Building iPhone Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript: Making App Store Apps Without Objective-C or Cocoa (edit title/settings)

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• “I found it difficult to learn Objective-C and I was turned off by the fact that the language was of little use outside of Mac programming. Xcode and Interface Builder were pretty slick, but they weren't my normal authoring environment and I found them hard to get accustomed to. I was infuriated by the hoops I had to jump through just to set up my app and iPhone for testing. The process of getting the app into the App Store was even more byzantine. After a week or two of struggling with these variables, I found myself wondering why I was going to all the trouble. After all, my web apps were already available worldwide- why did I care about being in the App Store?”

• “PhoneGap is an open source development tool created by Nitobi (http://www.nitobi.com/) to act as a bridge between web applications and mobile devices. iPhone, Google Android, and BlackBerry operating systems are currently supported, and Nokia and Windows Mobile are in development. In spite of its high profile, the iPhone is not even close to being the most widely used mobile device. The mobile landscape is littered with devices, platforms, and operating systems. If you are a web developer, you might be familiar with the pain of testing 10 or so browser versions across 10 or so operating system versions. Multiply that by 100, and you have mobile.”

• “When I first started with iPhone app development, I made a few test App IDs in the Program Portal, assuming that I could later edit or delete them once I figured out how things worked. Well, I was wrong; you can't edit or delete App IDs. This means that two years later, I'm still staring at "JSC Temp App ID" when I log in to the developer portal. If you are anything like me, this will drive you crazy , so don't make the same mistake!”

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1. Jonathan Stark (Author)

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• Books › Computers & Internet › Web Development › Programming › JavaScript
• Books › Computers & Internet › Programming › Languages & Tools › CSS
• Books › Computers & Internet › Hardware › Macs
• Books › Computers & Internet › Apple › Cocoa
• Books › Computers & Internet › Hardware › Handheld & Mobile Devices

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• O'Reilly: Building iPhone Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript: The official web page for the book, with errata, code examples, and additional information.

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