JQuery Mobile

Overview

This book will provide a practical approach to using jQuery Mobile to quickly develop web-based applications for mobile devices. Even though jQuery Mobile is still in alpha, it is already being used to build the next generation of mobile web applications.

If you're already familiar with the jQuery JavaScript library, you can use your existing skills to build cross-platform mobile web apps right now. This book shows you how.

1.    Get a high-level overview of jQuery Mobile: how it works and how to use it

2.    Learn about paging and navigation, including dialogs, Ajax content, and history

3.    Employ jQuery Mobile’s extensive event system to create rich interactions

4.    Work with toolbars, buttons, lists, forms, and other UI elements

5.    Create a variety of visual designs with jQuery Mobile’s sophisticated theming system

6.    Use the jQuery Mobile API for finer control over elements and interactions

          7. Put everything together and build a mobile app from start to finish

Title	jQuery Mobile
Author	Jon Reid
Publisher	O'Reilly Media
Publishing Date	2011
Pages	132
Price	Rs. 894/-
Price @ Flipkart	Rs. 733/-

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Meet jQuery Mobile

Overview of the jQuery Mobile Library

How jQuery Mobile Works

Create Your First jQuery Mobile Application

Chapter 2 Application Structure and Navigation

Pages

Dialogs

Navigation and History

Transitions

Chapter 3 Page Elements

Under The Hood: jQuery Plug-ins and Widgets

List Views

Toolbars

Buttons

Form Elements

Layout Grids

Chapter 4 Theming jQuery Mobile

Themes and Swatches

Chapter 5 jQuery Mobile API

jQuery Mobile Methods

Events

Responsive Layout API

Configuring jQuery Mobile

Chapter 6 jQuery Mobile in Action

Application Pages

Initializing the Application

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Improving the Interface

Overall Approach