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Programming the Mobile Web and jQuery Mobile: Up and Running are books published in 2012. Both books are published by O’Reilly Media, written by Maximiliano Firtman.

jQuery Mobile: Up and Running

Would you like to build one mobile web application that works on iPad and Kindle Fire as well as iPhone and Android smartphones? This introductory guide to jQuery Mobile shows you how. Through a series of hands-on exercises, you’ll learn the best ways to use this framework’s many interface components to build customizable, multiplatform apps. You don’t need any programming skills or previous experience with jQuery to get started.

By the time you finish this book, you’ll know how to create responsive, Ajax-based interfaces that work on a variety of smartphones and tablets, using jQuery Mobile and semantic HTML5 code.

  • Understand how jQuery Mobile works with HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript
  • Work with UI components to format content and create forms, lists, navbars, and buttons
  • Create dynamic content with JavaScript, Ajax, and the jQuery core framework
  • Customize your entire user interface with themes and CSS3
  • Enable users to install your app from the browser and work with it offline
  • Distribute through app stores by packaging your creation as a native app

Order at O’Reilly (printed / ebook version -many formats-)

Order at Amazon

Order at Kindle Store

Shipped to every major bookstore worldwide.

Programming the Mobile Web


During 512 pages, you will

  • Programming the Mobile Web, the bookLearn how to use your existing skills to move into mobile web development
  • Discover the new possibilities of mobile web development, and understand its limitations
  • Get detailed coverage of how JavaScript and Ajax are used in the mobile environment to create effective user interfaces
  • Learn about mobile technologies such as HTML5, SMS, and WAP
  • Understand variations of platforms such as Symbian, Windows Mobile, Blackberry, Palm OS, Java ME, and iPhone OS
  • Learn how widget building and progressive enhancement support platform-specific functionality

Order online at O’Reilly (printed / ebook version -many formats-)

Order at Amazon

Order at Kindle Store

Order it at iBookstore for your iPad and iPhone (US only)

Order it at Google ebookstore (US only)

Shipped to every major bookstore worldwide.

Official translations to italian, french and turkish. See this website for more information

Table of Contents

  1. The Mobile Jungle
  2. Mobile Browsing
  3. Architecture & Design
  4. Setting Up Environments
  5. Markups & Standards
  6. Coding the Markup
  7. CSS for Mobile Browsers
  8. JavaScript Mobile
  9. AJAX, HTML 5 and RIA
  10. Server-Side Detection & Delivery
  11. Geolocation & Maps
  12. Mobile Widgets & webapps
  13. Testing, Debugging & Performance
  14. Distribution & Social Web 2.0

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  1. #1 written by Kim April 14th, 2011 at 04:33

    Hello
    I am a beginner to learn how to make mobile website. I surfed the web and found your site.
    But I can’t buy your book in my country. What should I do?
    Thank you

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  2. #2 written by firt April 14th, 2011 at 17:51

    Hi Kim! I don’t know where do you live, but you can always get the ebook version.

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  3. #3 written by AK August 18th, 2011 at 16:10

    Any chance of getting this published in Kindle format? Looks interesting.

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  4. #4 written by firt August 18th, 2011 at 16:40

    AK, the books are in Kindle format in the O’Reilly ebook store (both boos) or in the Kindle Store (for Programming the mobile web)

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  5. #5 written by Vinay November 10th, 2011 at 09:18

    Hello Maximiliano Firtman,
    Looks like an Interesting book. I am very new to Web app Development. Will this book be helpful for me. I have very basic knowledge about Ajax,HTML and JS. Adrian Kosmaczewski recommended this book to me @ Mobile Developer Summit, Bangalore (India).

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  6. #6 written by Pavel November 21st, 2011 at 22:48

    Read this book twice since i bought it last year as a complete noob to mobile webdeveloping, and still working with it. made my days much much much easier. really great job!!!

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  7. #7 written by jorge December 16th, 2011 at 15:59

    me gustaría comprar un libro de jquery o de ajax echo por en español, vivo en Chile, hay alguien que los distribuya acá?

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  8. #8 written by firt December 16th, 2011 at 16:08

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  9. #9 written by Marcelo March 20th, 2012 at 19:20

    Hola:Vivo en argentina y me gustaria adquirir el libre de jQuery Mobile.Donde lo consigo?
    Gracias!

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  10. #10 written by firt March 20th, 2012 at 23:22

    Marcelo, comunicate con http://www.itmaster.com.ar o al 11 5032 0077, allí tenemos copias para la venta. No conozco ninguna librería que los traiga. Saludos

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  11. #11 written by Giovanni March 28th, 2012 at 13:47

    I’m reading your Programming the Mobile Web book and I just want to tell you have done a great job. It’s extremely useful. I’m promoting your book to everybody I meet for my business. It’s a masterpiece. Thank you and continue like that.
    Bye
    Gio

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  12. #12 written by howard April 8th, 2012 at 04:24

    Hi,

    I am reading your Jquery mobile book and there is a reference in the book to http://mobilexweb.com/go/dwjqm describing how to update dreamweaver with the latest jquery js and css. anyway you can provide the instructions for this that will allow dreamweaver to recognize the new jquery attributes.

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  13. #13 written by firt April 12th, 2012 at 00:16

    Thanks for the report! I’ll check the link. In the meantime this is the long URL: http://blog.assortedgarbage.com/2011/05/updating-jquery-in-dreamweaver-cs5-5/

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