Win a free copy of the PhoneGap Mobile Application Development Cookbook
Would you like a free copy of the PhoneGap Mobile Application Development Cookbook? Packt has reached out to me to let me share five copies of the book to my readers. (People in the US, the UK, or Europe can choose a physical or electronic copy. Everyone else must select an electronic copy.)
To win, check out the book's product page, check out the details, and simply tell me which chapter you think sounds the most interesting and why. (Use the comments below.)
I'll use completely unfair and arbitrary methods to select 5 winners by January 20th.
The most interesting chapter, by far, is all of them! Now, on to the reasons you should give me one of the free ones:
1) I love reading books, and read several big fat tech books every year. This would not sit on a shelf, but would be consumed and absorbed in short order.
2) WE WANTS IT
3) At the bottom of the page, there was a section named "Who this is for". When I looked at it, my name was there. Honest injun!
4) Starting a new gig Monday, and the big cheese was asking about mobile. I told him Phone Gap is popular with CF folks. He stopped just short of saying "Make it so", but I think he will say that soon. (Note that this reason, like number 1 is actually true. The others may or may not be fuzzy with the factual)
5) WE WANTS IT
6) My ADD has improved greatly in the last, ooh it has a butterfly on the cover.
7) I have a mobile phone! A book about mobile development, and I have a mobile phone! This is clearly fate, destiny, etc.
Thanks for this noble offer. Seems like very good read and I hope I would be able to win free copy :-). In chapters list, I like chapter 7. Since being web developer, we are supposed to think in futuristic terms. HTML-5 and CSS3 syntax is quiet intuitive which leaves developers curious about adding life to their mobile app using libraries like jQuery Mobile. I think if developers get more detailed knowledge about jQuery Mobile , they should be able to nail down cool apps quickly (as I am assuming they already have good grasp of basic HTML or HTML5 and CSS or CSS3). At my first glance chapter-7 seems most interesting to me but I have to read the whole book to make my final concrete decision :-). Rest all chapters seem quiet basic for mobile developers but Chapter-7 connects all dots of complete mobile application Thanks again
I think being able to transition our web skills over with a familiar framework like jQuery will help guys like me pick up and accelerate adding mobile to our portfolio.
Extending PhoneGap with Plugins
But these really interest me:
User Interface Development with jQuery Mobile
Hook into Native Events
Development Tools and Testing
All I have to say about it: Unleash the Kraken!
On top of what you can already do with Phonegap, building your own plugins and take advantage of more specific Android/iOS features is the icing on the cake. Adding more features to the simplicity (of use) of Phonegap is really great.
I would truly appreciate the hard copy version of your esteemed book! Many thanks.
-Ric
That said, I wear black socks with sandals - and think it's OK, which means visual design is not my thing. If jQuery Mobile could make whatever interface I develop look even kind of decent, then I should spend some quality time with that chapter.
p.s. Props to Matt Gifford; I wore out the binder on my OOP and CF book, real helpful stuff!
Phonegap was our original choice. But because of the heavy use of the hardware I started leaning more towards Xamarin's C# framework for building cross platform apps based on Mono.
I also intend to create another app (my own project) that should capture and process images. For the image processing, I suppose that would have be done natively on the device and that is where I think Chapter 5, Hook into Native Events, would come in handy.
It looks like and interesting read. I didn't realize Phonegap had all those features until I read the table of contents. I would really like to win a free copy! Really!
The reality of an app comes when all the touch, swipe, change page events are handled. Which librairies are out there ? Which one to choose ?
But very interested by the whole book indeed.
That would be my personal favorite !!!
You just can't have enough development and testing tools and is often not easy to introduce to your work flow tools or tests that nobody else used before.
Since phonegap has its own perks its nice to have an inside info :)
I like chapters 6 & 7. This is because personally I feel User Experience or UI is the most challenging part. Rest of the chapters cover what is already a set science.
For me the most interesting chapter is number 5, hoking into native events i think is crucial to create a seamless experience for the user, create custom submenus is something really interesting and the watch of the network is really useful.
Please give the book!
I hope to be lucky.
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Thanks!
Basically, phonegap api is not difficult to understand via its own document besides plugins dev and testing process, that's why I need to get more experience from author and other experts.
thanks for your hard work...
Simply put, you can make an app and publicize it as much as you want, but if you do not have a intuitive and easy user interface, all that work you put towards it will mean very little. This chapter should dive into the fundamentals of creating a working layout that will work across all major platforms.
Utilizing the native capabilities is imperative for a responsive app. and so sounds intereseting and important.
Seriously though Raymond don't consider this comment as eligible to win a copy of the book.
Want to be able to access native events to set the app apart from basic web apps.
Good luck with the book!
This is an area that is often overlooked in books and website tutorials, probably because the the options are confusing and ill-defined (particular database options).
So for me this is the most interesting chapter.
Hook into Native Events
Why? Because it sounded like I am attending a Native tribe campfire with a really big fish hook.
So that's my entry. But what l really like to learn from your book are files, storage, and also extending with plugins.
I called attention to chapter 3,
especially the issue of making images on canvas effect
Chapter 2 is really powerful,
the sqlite database is crazy, I would like to solve my project used PhoneGap.
You can give me information about this chapter draw from experience, I'm going crazy and anxiety will not let me wait until 20.
This chapter will give me an in depth knowledge about the integrating the native and html, Js applications.
Let me offer a challenge: If I'm not the oldest person in your list so far, forget me. Does anyone else remember the ONE on-campus computer in the Encina Hall basement in 1961?
Hoping ... David
My vote: "Chapter 1".
I hope, this part of book (with special effects from chapter 3) can help me show my son, how to change phone (now it's game console, some kind of leash etc.) into brain (and eyes) of "robot-car". Simply, one element of demonstrating another world then marketing favorites (ex. computer games, TV,)
Greetings from Poland
Hi
My vote: "Chapter 1".
I hope, this part of book (with special effects from chapter 3) can help me show my son's, how to change phone (now it's game console, some kind of leash etc.) into brain (and eyes) of "robot-car". Simply, one element of exlporing another world then marketing favorites (ex. computer games, TV, web-banner clicking)
:)
Greetings from Poland
Maciej
It looks great and in general, I love Packt's books.
I'm totally new to this so I would have to start from the top but I have specific interest in Chapter 3 as I do a lot of work in A/V.
Best,
Paris
I´ve just took a look into the chapters and I think that chapters 6,7 and 8 may be really the most interesting chapters all over the books. I´ve been developing phonegap applications for a few months now and I´ve been having troubles when I try to dinamically create and update dom elements.
Chapter 8 seem also very interesting because sometimes phonegap lacks a bit when you try to access some native functions. I´ve had to go native and develop a pair of plugins when I´ve tried (for example) to make the telephone start a phone call and this chapter should have helped me a lot for sure.
Thanks for this book, I´m pretty sure that a lot of people would like it and find it helpful. I hope I can win a free copy too :)))
Simply because it would be amazing to have definitive instructions on how to *properly* use audio and video; whether using HTML5 or plugins, and alternatives/recommended practices!
Because I totally need Lee Davies (above) to learn this stuff, as i'm never going to get a chance myself :(
His attempts so far at getting audio, images and video working have been pretty unsuccesful.
Thanks for the chance!
That's because I think the UI is the first thing a user sees of on app and so you should take extra care to make it good. I'm allways interested in input on developing UIs.
cause i need it in my application, remote server and local database sync... or for upload something...
also Chapter 3: Working with Audio, Images, and Video
cause i work with image.. :D
I'm needing to interact with the native functionality especially camera and contact list.
Chapter 7: User Interface Development with jQuery Mobile
mainly because I'm sick and tired of the Android and iPhone way of designing the UI, and so far PhoneGap has proven excellent.
I’d like to learn how to enhance my Phonegap applications by creating custom plugins built using custom native code.
I’ve been a Phonegap developer for a year, and I’m trying to cover all my clients needs.
That’s why I would like the book for.
I'm creating a system to pure export wordpress to a mobile device app.
I think the most interesting chapter could be "DOM manipulation" because i still have some doubt about it, but i think it's just my personal issue.
Thank for the opportunity
Alessandro
I don't know much about this topic and I am eager to learn more! I have build one phone gap app but the user experience was just "ok". I want my next phone gap app to have a stellar user experience and this book would help me do that.
Thanks for the chance to win a copy of your book.
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