Professional Visual Studio 2017

22Mobile Applications Using JavaScript

WHAT’S IN THIS CHAPTER?

• The major characteristics of Apache Cordova
• Understanding the structure of an Apache Cordova project
• Configuring and debugging Apache Cordova applications

WROX.COM CODE DOWNLOADS FOR THIS CHAPTER

The wrox.com code downloads for this chapter can be found at www.wrox.com by searching for this book’s ISBN number (978-1-119-40458-3). The code and any related support files are located in their own folder for this chapter.

In Chapter 21, “Mobile Applications Using .NET,” you learned about how to use Visual Studio 2017 to create mobile applications using .NET languages. But not every developer wants to use C# to create mobile applications, not to mention the fact that many developers are much more comfortable in the web front-end world of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Restricting mobile development to the .NET platform would block these developers from taking part.

For developers who fit into that last category, Apache Cordova is one of the most commonly used frameworks to jump the gap between web development and mobile development. In this chapter, we examine the support that Visual Studio 2017 has for programmers working in the Cordova development space.

WHAT IS APACHE CORDOVA?

While Apache Cordova doesn’t have an exceptionally long history, it has quickly become a mainstay in the world of mobile development. It was originally conceived as a way to eliminate the vast and disparate number of ways there were ...