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On Dec 28 Arpit Kumar wrote: Book Review: Mobile JavaScript Application Development by Adrian Kosmaczewski
If you are a JavaScript developer and want to enhance your knowledge by learning the mobile app development, Mobile JavaScript Application Development by Adrian Kosmaczewski (O’Reilly Media) is a fantastic book for you. Full Review  >

Rating: 3.0

On Oct 30 Michael Raben wrote:
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Rating: 4.0

On Aug 13 Juri Strumpflohner wrote:
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Rating: 3.0

On Aug 1 Santosh Shanbhag wrote: Makes it easy to decide which framework to pick
This is an excellent book that focuses on using Javascript (and only Javascript with HTML and CSS) for mobile application development. The author introduces HTML5 in chapter 1 which is a must for developing using Javascript on the mobile devices. He also introduces the Modernizer library to test for HTML5 features for cross-browser compatibility. Snippets of code that introduce the reader to Geolocation, Orientation, Device motion, Network connectivity, Canvas, Client-side storage, etc, set the base for the future chapters. Chapter 2 is a quick introduction on using Javascript productively by avoiding common pitfalls. Chapters 3, 4, and 5 provide a detailed coverage on jQuery Mobile, Sencha Touch, and PhoneGap. These are the leading frameworks for Javascript Mobile development. Chapter 6 completes the gap by going over debugging and testing using Jasmine and Siesta and other tools, like Adobe Shadow and iWebInspector. Chapter 7 concludes by providing a comparison of various frameworks and when to use what. Overall, this book is very pleasant to read and is really geared towards folks evaluating different JavaScript mobile frameworks and didn't know where to start. This book will make it easy for you to decide what's suitable for your application. Full Review  >

Rating: 5.0

On Jul 29 Elissa Shevinsky wrote:
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Rating: 4.0