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HTML5 iPhone Web Application Development

By : Alvin Crespo
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HTML5 iPhone Web Application Development

By: Alvin Crespo

Overview of this book

<p>Create compelling web applications specifically tailored for distribution on iOS Safari. Work through real world examples with references, and in-depth discussions on the approach; including its benefits and drawbacks.<br /><br />"HTML5 iPhone Web Application Development" strives to teach all levels of developers, beginners and professionals, the process of creating web applications for iOS Safari. Utilizing current industry standards for frontend development, learn to take advantage of HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript to create compelling software.<br /><br />Start with reviewing current industry standards for frontend development, and end with creating a native application using the same codebase.</p> <p>Your journey will begin with an overview of current industry standards for frontend technology, quickly moving to solve real world issues; from creating a resizable or responsive gallery, to creating a single page application that utilizes the popular Backbone.js framework.</p> <p>"HTML5 iPhone Web Application Development" aims to make you an expert in developing web applications for the iOS Safari platform.</p>
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
HTML5 iPhone Web Application Development
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Chapter 10. Creating a Native iPhone Web Application

In this chapter, we look at transferring our native applications for iOS Safari to a native environment using the PhoneGap framework. We'll dive into setting up our development environment, including the setup of the Xcode IDE and use of the iOS Simulator. We'll build a HelloWorld example to demonstrate how easy it is to get going quickly, and then transfer our single-page application, built in Chapter 7, One-page Applications. Once we have a solid foundation on native application development, we'll enhance the single-page application by tying into native functionality using PhoneGap's Contacts API to bring in our contacts and display some of their information.

We aim to help you achieve a consistent look and feel for your native application using a single codebase. The goals here are to get you started on native application development using the programming languages you have grown to love and understand for the Web. With that in mind...