February 2012
Beginner to intermediate
272 pages
6h 20m
English
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Chapter 2. Starting with the Framework
Preparing the Document
Let’s get our hands dirty and create the typical jQuery Mobile webapp template.
Requirements
Our HTML5 document needs to include:
The jQuery core JavaScript file
The jQuery Mobile core JavaScript file
The jQuery Mobile core CSS file
The jQuery Mobile theme CSS file (optional)
In addition, jQuery Mobile will use a series of PNG files for some of the UI but we don’t need to explicitly link them. There is also a version of the CSS file that includes both the core file and the default theme.
Before coding, our first decision is about resources’ hosting. There are two approaches:
Host all the files within our project
Use a CDN (Content Delivery Network)
Hosting the Files
If you want to host all the files with your webapp, you need to download the latest ZIP package from http://jquerymobile.com/download. The ZIP name will include the version of the framework, for example: jquery.mobile-1.0.zip.
The jQuery Mobile package does not include the jQuery core. You need to also download it from http://jquery.com (production version is recommended).
In the jquery.mobile-XX.zip package, you will find the following structure:
demos folder
images folder
jquery.mobile-XX.css
jquery.mobile-XX.js
jquery.mobile-XX.min.css
jquery.mobile-XX.min.js
jquery.mobile.structure-XX.css
jquery.mobile.structure-XX.min.css
XX will be the version number, including release type, for example: 1.1b1 for 1.1 Beta 1, 1.0rc2 for 1.0 Release Candidate 2, or 1.0 for 1.0 final version. ...
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