How do I create fast and responsive mobile websites that work across a range of platforms? For developers dealing with the proliferation of mobile devices each with unique screen sizes and performance limitations, it is an important question. This cookbook provides the answer. You will learn how to apply the latest HTML5 mobile web features effectively across a range of mobile devices.
HTML5 Mobile Development Cookbook will show you how to plan, build, debug, and optimize mobile websites. Apply the latest HTML5 features that are best for mobile, while discovering emerging mobile web features to integrate in your mobile sites.
Build a rock-solid default mobile HTML template and understand mobile user interaction. Make your site fast and responsive, leveraging the uniqueness of location-based mobile features and mobile rich media. Make your mobile website perfect using debugging, performance optimization, and server-side tuning. The book finishes with a sneak preview of future mobile web technologies.
Chapter 1, HTML5 and the Mobile Web, introduces HTML5 and the mobile web, along with some emulators and simulators.
Chapter 2, Mobile Setup and Optimization, discusses various mobile setups and optimization, such as preventing text resize and optimizing viewport width.
Chapter 3, Interactive Media with Mobile Events, discusses mobile interactions such as gesture events.
Chapter 4, Building Fast and Responsive Websites, talks about the various ways to make mobile websites fast and responsive.
Chapter 5, Mobile Device Access, discusses location-based mobile web and other HTML5 device-specific features.
Chapter 6, Mobile Rich Media, talks about the HTML5 rich media elements that can be used on mobile browsers.
Chapter 7, Mobile Debugging, teaches you ways to work around mobile screen-side constraints and debug mobile websites and web apps effectively.
Chapter 8, Server-Side Tuning, focuses on the server-side tuning for mobile websites.
Chapter 9, Mobile Performance Testing, teaches you various Tools and techniques that can be used to boost mobile performance.
Chapter 10, Emerging Mobile Web Features, talks about ECMAScript 5 as well as mobile-specific features that were added to allow more functionalities with mobile and boost the performance.
A text editor is all that is needed for most recipes in the book. You should also have a mobile device such as an iPhone, Android, Blackberry, or other device suitable for testing. Although it is best to test things out on a real device, don't worry if you don't have one, because we will cover details on how to use emulators and simulators to test, in case a real device is not available.
Developers keen to create HTML5 mobile websites that are fast and responsive across a whole range of mobile devices.
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