Create amazing apps for all major smartphone platforms

It can be tricky developing for all mobile platforms and there are a lot of traps along the way. This guide helps you navigate around the roadblocks, providing you with the steps to set up your development environment and the tools and patterns to build your mobile app. It also arms you with strategies to best leverage your code base to support the wide variety of platforms. From simple HTML-based web apps to complex examples using Appcelerator or PhoneGap, you'll find everything you need to dive in and create the coolest apps available.

Professional Mobile Application Development:

• Shows you how to create consumable web services for mobile devices
• Walks you through the design and development of mobile user interfaces
• Uncovers what you need to get started coding mobile websites
• Gives you the tools to start developing apps on Android(TM), iOS, Windows^® Phone 7, and BlackBerry^® devices
• Describes how to use the leading software to build more robust apps in a shorter time
• Explains how to set standards and offers guidelines for development teams

Wrox Professional guides are written by working developers to address everyday needs. They provide examples, practical solutions, and expert education in new technologies, all designed to help programmers do a better job.

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