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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 8. Offline Applications

In this chapter, we will cover the basics of offline application development. Specifically, we’ll discuss the application manifest, including the advantages and disadvantages, and see how we can handle offline interactions. Then we’ll jump into how localStorage and IndexedDB can be used to temporarily store data on the client side. The content in this chapter will be supplemented with basic examples that will help you get up and going quickly. So, let’s start out by covering how the application manifest is beneficial for us.

We will cover the following topics in this chapter:

  • The application manifest

  • Handling offline interactions

  • The localStorage and IndexedDB APIs