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  • Paperback: 312 pages
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (1 Feb 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0470251557
  • ISBN-13: 978-0470251553
  • Product Dimensions: 23.3 x 18.8 x 1.7 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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The Safari–exclusive applications for iPhone and iPod touch assemble various elements, and this book shows you how to integrate these elements with key design concepts and principles in order to develop a highly usable interface for the touch screen. You’ll learn to use existing open–source libraries in your code, imitate the overall look and feel of built–in Apple applications, and migrate existing Web 2.0 apps and sites to this new mobile platform. By the end of the book, you’ll feel untouchable as you create a custom mobile application from scratch.

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Professional iPhone and iPod touch Programming

The unprecedented success of iPhone and iPod touch serves as proof positive that application developers are entering uncharted territory when it comes to creating sophisticated, multi–functional mobile applications for the revolutionary interface design of the touch screen. The Safari–exclusive applications for these Apple devices assemble elements of Web 2.0 apps, traditional desktop apps, multimedia video and audio, and the cell phone. this book shows you how to integrate these various elements with key design concepts and principles in order to develop a highly usable interface for the touch screen.

You′ll learn to use existing open–source libraries in your code, imitate the overall look and feel of built–in Apple applications, and migrate existing Web 2.0 apps and sites to this new mobile platform. Along the way, you′ll discover how to design a user interface that is optimized for the touch–screen display. By the end of the book, you′ll feel untouchable as you create a custom mobile application from scratch.

What you will learn from this book:

  • How to design and implement an iPhone user interface
  • Ways to enable and optimize web sites for iPhone and iPod touch.
  • Tips for handling touch interactions and capturing JavaScript events
  • Specific CSS styles that are useful for developing applications
  • Techniques for integrating applications with core iPhone services including Phone, Mail, and Goolge Maps
  • How to minimize constraints and maximize bandwidth and app–execution performance
  • Methods of debugging Mobile Safari applications

Who this book is for:
This book is for web developers who want to build new applications for iPhone and iPod touch. A working knowledge of HTML/XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, and AJAX is necessary.

Wrox Professional guides are planned and written by working programmers to meet the real–world needs of programmers, developers, and IT professionals. Focused and relevant, they address the issues t3echnology professionals face every day. They provide examples, practical solutions, and expert education in new technologies, all designed to help programmers do a better job.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent starting point ..., 25 Nov 2008
This review is from: Professional iPhone and iPod Touch Programming: Building Applications for Mobile Safari (Wrox Professional Guides) (Paperback)
This book is an excellent starting point for anyone looking to start developing web applications and dedicated iPhone websites. Simple to follow, well laid out and with links to all the major resources required to produce your own apps this book really couldn't do a lot more. With only an intermediate knowledge of XHTML and CSS I was able to develop some effective sites. Highly recommended.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive, 25 July 2008
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Mr. M. A. Knott "knotty1981" (Wales, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Professional iPhone and iPod Touch Programming: Building Applications for Mobile Safari (Wrox Professional Guides) (Paperback)
This is a pretty comprehensive guide for anyone looking to start developing web applications for the iPhone.

Native apps have taken the headlines but webapps are still powerful and valuable.

This covers some of the great features held within mobile safari, such as canvas and the webkit css features.

The only thing missing is creating offline databases, hence 4 stars, but it's still a valuable resource to have. Combine this with the apple developer resources and you won't go far wrong.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Web Dev for ipod, 2 Feb 2010
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T. H. Stephens "Bay Man" (Cornwall, England) - See all my reviews
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I began working through this book and though the scripts produced the simulated ipod screens there is no specific guidance concerning the type of tools that could be used to create the web pages on the Macintosh.
iWeb is not an options and though XCode, IB and Dashcode have all the elements to develop for the iPod they all require a considerable learning curve. I thought that the HTML route could be an easyier option, hence purchasing the book. It is with a little disappointment that I have to give the book a moderate rating.
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