What this book covers

Chapter 1, Introduction to PhoneGap, covers how to set up dependencies and mobile platform SDKs in your development environment.

Chapter 2, Building Your First PhoneGap Project, deals with PhoneGap internals, project structure, and using CLI tools.

Chapter 3, Mobile Frameworks, gives an introduction to various mobile frameworks and sample projects using jQuery Mobile.

Chapter 4, Working with Plugins, covers information about PhoneGap plugins and using them in the application.

Chapter 5, Using Device Storage and the Files API, deals with offline data storage capabilities and the Files plugin.

Chapter 6, Using the Contacts and Camera APIs, covers how to implement the Contacts API and how to interact with the device camera by using the Camera API.

Chapter 7, Accessing the Device Sensors and Locations API, deals with using device sensors and the Locations API and their power and limitations with respect to the plugins provided by PhoneGap.

Chapter 8, Advanced PhoneGap, covers some advanced topics such as adding multilanguage and touch gesture support to your application.

Chapter 9, Getting Ready for Release, helps you understand how to make your application ready for public release in various application stores.

Chapter 10, A Sample PhoneGap Project, deals with the development of a full-fledged PhoneGap application from scratch, using the most common PhoneGap plugins.

Appendix A, The JavaScript Quick Cheat Sheet, is a mini cheat sheet for commonly used JavaScript methods and properties.

Appendix B, Publishing Your App, describes how you can publish your apps on different app stores.

Appendix C, Related Plugin Resources, is a list of some related plugins that can be used with PhoneGap.

Appendix D, PhoneGap Tools, describes tools that will help you to debug and test your applications without any difficulties.