Head First Mobile Web

Despite the huge number of mobile devices and apps in use today, your business still needs a website. You just need it to be mobile. Head First Mobile Web walks you through the process of making a conventional website work on a variety smartphones and tablets. Put your JavaScript, CSS media query, and HTML5 skills to work—then optimize your site to perform its best in the demanding mobile market. Along the way, you’ll discover how to adapt your business strategy to target specific devices.

• Navigate the increasingly complex mobile landscape
• Take both technical and strategic approaches to mobile web design
• Use the latest development techniques—including responsive web design, and server-side device detection with WURFL
• Learn quickly through images, puzzles, stories, and quizzes

We think your time is too valuable to waste struggling with new concepts. Using the latest research in cognitive science and learning theory to craft a multi-sensory learning experience, Head First Mobile Web uses a visually rich format designed for the way your brain works, not a text-heavy approach that puts you to sleep. Example codes from http://hf-mw.com/

Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Responsive Web Design
Chapter 2. Mobile-first Responsive Web Design
Chapter 3. A Separate Mobile Site
Chapter 4. Deciding whom to Support
Chapter 5. Device Databases and Classes
Chapter 6. Building Mobile Web Apps using a Framework
Chapter 7. Mobile Web Apps in the Real World
Chapter 8. Building Hybrid Mobile Apps with PhoneGap
Chapter 9. How to be Future-friendly

Book Details

• Paperback: 480 pages
• Publisher: O’Reilly Media (December 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1449302661
• ISBN-13: 978-1449302665