December 2011
Intermediate to advanced
480 pages
12h 40m
English
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How to use this Book: Intro
In this section, we answer the burning question: “So why DID they put that in a Mobile Web book?”
Who is this book for?
If you can answer “yes” to all of these:
Do you have previous web design and development experience?
Note
It definitely helps if you’ve already got some scripting chops, too. We’re not talking rocket science, but you shouldn’t feel visceral panic if you see a JavaScript snippet.
Do you want to learn, understand, remember, and apply important mobile web concepts so that you can make your mobile web pages more interactive and exciting?
Do you prefer stimulating dinner-party conversation to dry, dull, academic lectures?
this book is for you.
Who should probably back away from this book?
If you can answer “yes” to any of these:
Are you completely new to web development?
Are you already developing mobile web apps or sites and looking for a reference book on mobile web?
Are you afraid to try something different? Would you rather have a root canal than endure the suggestion that there might be more than one true way to build for the Web? Do you believe that a technical book can’t be serious if there’s a walrus-themed pub and an app called the Tartanator in it?
this book is not for you.
[Note from marketing: this book is for anyone with a credit card. Or cash. ...
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