Today's Web 2.0 applications (think Facebook and Twitter) go far beyond the confines of the desktop and are widely used on mobile devices. The mobile Web has become incredibly popular given the success of the iPhone and BlackBerry, the importance of Windows Mobile, and the emergence of Palm Pre (and its webOS platform). At Apress, we are fortunate to have Gail Frederick of the well-known training site Learn the Mobile Web offer her expert advice in Beginning Smartphone Web Development. In this book, Gail teaches the web standards and fundamentals specific to smartphones and other feature-driven mobile phones and devices.Shows you how to build interactive mobile web sites using web technologies optimized for browsers in smartphones Details markup fundamentals, design principles, content adaptation, usability, and interoperability Explores cross-platform standards and best practices for the mobile Web authored by the W3C, dotMobi, and similar organizations Dives deeps into the feature sets of the most popular mobile browsers, including WebKit, Chrome, Palm Pre webOS, Pocket IE, Opera Mobile, and Skyfire

By the end of this book, you'll have the training, tools, and techniques for creating robust mobile web experiences on any of these platforms for your favorite smartphone or other mobile device. What you'll learn Build interactive mobile web pages that comply with industry standards and best practices. Develop web sites using the markup languages of the mobile Web: XHTML-MP, Wireless CSS, and WML. Use Mobile JavaScript and Ajax for client-side web interactivity. Adapt the syntax and design of mobile web pages to target smartphone models. Enhance mobile web pages to target advanced features of smartphone browsers. Validate and compress mobile markup to optimize for network transmission and browser performance. Simulate smartphone browsers using emulators and development tools. Who this book is for

Mobile application developers and their managers need to learn mobile web technologies because it's in their economic interest. Time-to-market and opportunity costs are significantly lower for web-based mobile applications than for native ones.

Desktop web developers at software companies and IT departments of non-technology businesses need to learn mobile web technologies to meet the demands of managers who will soon be asking them to mobilize this web site. These developers will want to do the minimum work possible to maximize the compatibility of their mobile web sites. The standards-based approach advocated in this book will allow them to build gracefully adaptive and portable mobile web experiences that perform well across mobile browser platforms. Table of Contents Introduction to Mobile Web Development Set Up Your Mobile Web Development Environment Mobile Markup Languages Device Awareness and Content Adaptation Adding Interactivity with JavaScript and AJAX Mobile Web Usability Enhancing Mobile Web Pages for Smartphone Browsers Optimizing Mobile Markup Validating Mobile Markup Testing a Mobile Web Site Deploying a Mobile Web Site How to Play Well in the Mobile Ecosystem The Future of the Mobile Web

"Simple, concise, instructive and informative - Tim Heuer, Microsoft (Redmond, WA)"
"This is a great book for someone looking to get a broad view of the Silverlight 4 platform. It is very simple to read/understand for anyone wanting to get started. The book is very illustrative - literally - to provide good visuals about each of the core concepts. At the end of reading this book and following the examples, the reader should be able to quickly start building "real" applications using the basic concepts. ... Recommend."

""Handy guide for you to find specific solutions you want to achieve in Silverlight 4" - Kunal Chowdhury, a Silverlight MVP "

This book illustrates more than 100 features in Silverlight using a simple problem/solution approach. It takes one feature at a time and guides you in progressive journey where you begin by using the basic components, then by creating graphics and animations. You then create rich media applications on the client and web services, and delve into calling advanced Web services like AJAX, REST and WCF services from Silverlight.

The book takes an example approach for all problems and features, and illustrates with class diagrams what objects and methods are used and how the elements of a Silverlight project are created in easy to understand format. In the Book Design a Rich Internet Application Extend the Control Framework Create Compelling Graphics Work with Animation Extend the Browser Programming Model Bring Data Visualization to the Web Develop with ASP.NET and Ajax Work with Web Services Create Rich Silverlight Media Applications Deliver Enhanced and Interactive Streaming Video Experiences

The book assumes the reader has a basic understanding of web technologies and .Net programming languages, and is targeted at the intermediate to advanced Silverlight developer. "Rave Reviews"

""A unique and thorough book" - Michael Microsoft MVP"

""Learning with fun" - Syed Ahmad (Web Developer)"

""Awesome book, straight to the point, great code samples, a must have." - Andy Chauhan (RIA Developer) "

""Great book with tons of details " - Michael Crump, a Silverlight MVP"

""Putting the FUN into Silverlight 4" - Richard T. Kingslan (Microsoft)"

"Simple, concise, instructive and informative - Tim Heuer, Microsoft (Redmond, WA)" (On C# version of the Book ) "This is a great book for someone looking to get a broad view of the Silverlight 4 platform. It is very simple to read/understand for anyone wanting to get started. The book is very illustrative - literally - to provide good visuals about each of the core concepts. At the end of reading this book and following the examples, the reader should be able to quickly start building "real" applications using the basic concepts. ... Recommend."

""Handy guide for you to find specific solutions you want to achieve in Silverlight 4" - Kunal Chowdhury, a Silverlight MVP "

This book illustrates more than 100 features in Silverlight using a simple problem/solution approach. It takes one feature at a time and guides you in progressive journey where you begin by using the basic components, then by creating graphics and animations. You then create rich media applications on the client and web services, and delve into calling advanced Web services like AJAX, REST and WCF services from Silverlight.

The book takes an example approach for all problems and features, and illustrates with class diagrams what objects and methods are used and how the elements of a Silverlight project are created in easy to understand format. In the Book Design a Rich Internet Application Extend the Control Framework Create Compelling Graphics Work with Animation Extend the Browser Programming Model Bring Data Visualization to the Web Develop with ASP.NET and Ajax Work with Web Services Create Rich Silverlight Media Applications Deliver Enhanced and Interactive Streaming Video Experiences

The book assumes the reader has a basic understanding of web technologies and .Net programming languages, and is targeted at the intermediate to advanced Silverlight developer. "Rave Reviews"(On C# Version of the Book )

""A unique and thorough book" - Michael Microsoft MVP"

""Learning with fun" - Syed Ahmad (Web Developer)"

""Awesome book, straight to the point, great code samples, a must have." - Andy Chauhan (RIA Developer) "

""Great book with tons of details " - Michael Crump, a Silverlight MVP"

""Putting the FUN into Silverlight 4" - Richard T. Kingslan (Microsoft)"

***** Fully revised and updated, 2nd Edition 2/11/2012 ***** THE HANDS-ON, TUTORIAL-BASED GUIDE TO BUILDING SECURE AND HIGH PERFORMANT WEB WIDGET Get up to speed for developing web widget with design guidelines, standard practices, security measures and techniques for high performance. Developing Web Widget with HTML, CSS, JSON and Ajax is the first guide to creating web widgets, tiny web applications that can be embedded in a web page, blog or social profile. Inside, author of the bestselling book Creating Vista Gadget, Rajesh Lal provide readers with a methodology for building widget using standard web technologies like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Developing Web Widget starts with a step-by step tutorial starting from Hello World Widget to an advanced Web Widget which uniquely identifies the user based on the url and not only display user data but also update data. Reader will learn how to use techniques to ensure security and add high performance to the web widget. You will also learn how to create RSS based widgets using Ajax, Proxy Server and Google Ajax Feed API and Widgets based on Facebook APIs. The star Widget developed in the book is now a popular free service. To see it live, visit http: //addrating.com All code can be downloaded from the companion website. http: //widgets-gadgets.com ***** Enjoy Fully revised and edited Second edition 2/11/2012 *****