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jQuery Mobile Web Development Essentials-Third Edition - Third Edition

By : Raymond Camden, Andy Matthews
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jQuery Mobile Web Development Essentials-Third Edition - Third Edition

By: Raymond Camden, Andy Matthews

Overview of this book

jQuery Mobile is a HTML5-based touch-optimized web framework. jQuery Mobile can be used to build responsive cross-platform websites and apps for a wide range of smartphones, tablets, and desktop devices. The jQuery Mobile framework can be integrated with other mobile app frameworks such as PhoneGap, IBM Worklight, and more. Introduction to jQuery Mobile explains how to add the framework to your HTML pages to create rich, mobile-optimized web pages with minimal effort. You’ll learn how to use jQuery Mobile’s automatic enhancements and configure the framework for customized, powerful mobile-friendly websites. We then dig into forms, events, and styling. You'll see how jQuery Mobile automatically enhances content, and will find out how to use the JavaScript API to build complex sites. We’ll introduce you to how jQuery Mobile can be themed as well looking into how JavaScript can be used for deep sets of customizations. The examples are ready to run and can be used to help kick-start your own site. Along the way, you will leverage all the concepts you learn to build three sample mobile applications.

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jQuery Mobile Web Development Essentials-Third Edition - Third Edition
Raymond Camden | Andy Matthews
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Table of Contents (20 chapters)
jQuery Mobile Web Development Essentials Third Edition
jQuery Mobile Web Development Essentials Third Edition
Credits
Credits
About the Authors
About the Authors
About the Reviewer
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
Free Chapter
1
Preparing Your First jQuery Mobile Project
Preparing Your First jQuery Mobile Project
Important preliminary points
Building an HTML page
Getting jQuery Mobile
Implementing jQuery Mobile
Working with data attributes
Summary
2
Working with jQuery Mobile Pages
Working with jQuery Mobile Pages
Important preliminary points
Adding multiple pages to one file
jQuery Mobile, links, and you
Working with multiple files
jQuery Mobile and URLs
Additional customization
Summary
3
Enhancing Pages with Headers, Footers, and Toolbars
Enhancing Pages with Headers, Footers, and Toolbars
Important preliminary points
Adding headers
Icon sneak peek
Working with back buttons
Working with footers
Creating fixed and fullscreen headers and footers
Working with navigation bars
Summary
4
Working with Lists
Working with Lists
Creating lists
Working with list features
Summary
5
Getting Practical – Building a Simple Hotel Mobile Website
Getting Practical – Building a Simple Hotel Mobile Website
Welcome to Hotel Camden
The home page
Finding the hotel
Listing the hotel rooms
Contacting the hotel
Summary
6
Working with Forms and jQuery Mobile
Working with Forms and jQuery Mobile
Before you begin
What jQuery Mobile does with forms
Working with mini fields
Summary
7
Creating Grids, Panels, and Other Widgets
Creating Grids, Panels, and Other Widgets
Laying out content with grids
Working with collapsible content
Using popups
Responsive tables
Working with panels
Using filterable widgets
Working with tabs
Summary
8
Moving Further with the Notekeeper Mobile Application
Moving Further with the Notekeeper Mobile Application
What is a mobile application?
Designing your first mobile application
Adding functionality with JavaScript
Summary
9
jQuery Mobile Configuration, Utilities, and JavaScript Methods
jQuery Mobile Configuration, Utilities, and JavaScript Methods
Configuring jQuery Mobile
Using jQuery Mobile utilities
jQuery Mobile widget and form utilities
Summary
10
Working with Events
Working with Events
Working with physical events
Handling page events
Summary
11
Enhancing jQuery Mobile
Enhancing jQuery Mobile
What's possible for designs?
The visual building blocks of jQuery Mobile
The basics of jQuery Mobile theming
Creating and using a custom theme
Updating the Notekeeper app
Summary
12
Creating Native Applications
Creating Native Applications
HTML as a native application
Summary
13
Becoming an Expert – Building an RSS Reader Application
Becoming an Expert – Building an RSS Reader Application
RSS reader – the application
Creating the RSS reader application
Summary
Index
Index

Creating and using a custom theme

We already discussed how powerful theming is in jQuery Mobile. It makes it trivial to develop a rich mobile website with simple and elegant styles. Even more powerful is the ability to create your own library of swatches that can be used to make your application or website truly unique. Developing your own theme can be approached in one of the two ways:

  1. Download and open the existing jQuery Mobile CSS file and edit to your heart's content.

  2. Point your web browser to ThemeRoller for jQuery Mobile (http://themeroller.jquerymobile.com).

We'll be focusing solely on the second option, because let's be honest, why should you wade through all of that CSS when you can point, click, and drag your way to a new theme full of swatches in 10 minutes? Let's find out what ThemeRoller is all about.

What's ThemeRoller?

ThemeRoller for jQuery Mobile is an extension of a web-based app that was written for the jQuery UI project. It allows users to quickly assemble a theme full of...

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