Wiley Professional iPhone and iPod touch Programming

Want to get more out of your iPhone or iPod touch? Professional iPhone and iPod touch Programming: Building Applications for Mobile Safari is a hands-on, in-depth book that introduces developers to the initial release of the iPhone application Platform and assists them in creating Web 2.0 applications that operate on the iPhone and integrate with its services. Author Richard Wagner shares his experience as he guides you through the process of building new applications from scratch and migrating existing Web 2.0 applications to this new mobile platform. Using practical examples, the book shows how to build a wide range of solutions--from a basic XHTML/CSS Client to an advanced Ajax-enabled Database application. As it does so, it helps you design a User Interface that is optimized for the iPhone touch-screen display. Additionally, the book helps you integrate your applications with iPhone services, including phone dialog, its motion sensor, and Google Maps.

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

Introducing the iPhone and iPod touch Development Platform

Designing a User Interface

Implementing the Interface

Styling with CSS

Handling Touch Interactions and Events

Advanced Programming Topics: Canvas and Video

Integrating with iPhone Services

Enabling and Optimizing Web Sites for iPhone and iPod touch

Bandwidth and Performance Optimizations

Packaging Apps as Bookmarks: Bookmarklets and Data URLs

Case Studies: Beyond Edge-to-Edge Design

Testing and Debugging