A. Installing the PhoneGap Files

Installing PhoneGap is a pretty straightforward process. Point your browser of choice to www.phonegap.com, and then click the Download icon in the upper-right corner of the landing page, as highlighted in Figure A-1. You should be redirected to a page, and the most recent version of PhoneGap will automatically begin downloading in a few seconds. If the download does not start automatically, simply click the download link provided on the page to download the files directly.

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Figure A-1 The PhoneGap project landing page

The PhoneGap project files are distributed in a standard zip archive. To install PhoneGap, simply ...

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