introduction to jquerymobile
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Plain intro to jqueryMobile. This does not jumps into coding.TRANSCRIPT
Mobile Apps With jQuerymobile
HTML5 framework optimised for mobiles devices◦ Android◦ iPhone◦ Android Tablets / iPad◦ More..
What is jQueryMobile?
Scope for web developers Cross platform support Stunning UI Controls Hundreds of plug-ins
◦ Form validation, Date Picker, Image Sliders etc. Access device hardware using PhoneGap
Why jQueryMobile?
Any web developer is good to go.. Else,
◦ knowledge on HTML / HTML5◦ JavaScript◦ Basic knowledge on Jquery◦ CSS knowledge to tweak existing UI controls
What you should know?
A text editor / Web development IDE Browser But preferred to test it in real devices. At least on Emulators
What else I need?
Docs… Docs… Docs… Documentation…
Where to start?
Code re-usability Code minification Ajax requests during page transitions jQuery gurus please forget $
(document).ready…… You don’t have to design the UI controls.
◦ Build in UI controls◦ Theme
Things to remember
Online UI builder
Interesting Features
Design your own theme
Interesting Feature
Seamless integration with PhoneGap◦ PhoneGap is a framework which helps you to
access various hardware components using simple JavaScript method calls. E.g. GPS, Accelerometer, Camera, File System,
Contacts◦ With PhoneGap you can build one application and
run it on multiple platforms.◦ PhoneGap Build
Interesting Feature
Compare to native iOS/Android apps, HTML5 apps are slow & sluggish.
Low end devices will suffer with performance issues
Navigation errors at times PhoneGap is not 100% Stable. It might
crash the app at times.
Limitation
jQueryMobile Community http://forum.jquery.com/jquery-mobile
StackOverFlow http://stackoverflow.com The Guy Next Cubicle :P
Where to get help
jQuerymobile http://jquerymobile.com jQuerymobile Resources
http://jquerymobile.com/resources/ ThemeRoller
http://jquerymobile.com/themeroller/ PhoneGap http://phonegap.com/ Emulators download
http://www.mobilexweb.com/emulators And obviously Google too.
Resources
Question Time
The EndThanks..!
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