
  • Content-Security-Policy, using / Using Content-Security-Policy
  • JSONP, avoiding / Avoiding JSONP
  • iframes, avoiding / Avoiding the use of iframes
  • TLS/SSL, using / Using TLS/SSL always
• JavaScript cryptography
  • avoiding, in browser / Avoiding JavaScript cryptography in the browser
  • URL / Avoiding JavaScript cryptography in the browser
• JSONP
  • avoiding / Avoiding JSONP
• JSXGraph
  • URL / Data visualization

K

• Kinvey
  • URL / Push Notification services and BaaS
• Knockout.js
  • URL / Libraries and frameworks

L

• local data
  • storing, with SQLite / Storing local data using SQLite
• logic tier / Server architecture

M

• man-in-the-middle attack / Man-in-the-middle attacks
• MariaDB
  • URL / Database servers
• MDA5 / Authentication
• MicroJS
  • about / Additional utility libraries and frameworks
  • URL / Additional utility libraries and frameworks
• middle-tier architecture
  • about / Middle-tier architecture
• mock-up design tools
  • about / Mock-up design tools
  • Proto.io / Mock-up design tools
  • Moqups / Mock-up design tools
  • Wireframe.cc / Mock-up design tools
  • iPlotz / Mock-up design tools
  • Balsamiq / Mock-up design tools
  • FluidUI / Mock-up design tools
  • Omnigraffle / Mock-up design tools
• Model / MVC (Model-View-Controller)
• Model-View-Controller (MVC)
  • about / MVC (Model-View-Controller)
  • Model / MVC (Model-View-Controller)
  • View / MVC (Model-View-Controller)
  • Controller / MVC (Model-View-Controller)
  • model-based persistence / MVC (Model-View-Controller)
  • controller-based persistence / MVC (Model-View-Controller)
  • app-controller-based persistence / MVC (Model-View-Controller)
• Model-View-Presenter (MVP) / MVC (Model-View-Controller)
• Model-View-View-Model (MVVM) / MVC (Model-View-Controller)
• mongoDB
  • URL / Database servers
• Moqups
  • URL / Mock-up design tools
  • about / Mock-up design tools
• MVC/MVVM classes / Libraries and frameworks
• MySQL
  • URL / Database servers

N

• network connectivity
  • determining / Determining network connectivity
  • URL / Determining network connectivity
• Node.js
  • used, for building API / Building our API using Node.js
• NoSQL
  • URL / Server architecture, Database servers
• NoSQL servers
  • URL / Database servers

O

• observables
  • about / The observables pattern
  • Knockout / The observables pattern
  • YASMF-Next / The observables pattern
  • Ember / The observables pattern
• observables pattern
  • about / The observables pattern
• Omnigraffle
  • URL / Mock-up design tools
  • about / Mock-up design tools
• OmniGraffle
  • about / Mock-up design tools
• Oracle
  • URL / Database servers
• Oracle Database Express
  • URL / Server architecture
• oracle driver
  • URL / Connecting to the backend database
• OWASP
  • URL / Securing your cookies

P

• Parse
  • URL / Delving into Push Notification architecture, Push Notification services and BaaS
• Parsley
  • URL / Forms and the validation
• Passport
  • URL / Authentication, Using Passport to handle authentication and sessions
  • used, for handling authentication / Using Passport to handle authentication and sessions
• passport-req strategy
  • URL / Using Passport to handle authentication and sessions
• patterns
  • Model-View-Controller (MVC) / MVC (Model-View-Controller)
  • publish-subscribe pattern (pub-sub) / The publish-subscribe pattern
  • observables pattern / The observables pattern
  • templates pattern / The templates pattern
  • data binding pattern / The data binding pattern
  • URL routing pattern / The URL routing pattern
• PBKDF2 / Server architecture
• permissions model
  • about / Permissions model
• PhoneGap
  • advantages / Why PhoneGap/Cordova?
  • URL / Why PhoneGap/Cordova?
  • history / History behind PhoneGap and Cordova
  • cross-platform development / Easy cross-platform development
• PhoneGap/Cordova
  • Boxcar, integrating with / Integrating Boxcar with PhoneGap/Cordova
  • security resources, references / Security resources
• PhoneGap/Cordova-Boxcar integration
  • iOS configuration, steps / Additional iOS configuration steps
  • Android configuration, steps / Additional Android Configuration steps
• PhoneGap build environment / Easy cross-platform development
• PhoneGap SDK / Boxcar Universal Push Notifications Platform
• PL/SQL / Server architecture, Sending a Push via Boxcar
• POST / Designing a RESTful-like API
• PostgreSQL
  • URL / Database servers
• presentation tier / Server architecture
  • in action / Seeing it in action
• Promises
  • about / Promises
  • URL / Promises
• Proto.io
  • about / Mock-up design tools
  • URL / Mock-up design tools
• publish-subscribe pattern (pub-sub)
  • about / The publish-subscribe pattern
• PubSubJS
  • URL / The publish-subscribe pattern
• push-notify
  • URL / Delving into Push Notification architecture
• Push Notification architecture
  • delving into / Delving into Push Notification architecture
• Push Notifications
  • receiving, from Boxcar / Receiving Pushes from Boxcar
  • sending, via Boxcar / Sending a Push via Boxcar
  • references / Push Notification services and BaaS
• PUT / Designing a RESTful-like API

Q

• Q
  • about / Promises
  • URL / Promises
• queries
  • executing / Executing queries
• Quick Node.js, Express
  • server security settings / Quick Node.js and Express server security settings

R

• RactiveJS
  • about / Additional utility libraries and frameworks
• Radio.js
  • URL / The publish-subscribe pattern
• RAML
  • URL / Designing a RESTful-like API
• React
  • URL / Libraries and frameworks
• replay attack / Preventing cross-site request forgeries
• RequireJS / Integrating Boxcar with PhoneGap/Cordova
• REST
  • references / RESTful-like API resources
• RESTful-like API
  • designing / Designing a RESTful-like API
  • client/server / Designing a RESTful-like API
  • stateless / Designing a RESTful-like API
  • cacheable / Designing a RESTful-like API
  • layered / Designing a RESTful-like API
  • code-on-demand / Designing a RESTful-like API
  • Uniform Interface / Designing a RESTful-like API
  • RAML / Designing a RESTful-like API
  • Apiary / Designing a RESTful-like API
  • Swagger / Designing a RESTful-like API
  • resources / RESTful-like API resources
• RGraph
  • URL / Data visualization
• Rivets.JS
  • URL / Additional utility libraries and frameworks

S

• Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) / Data visualization
• secure communication
  • ensuring / Ensuring secure communication
• security precautions
  • about / General security precautions
  • input, filtering / Filtering and validating input
  • input, validating / Filtering and validating input
  • output, encoding / Encoding and escaping output
  • output, escaping / Encoding and escaping output
  • authentication / Authentication
• self-signed certificates
  • avoiding / Avoiding self-signed certificates
• Sencha Touch
  • URL / Libraries and frameworks, User Interface frameworks
• Sencha Touch Charts
  • URL / Data visualization
• server architecture / Server architecture
• server security
  • backend, securing / Securing your backend
  • backend, hardening against attack / Hardening your backend against attack
  • Node.js with Express, settings / Quick Node.js and Express server security settings
• session.createSession method / Building API handlers
• SHA256 / Avoiding JavaScript cryptography in the browser
• Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) / Designing a RESTful-like API
• SQLCipher
  • URL / Local data store security/encryption, Storing local data using SQLite
• SQL injection / Filtering and validating input
• SQLite
  • used, for storing local data / Storing local data using SQLite
  • URL / Storing local data using SQLite
• SQL Server
  • URL / Database servers
• SSH
  • configuring / Securing your backend
• SSL.com
  • URL / Using a well-known certificate authority
• SSL/TLS / Using Strict-Transport-Security
• SSLCertificateChecker / Ensuring secure communication
• StartSSL
  • URL / Using a well-known certificate authority
• state tree / Designing a RESTful-like API
• strict mode
  • using / Using strict mode
• Strict Transport Security
  • using / Using Strict-Transport-Security
  • URL / Using Strict-Transport-Security
• Swagger
  • URL / Designing a RESTful-like API
• Symantec
  • URL / Using a well-known certificate authority

T

• tags / Receiving Pushes from Boxcar
• Tasker
  • about / Introducing Tasker
  / Chapter 2 – Building the Data Store and Business Logic
• Telerik Platform
  • URL / Push Notification services and BaaS
• templates pattern
  • about / The templates pattern
  • utility libraries / The templates pattern
  • AngularJS / The templates pattern
• TLS/SSL
  • using / Using TLS/SSL always

U

• Uniform Resource Identifier (URI)
  • URL / Designing a RESTful-like API
• Urban Airship
  • URL / Push Notification services and BaaS
• URL routing pattern
  • about / The URL routing pattern
• user
  • authenticating, with backend / Authenticating the user with the backend
• User Interface (UI) frameworks
  • about / Libraries and frameworks, User Interface frameworks
  • Ionic Framework / User Interface frameworks
  • Sencha Touch / User Interface frameworks
  • Chocolate Chip UI / User Interface frameworks
  • Framework 7 / User Interface frameworks
  • Intel App Framework / User Interface frameworks
  • YASMF-Next / User Interface frameworks
  • referenceS / User Interface frameworks
• utility frameworks
  • about / Libraries and frameworks
• utility libraries and frameworks
  • MicroJS / Additional utility libraries and frameworks
  • RactiveJS / Additional utility libraries and frameworks
  • Rivets.JS / Additional utility libraries and frameworks
• UUID, Cordova
  • URL / Receiving Pushes from Boxcar

V

• Validate.js
  • URL / Forms and the validation
• Verify.js
  • URL / Forms and the validation
• version control system (VCS) / Cordova app structure
• View / MVC (Model-View-Controller)
• view management / View management
• virtual private network (VPN) / Server architecture

W

• web service API / Server architecture
• Webshim
  • URL / Forms and the validation
• Wireframe.cc
  • URL / Mock-up design tools
  • about / Mock-up design tools

X

• Xcode / Additional iOS configuration steps
• XHR
  • used, for communicating with backend / Communicating with the backend using XHR
  • handlers, adding / Communicating with the backend using XHR
• XHR request
  • processing / Communicating with the backend using XHR

Y

• YASMF-Next
  • URL / Libraries and frameworks, User Interface frameworks