Pro iOS Web Design and Development: HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript with Safari [Paperback]

Andrea Picchi (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1, 2011 | ISBN-10: 1430232463 | ISBN-13: 978-1430232469 | Edition: 1

With Pro iOS Web Design and Development, you’ll design websites and develop web applications for iPhone and iPad using web standards deployed with Apple's Safari browser.

Utilizing the very latest web and mobile technologies and releases, this book shows every web professional how to use HTML5 to do the heavy lifting, CSS3 to create the look and feel, and JavaScript to add program logic to their mobile sites and Web applications.

In addition, you’ll learn how to address the specific features made available through Apple's iOS, especially with regard to designing Web-based touch-screen interfaces.

Pro iOS Web Design and Development will help you deliver rich mobile user experiences without compromise by optimizing your sites for WebKit and Safari, the de facto standard for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

What you’ll learn

• Design an optimal website for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
• Use web standards to develop professional sites on Apple’s key platforms and see why this is important for Web developers and designers.
• Take advantage of Apple’s multi-touch screen technology in your Web apps, maximizing user experience and accessibility. 
• Carry out usability testing for mobile websites and Web apps.
• Define an agile project flow optimized for mobile development.
• Use a cognitive approach to UI design using the laws of perception, color psychology theory, and the concepts behind positive and negative space.  

Who this book is for

Web designers who are interested in mobile Web design and/or mobile Web development; desktop developers who are interested in mobile Web application development; or any Web professional who wants to learn how to design and develop for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

Table of Contents

1. Think Touch Mobile
2. Design Touch Mobile
3. Develop Touch Mobile
4. User Interface Design for Mobile Touch Devices
5. iPhone UI Design: Think Simple
6. iPad UI Design: Think Inverted
7. Web Standards for WebKit—Maximizing MobileSafari
8. Creating WebApps—Mobile Application Development
9. Working in Apple's Native Mobile Environments
10. Optimizing WebApps
11. Testing iPhone and iPad WebApps
12. Maximizing the Market for WebApps
13. Looking Beyond the Mobile Web to Ubiquitous Computing

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About the Author

With a background in Psychology (University of Padova) and Computer Science (University of Pisa) Andrea Picchi started designing WebApps for the new Apple device in 2007 when the first iPhone was lunched on the market. After the first release of the Apple SDK in 2008 he started developing Native Apps using Objective-C.

In 2011 he started to teach “iOS WebApps” in a course also available on iTunesU and “Mobile Device Development” in a first-level Master both organized by the Computer Science Department of the University of Pisa.  

Today, as Mobile Project Manager, his priority has been to implement a cognitive approach to touch-screen interface design in both mobile and ubiquitous computing contexts. He also continues his work designing and developing for iOS with both the Web model (using HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript) and SDK model (using Cocoa-Touch in Objective-C).

Product Details

• Paperback: 484 pages
• Publisher: Apress; 1 edition (December 1, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1430232463
• ISBN-13: 978-1430232469
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #587,731 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)