Build mobile websites and apps for smart devices - Earle Castledine

Build Mobile Websites and Apps for Smart Devices is a practical guide for front-end web designers and developers. You’ll discover a fun and fresh approach to mobile web design and development, with enormous scope for opportunity.

Mobile web development is changing rapidly, with a greater emphasis on modern touch-screen smartphones. By following the advice in this book, you can be sure you’re learning the skills youneed to make the most of this new technology.

You’ll learn how to:

• Design effective interfaces for modern devices
• Use HTML5 and CSS3 to build fast, responsive layouts that look great on every device
• Use JavaScript to create a native feel with transitions, touch and swipe events, animations, and more
• Introduces PhoneGap and shows readers how to add native functionally to their web app with ease
• Leverage APIs to take advantage of built-in device functionality
• Use PhoneGap to turn your web app into a native app for iOS, Android, BlackBerry, and other platforms—and sell it online

And lots more...