{"product_id":"9780132928342","title":"PhoneGap Essentials: Building Cross-Platform Mobile Apps","description":"\u003cp\u003ePhoneGap is Adobe’s distribution of the free and open source framework (originally developed by Nitobi) that is now also available from the Apache Foundation as Apache Cordova™. Using PhoneGap, developers can build native mobile apps using standard HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS, and then deploy those apps to every leading mobile platform with little or no recoding. Up to now, though, PhoneGap was lacking complete, practical documentation. \u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003cb\u003ePhoneGap Essentials \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003efills that void: It’s the first concise, yet complete, tutorial for succeeding with PhoneGap in real-world development.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eExperienced mobile developer John M. Wargo thoroughly introduces the PhoneGap platform, explaining what it is, what it does, and how it works. He then guides you through configuring PhoneGap environments—creating complete mobile apps—and building them for the Google Android™, Samsung bada, BlackBerry® devices, Apple® iOS, Symbian™ OS, and Windows® Phone. Through realistic examples, you’ll master key PhoneGap APIs for everything from GPS to the file system, contacts to camera, device to events, and more. Wargo also demonstrates how to take full advantage of PhoneGap Build, PhoneGap’s cloud-based packaging utility.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eCoverage includes\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cul\u003e  \u003cli\u003e  The anatomy of a PhoneGap application (what makes an application a PhoneGap application) \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003e  Understanding the impact of cross-platform development issues \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003e  Exploring the entire PhoneGap development process, including testing and debugging \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003e  Expanding PhoneGap’s capabilities with third-party development tools and plug-ins \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003e  Building cross-platform apps that use the device camera, compass, accelerometer, and other hardware  \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003e  Reading from and writing to the contacts database and the device file system \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003e  Installing tools needed to develop PhoneGap apps for Android, bada, BlackBerry, iOS, Symbian, and Windows Phone \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003e  Reacting to events and notifying users \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003e  Using the Media API to record and play media files \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003e  Building for multiple platforms simultaneously using PhoneGap Build  \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003ci\u003e  \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the Website\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e Downloadable code projects, additional information, and errata are available at phonegapessentials.com.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pearson Education","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47147782111472,"sku":"9780132928342","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780132928342_p0.jpg?v=1763641458","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780132928342","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}