Category: Mobile apps

jQUERY UI IN ACTION: A smooth guide to getting, learning and using plugins supported by the jQuery Foundation – #bookreview

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jQuery UI in Action TJ VanToll  (Manning – paperback)   TJ VanToll had two straightforward goals in mind when he decided to write this nicely prepared book: “I wanted to write about how to use the jQuery UI components in real-world usage scenarios and applications. I also wanted to tackle the tough questions for jQuery UI users. … Continue reading jQUERY UI IN ACTION: A smooth guide to getting, learning and using plugins supported by the jQuery Foundation – #bookreview

Adobe Edge Animate – Rocky Nook’s elegant new software how-to guide – #webdesign #bookreview

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Adobe Edge Animate Using Web Standards to Create Interactive Websites Simon Widjaja (Rocky Nook – paperback, Kindle) Simon Widjaja’s new book is both elegant and practical. It is elegantly structured and illustrated, and it is practical in its approach to showing how to use Adobe Edge Animate. That software package, Widjaja says, “is a multimedia … Continue reading Adobe Edge Animate – Rocky Nook’s elegant new software how-to guide – #webdesign #bookreview

Creating Mobile Apps with jQuery Mobile – A good & wide-ranging how-to guide – #programming #bookreview

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Creating Mobile Appls with jQuery Mobile Shane Gliser (Packt Publishing – paperback, Kindle) The long tagline on the cover of Shane Gliser’s new book deftly sums up its contents:  “Learn to make practical, unique, real-world sites that span a variety of industries and technologies with the world’s most popular mobile development library.” Gliser unabashedly describes … Continue reading Creating Mobile Apps with jQuery Mobile – A good & wide-ranging how-to guide – #programming #bookreview

iOS SDK Development – A totally new and improved 2nd edition – #programming #bookreview

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iOS SDK Development Chris Adamson and Bill Dudney (Pragmatic Bookshelf, paperback) The previous, 2009 edition of this popular how-to book was titled iPhone SDK Development.  But this  new and re-titled second edition is much more than a copy-and-paste, just-make-some-tweaks update. “[W]e have copied absolutely nothing from the old book,” the authors say. “As we looked at … Continue reading iOS SDK Development – A totally new and improved 2nd edition – #programming #bookreview

HTML5 and JavaScript Web Apps – With emphasis on the Mobile Web – #programming #bookreview

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HTML5 and JavaScript Web Apps Wesley Hales (O’Reilly, paperback – Kindle) Increasingly, the world of Web development is taking on a “mobile first” attitude. And for good reason. Sales of desktop and laptop computers are shrinking, while sales of mobile devices seem to be swelling into a flood. “Consumers are on track to buy one … Continue reading HTML5 and JavaScript Web Apps – With emphasis on the Mobile Web – #programming #bookreview

Mobile JavaScript Application Development – Bringing the Web to Mobile Devices – #programming #bookreview

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Mobile JavaScript Application Development Adrian Kosmaczewski (O’Reilly, paperback, list price $24.99; Kindle edition, list price $19.99) In the author’s view, “the most important moment in recent technological history was the introduction of the iPhone in January 2007. The impressive growths of iOS, Android, and other platforms [have] completely transformed the landscape of software engineering, while … Continue reading Mobile JavaScript Application Development – Bringing the Web to Mobile Devices – #programming #bookreview