With Pro iOS and Android Apps for Business, you can take your web development experience and apply it toward creating a full-featured business app, from soup to nuts. Frank Zammetti shows you how to create a client app using jQuery Mobile wrapped in PhoneGap, and how to create a node.js-based server that uses MongoDB as its data store. You never have to deal with learning Objective-C, Java or any other difficult-to-learn language. Instead, you can build on your existing HTML5, JavaScript and CSS experience to quickly and effectively build any app your business needs. You can even apply this knowledge to Android apps as well as other mobile platforms since the technologies used support most modern mobile platforms as well. You'll learn: * How to design a full-featured app, including requirements like offline access * How to build the client-side of the app using jQuery Mobile, including adding stub code for calling the node.js server * How to create a simple server with node.js and interact with it using REST * How to use MongoDB with node.js for data storage * How to use PhoneGap to ready your app for mobile deployment * How to test and debug your app on iOS and Android Pro iOS and Android Apps for Business is for experienced web developers who need to get up to speed quickly in buildipng iOS and Android apps for business.Are you ready to join the mobile revolution using the same technologies you already use to build great web applications? If so, this is the book for you What you'll learn * How to design a full-featured app, including requirements like offline access * How to build the client-side of the app using jQuery Mobile, including adding stub code for calling the node.js server * How to create a simple server with node.js and interact with it using REST * How to use MongoDB with node.js for data storage * How to use PhoneGap to ready your app for mobile deployment * How to test and debug your app on iOS and Android Who this book is for Experienced web devs who need to get up to speed quickly in building iOS and Android apps for business. HTML/CSS/JavaScript experience highly recommended.

Corona SDK is one of the most popular app and game mobile development platforms in the world, and Learn Corona SDK Game Development walks you through creating a full-featured Corona game from scratch to the App Store. You'll learn Lua basics (the foundation of Corona), how to add and manipulate graphics, and how to use controls like multitouch, accelerometer, and gyroscope. You'll also learn how to use Box2D (Corona physics under the hood), and how to add sound effects and music. As you're polishing your game, you'll also learn about ads, in-app purchases, and OpenFeint and Game Center integration. Finally, you'll learn the ins and outs of getting a game into the App Store or other app marketplaces. Whether you're developing exclusively for iOS, or whether you're developing for Android or other platforms, Learn Corona SDK Game Development explains just what you need to launch your career as a mobile game developer. What you'll learn Just enough Lua to get started with Corona How to put your Corona code together How to work with images and effects Adding music and sound Game physics and AI Working with app stores and marketplaces Who this book is for Beginning mobile game developers, with a grasp of the basics of programming, who want a complete walkthrough of the Corona app and game development tool, or iOS or Android developers who want to learn about Corona SDK.

The era of professional JavaScript development has arrived Gone are the days when writing all the clientside code for your applications by hand yourself was the norm. Gone are the days when scrounging around the Internet to find a snippet of code to do something you need could lead to either decent code or utter garbage that you'd surely regret using later.

No, writing highquality JavaScript these days is a whole lot easier with the advent of topnotch libraries that save you time and effort, and one that stands out from most others is Dojo.

Dojo is a library like few others: written by some of the best JavaScript coders around today, providing nearly everything you'll need to write modern rich Internet applications, all in one place. From Ajax to widgets, to clientside persistence and language extensions, and many points in between, Dojo has it all.

In Practical Dojo Projects, you'll learn all about what Dojo has to offer. You'll see it in action in the form of five fully functional applications, which include A contact manager for storing info for all the important people in your life A code cabinet: a place to store, index, and get code snippets from A stock tracker to keep track of your stock portfolio A message forum for open discussions on topics you define Even a fun little game

By the time you've finished reading, you'll have a firm grasp on what Dojo is all about, and you'll have the preparation you need to begin to use it yourself in your own projects. See you inside What you'll learn Uncover the fundamentals of Dojo, its core, Dojo Widgets, and DojoX. Build sophisticated JavaScript/Ajaxbased applications starting with a Dojo contact manager. Create a code cabinet, a place to store snippets of code for later reuse using Dojo and Dojo Offline (based on Google Gears). See how to build an interactive and fun came application using Dojo. Build a stock watcher application, which allows you to enter ticker symbols and will show you realtime updates using some available web service; show net gain/loss over various time periods (hourly/daily/weekly/monthly/yearly) with various charts and graphs. Take Dojo into social networking by building a messaging forums application. Who this book is for

Web application developers, senior projects leads, and application architects.

"Practical JavaScript, DOM, and Ajax Projects" is ideal for web developers already experienced in JavaScript who want to take their knowledge to the next level. It presents 10 complete example projects for you to learn from and adapt for use in your own work.

The book starts with a quick recap of the fundamentals of modern JavaScript development before moving right along to the applications. For each application, you are taken through the planning, design, and implementation stages. Theres something for everyone herea utility library, a validation framework, a GUI widget framework, a dynamic event calendar application, a drag-and-drop shopping cart, and more

Over the course of the book, author Frank Zammetti covers JavaScript best practices, Ajax techniques, and some of the most popular JavaScript libraries, such as Prototype, Script.aculo.us, and the Yahoo YUI. One of the main premises of this book is to help you learn by example so you can then apply your knowledge to your own projects. This book will save you countless hours of development time and help further your JavaScript knowledge

If you're a Java developer already versed in Ajax-style programming, and you want to take your knowledge to the next level, then this is the book for you. Practical Ajax Projects with Java Technology provides the ultimate learn-by-example experience, featuring seven complete example applications for you to learn from and then adapt for use in your own projects. During each application, the author will lead you through the planning, design, and implementation stages. The book begins with a few quick chapters to recap Ajax basics and build up a complete development environment, and then moves on to the applications. The seven applications are diverse: an auto-complete application, an Ajax game, a two-way chat application, a webmail client, an RSS aggregator, an online calendaring/scheduling system, and a Flickr-style photo gallery application.

Learn what JAMstack is all about, what those three big letters in the front mean and why it's so beneficial. This book shows you how to create sites and apps on the JAMstack using GatsbyJS, a tool made specifically for generating them. As part of that, you'll learn about React, one of the hottest front-end development tools out there today. You will build three separate projects, starting with a relatively simple site to get your feet wet, then a more robust and dynamic application to see more advanced topics like API usage and data storage. Finally, you'll build a game on the JAMstack to get a whole different perspective on how all the pieces can fit together. JAMstack, a modern take on best practices, is taking the web development world by storm and allowing developers to create web site and apps that are blazingly fast and highly secure. In many ways JAMstack is a throwback to web development of yesteryear, all while providing a simpler development experience that is streamlined by many years of best practices being brought to bear. What You'll Learn Review the principles of JAMstack: Javascript, APIs and Markup Use React to build a front-end Set up a GitHub account and hosting using GitHub Pages Host in Netlify (the creators of JAMstack!) Understand Netlify functions and FaunaDB for persistent data storage Explore GraphQL usage for querying data Work with the Phaser game library Who This Book Is For Web developers with some HTML, CSS and JavaScript experience, who want to apply best practices to build web sites that have no back-end server infrastructure while still providing dynamic content along with a streamlined development process. Architects who just want to learn JAMstack, even if they aren't going to be hacking code all day.

Discover how to use React Native in the real world, from scratch. This book shows you what React Native has to offer, where it came from, and where it's going. You'll begin with a solid foundation of practical knowledge, and then build on it immediately by constructing three different apps. You'll learn how to use each feature of React Native by working on two full projects and one full game. These aren't just simple React Native Hello World examples (although you'll naturally start there!) but are apps that you can, if you so choose, install on your mobile devices and use for real. Throughout this book, you'll gain real-world familiarity with React Native as well as supporting components from Expo, NativeBase, React Navigation and the Redux and Lodash libraries. You'll also build server-side code for a mobile React Native app to talk to using the popular Node.js and Socket.io library, providing you a holistic view of things even beyond React Native. And, you'll see many helpful tips, tricks and gotchas to watch out for along the way! Practical React Native offers practical exercises that will give you a solid grasp of building apps with React Native, allowing you to springboard into creating more advanced apps on your own.Creating a game with React Native will allow you to see a whole other perspective on what React Native can do. What You'll Learn Master the basics of React Native Create a logically structured project Review interface elements, such as widgets, controls, and extensions Build layouts Work with Expo, an open source toolchain Who This book Is For The primary audience is mobile developers and anyone looking to build for multiple mobile platforms and trying to do so with a codebase that is largely the same across all. Readers will need a decent foundation, but not necessarily be experts in, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, but I'll assume little beyond that.

Explore what React, Node, Python, Django, TypeScript, Webpack, and Docker have to offer individually, and how they all fit together in modern app development. This updated version will show you how to build apps with React, Node.js or Django, and TypeScript, and how Webpack can be used to optimize and organize your code for deployment. You'll begin by building a solid foundation of knowledge and quickly expand it by constructing three different real-world apps. These aren't just simple, contrived examples but real apps that you can choose to install on your servers and use for real. You'll also understand how Docker can be used to run the apps you build in a clear and well-defined way, all of which will be able to springboard you into creating more advanced apps on your own. You'll see why React is one of the most popular web development tools available today, and why Node.js is also frequently used for server-side development. The fact that both utilize JavaScript is a big selling point, but there are shortcomings. Modern Full-Stack Development highlights how adding Django, Webpack, and Docker to the mix resolves any issues by creating a potent full development stack on which to build applications - two possible stacks, really!! What You'll Learn: Review the basics of TypeScript and writing both React and Node apps with it Construct a project with NPM and Webpack, configuration and usage Utilize client-side and server-side development Employ REST APIs and database usage across two tech stacks, Node and Python/Django Deploy apps using Docker Who This Book Is For: Web developers and software architects.

Learn to create speedy cross-platform applications with ease using Webix. You will begin with an introduction to Webix and basic usage, exploring the interface components and utilities it offers, as well as the tools available (skin builder, form builder, and code snippet testing facility). You'll understand how Webix can integrate with other popular libraries and frameworks including Angular, Vue, React and more (as well as third-party components like dHTMLx and rich text editors). You will learn tangential topics including communication with back-end systems (Node.js and common related tooling), packaging as a Cordova app and, of course, you will learn how to use Webix following the Progressive Web App delivery mechanism. Offering a complete solution in a single bundle, this JavaScript UI framework provides a rich set of interface components, application architecture direction and commonly-needed utility and ancillary capabilities.Every topic will be taught a practical way, explored within the context of building real-world working apps, not through unrelated snippets. Bringing 25 years of professional development experience to the table, author Frank Zammetti uses his unique levity to teach you how to get up and running with this new and upcoming framework. What You'll Learn Explore the capabilities and UI widgets it provides and the features that make it stand out from its competitors Build one web technology-based app that works on both desktops and mobile devices (Android and iOS) Create and hook a Webix app up to a Node.js/Express-based RESTful server API for data storage Mobilize a Webix app using both PhoneGap and Progressive Web App techniques Enhance your Webix and general development skills in the most fun way possible: by building a game Who This Book Is For Moderately experienced front-end developers who want to learn about Webix and the power it brings to client-side development. Developers looking to use their web development skills to build cross-platform apps that work on both desktop and mobile devices with Webix as the foundation. A working knowledge of CSS, HTML and JavsScript is assumed, though you don't need to be an expert.

The Palm Pre is the hottest new device on the block. It's the cell phonenay, personal digital everythingthat all the cool kids want to get their hands on...but no one wants to use it more than developers

The Palm Pre is more than just a way-cool device, though: it is built on Palm's webOS, an operating system that changes the game for developers. Building on standards-based web technologies, webOS allows us to create applications more quickly and easily than any other platform out there using the same technologies we know and love already. It turns out to be quite fun, too

In this book, you'll learn all about the Palm Pre and webOS, their capabilities, and how to develop for them. You'll learn to write applications that function entirely on the Pre itself, and you'll also learn to write applications that live in the cloud (i.e., keep you connected to the digital world around you). You'll spend most of your time looking at Mojo, the framework API through which your code interfaces with the operating system. All of this will be presented within the context of six fully functional real-world applications that you can use on your own Pre

Once you're done, you'll be ready to write your own webOS applications for the Pre, get them into the app catalog (the online store where Pre applications are made available to Pre owners), and make tons of cash. Learn to program the Palm Pre by sticking to JavaScript. Write useful apps as well as games. Become productive using Mojo and upload new applications within a day. What you'll learn All about the Palm Pre, its capabilities, webOS architecture, application structure, and development model (including tooling) The Mojo framework/API, what it offers, how it's organized, and more How to interact with cloud-based services to provide a connected experience for Pre applications How to write on-device applications that store all their data locally (some will then sync to a server-side store when later connected) How to write games as well as useful apps Who this book is for

This book is for fairly experienced web developers looking to take their skills mobile and get a leg up on Palm Pre, webOS, and Mojo development. Table of Contents The New Kid(s) on the Block The Four, er, Three Horsemen of the Apocalypse A Place for Your Stuff: Code Cabinet A Gateway to Industry: Local Business Search Time for a Break: Engineer, a webOS Game Keeping an Eye on Friends: Twitter Monitor Project Management for All: Time Tracker

Discover Ext JS, one of today's most powerful and highly regarded JavaScript frameworks, with perhaps the best set of GUI widgets around, and a whole host of components that make developing clientside applications a breeze. Using a pragmatic approach, you'll dissect seven fullfledged applications, coveringHow Ext JS allows you to create these applications with a slick user interface with a minimum of effort How the other parts of Ext JS aside from the GUI widgets provide many of the capabilities modern applications need, such as Ajax and data mechanisms How other technologies such as Gears can be brought in to make the applications more powerful What you'll learn Get an understanding of one of today's hottest JavaScript frameworks and libraries, Ext JS. Develop interesting Web 2.0 front ends, RIAs (rich Internet applications), and more. Create a number of applications from the projects or pragmatic case studies that the author gives you. Create an organizer, timekeeper, a code cabinet, and more. Get back to basics and back ends using a SQL workbench, Google Gears, and Ext BASIC. Pull it all together by designing a game using Ext JS. Who this book is for

Web application developers, senior project leads, and application architects. Table of Contents Introducing Web Development with Ext JS Widgets and Advanced Ext JS Ext JS for a Busy Lifestyle: OrganizerExt Making Project Management Cool: TimekeeperExt A Place for Your Stuff: Code Cabinet Ext When the Yellow Pages Just Isn't Cool Enough: Local Business Searc Your Dad Had a Workbench, Now So Do You: SQL Workbench All Work and No Play: Dueling Cards Managing Your Finances: Finance Master

The Ajax craze is sweeping the world, and there is no shortage of libraries from which to choose to make it all easier to develop. One of those libraries has risen near the top in the Java space, and that library is DWR. DWR, or Direct Web Remoting, allows you to treat your Java classes running on the server as if they were local objects running in the browser, bringing the full power of your server-side business logic to the client without the usual problems that entails. In this book You'll explore DWR and all it offers. You'll find six full, working applications that use DWR, instead of a lot of theoretical musings. You'll learn by example, more importantly, by doing, as you tear the applications apart, see what makes them tick, and even extend them at your own pace. In the end, you'll have a great feel for what DWR offers and how Ajax can bring the world of Web 2.0 to your doorstep, and you'll have a good time doing it. What you'll learn Call a server-side object in a snap and make it look like any local JavaScript call to boot. Provide a strong security mechanism for securing your server-side code. Integrate with many of the most popular frameworks out there. Provide not only Ajax but Comet capabilities (sometimes called reverse Ajax). Dig into Ajax using DWR in a practical and hacking kind of way starting with a webmail client and Wiki projects. Build a simple file manager application and an online timesheet system. Complete a DWR-based game project. Who is this book for? Web application developers, senior projects leads, and application architects About the Apress Practical Series The Practical series from Apress is your best choice for getting the job done, period.From professional to expert, this series lets you apply project-motivated templates (or frameworks) step by step in a very direct, practical, and efficient manner toward current real-world projects that may be sitting on your desk. So whatever your career goal, Apress can be your trusted guide to take you where you want to go on your IT career empowerment path. Related Titles Pro Ajax and Java Frameworks Practical Ajax Projects with Java Technology Foundations of Ajax

Explore what Flutter has to offer, where it came from, and where it's going. Mobile development is progressing at a fast rate and with Flutter - an open-source mobile application development SDK created by Google - you can develop applications for Android and iOS, as well as Google Fuchsia.Learn to create three apps (a personal information manager, a chat system, and a game project) that you can install on your mobile devices and use for real. You will begin by getting a solid foundation of Flutter knowledge, and building on it immediately by constructing two more traditional productivity apps.. You will also learn to create a game, enabling you to see a whole other perspective on what Flutter can do. In addition to building these apps, you'll have the benefit of reviewing real-world issues you might encounter, along with ways to deal with them through tips and tricks, all designed to make your Flutter experience that much more productive and, frankly, fun! Practical Flutter will leave you with a solid grasp of how to build apps with Flutter, and springboard into creating more advanced apps on your own. By the time your journey through this material concludes, another larger one will begin as you springboard, well-prepared, into the larger world of Flutter development, tackling any project that comes your way with aplomb. Practical Flutter is a learning adventure you won't want to miss. What You'll Learn Get a Flutter project started and logically structure it Use the interface elements Flutter provides, such as widgets, controls, and extensions Build layouts using interface elements Use available tooling, specifically Android Studio Leverage server-side development and connect a Flutter app to a server back-end. Who This Book Is For Mobile developers who are looking to build for multiple mobile platforms and trying to do so with a codebase that is largely the same across all. Basic knowledge of iOS and Android generally, and some general programming experience is expected.