Building iPhone Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
Making App Store Apps Without Objective-C or Cocoa
Copyright © 2009 Jonathan Stark
This work has been released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States license.
Abstract
| If you know HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, you already have what you need to develop your own iPhone apps. With this book, you'll learn how to use these open source web technologies to design and build apps for both the iPhone and iPod Touch. Buy the print book or ebook or purchase the iPhone App. |
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Now web designers and developers can join the iPhone app party without having to learn Cocoa's Objective-C programming language. It's true: You can write iPhone apps quickly and efficiently using your existing skills with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. This book shows you how with lots of detailed examples, step-by-step instructions, and hands-on exercises.
Learn how to build iPhone apps with standard web tools
Refactor a traditional website into an iPhone web app
Hook into advanced iPhone features (e.g. accelerometer, geolocation, vibration, and sound) with JavaScript
Do most of your development with the operating system of your choice
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Dedication
To Erica—and that little jumping bean in her tummy.