Book on developing for iPhone: Building Applications for Mobile Safari
February 17, 2008 by David
Research and Markets has released a new book called “Professional iPhone and iPod touch Programming: Building Applications for Mobile Safari”
This book introduces developers to iPhone application platform and assists them in creating Web 2.0 applications that operate on the iPhone and integrate with its services. Developers will learn how to build applications from scratch and migrate them to iPhone platform.
There will be plenty of practical examples to learn from. Users will also learn how to optimize their design to iPhone touch screen display. Additionally, the book helps readers integrate their applications with iPhone services, including phone dialog, its motion sensor, and Google Maps.

With this book, readers will discover how to:
-Build an XHTML and CSS UI framework from the ground up
-Emulate the look and feel of built-in applications
-Integrate public Web 2.0 APIs into applications
-Capture finger touch interactions
-Use Ajax to load external pages
-Create mashups for the iPhone
-Store local and remote data
-Optimize applications for the EDGE network
-Test, debug, and deploy iPhone applications
-And more.
The book is priced at 33 Euros and it can be ordered online from Research and Markets. If you are seriously thinking in developing for iPhone, it could be a very educational read for you.
Tags: app, application, Google, iPhone, iPod Touch, OS
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