Professional iPhone and iPod Touch Programming - Richard Wagner

Professional iPhone and iPod Touch Programming

The amazing success of iPhone and iPod touch is a clear indication that application developers are
entering a brave new world of sophisticated, multifunctional mobile applications. No longer do applications and various media need to live in separate silos. Instead, applications on these Apple devices can bring together elements of Web 2.0 apps, traditional desktop apps, multimedia video and audio, and the cell phone.


Professional iPhone ™ and iPod touch
Programming: Building Applications for Mobile Safari ™ covers the
various aspects of developing Web - based applications for the iPhone and iPod touch environments. Specifically, you will discover how to create a mobile application from the ground up, utilize existing

open source libraries in your code, emulate the look and feel of built - in Apple applications, capture finger - touch interactions, using AJAX to load external pages, and optimize applications for Wi - Fi and the EDGE network.

Whom This Book Is For
This book is aimed primarily at Web developers already experienced in Web 2.0 technologies who want to build new applications for iPhone and iPod touch or migrate existing Web apps to this new platform.
Readers should have a working knowledge of the following technologies
-HTML/XHTML
-CSS
-JavaScript
-AJAX
+Chapter 1 Introducing the iPhone and iPod touch Development Platform Explores the Mobile Safari development platform and walks you through the four ways you can develop for iPhone and iPod touch

+Chapter 2 Designing an iPhone and iPod touch User Interface ” Provides an overview of the key design concepts and principles you need to use when developing a highly usable interface for Mobile Safari.
+Chapter 3 Implementing an iPhone Interface ” Provides a code - level look at developing an iPhone and iPod touch application interface.

+ Chapter 4 Styling with CSS ” Discusses WebKit - specific styles that are useful for developing applications for iPhone and iPod touch.
+ Chapter 5 Handling Touch Interactions and Events ” The heart of iPhone and iPod touch is its touch - screen interface. This chapter explores how to handle touch interactions and capture
JavaScript events.