Incite creative and programming skills using the PhoneGap 2.x Mobile Application Development Hotshot book and eBook

Packt is pleased to announce the release of its new book PhoneGap 2.x Mobile Application Development Hotshot; a book that conceptualizes on creating great apps for mobile devices of multiple platforms. The book has a catalogue of apps across categories such as productivity, educational, entertainment and games that help to create a great experience using PhoneGap.

About the Author:

Kerri Shotts has been programming since she learned BASIC on her Commodore 64. She has a degree in Computer Science and previously worked as a Test Engineer and Database Administrator. She is currently a Technology Consultant and helps her clients with customizing websites, apps and more.

PhoneGap 2.x Mobile Application Development Hotshot, starts with the importance of localization, globalization and how to use HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to create the mobile app experience. It covers basic requirements such as creating, saving, and retrieving user-created data and teaches about maps and geolocation that would help users to build mobile apps of various genres, including productivity apps, entertainment apps, and games.

Furthermore, the book covers topics such as interaction with camera and photographs, playing and recording audio and video and creating high-performance games. Readers will learn to integrate custom PhoneGap plugins that extend functionality, use native UI controls, explore various other mobile app design patterns, and discover how to migrate a phone app to a tablet app.

The book is broken down into the following 10 power packed projects to better understand the application developing process:

Project 1: Let's Get Local!

Project 2: Let's Get Social!

Project 3: Being Productive

Project 4: Let's Take a Trip

Project 5: Talking to Your App

Project 6: Say Cheese!

Project 7: Let's Go to the Movies!

Project 8: Playing Around

Project 9: Blending In

Project 10: Scaling Up

PhoneGap 2.x Mobile Application Development Hotshot is for developers looking to create a mobile app using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. This book is now available for purchase in print and popular e-book formats. For more information, please visit www.packtpub.com/phonegap-2-mobile-application-hotshot/book

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