Programming with Mobile Applications: Android, iOS, and Windows Phone 7

Book Description

Discover how to create effective native apps across platforms and Web apps for today’s most popular smartphone platforms with Duffy’s PROGRAMMING MOBILE APPLICATIONS: ANDROID™, iOS, AND WINDOWS PHONE 7. This unique, hands-on tutorial approach combines clear presentations with numerous screenshots and step-by-step instructions to guide readers in developing applications for Google™ Android™, Apple iOS, and Windows Phone 7. Readers learn to create identical native and Web apps for each platform, which allows comparing each platform’s development processes. The book’s complete coverage ranges from platform architecture to native app life cycle management with an emphasis on fundamental programming concepts. This book’s unique coverage of multiple platforms not only demonstrates the portability of apps that readers create, but also ensures an solid understanding of programming principles that benefits readers throughout any career.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: The Computer of the Future is in Your Hand
Chapter 2: Developing for Small Devices
Chapter 3: Best Practices for Small Device Programming
Chapter 4: Google Android: App Inventor
Chapter 5: Google Android: Motorola MOTODEV Studio
Chapter 6: Apple iOS
Chapter 7: Microsoft Windows Phone 7
Chapter 8: Web Applications
Chapter 9: Cross-Platform Development with PhoneGap

中文：

书名：使用移动应用程序编程：Android、iOS和Windows Phone 7

探索如何为当今最流行的智能手机平台创建有效的跨平台应用程序和网络应用程序，以及达菲的编程移动应用程序：安卓™、iOS和Windows Phone 7。这种独特的动手教程方法将清晰的演示与大量的屏幕截图和分步说明相结合，指导读者为谷歌™安卓™、苹果iOS和Windows Phone 7开发应用程序。读者可以学习为每个平台创建相同的本机应用程序和网络应用程序，这允许比较每个平台的开发流程。这本书的完整内容涵盖了从平台架构到本机应用程序生命周期管理的范围，并强调了基本的编程概念。这本书独一无二地涵盖了多个平台，不仅展示了读者创建的应用程序的可移植性，还确保了对编程原则的扎实理解，这些原则使读者在任何职业生涯中都受益。

Table of Contents

第一章：未来的计算机掌握在你手中
第2章：针对小型设备的开发
第3章：小型设备编程的最佳实践
第4章：谷歌安卓：应用程序发明者
第5章：谷歌安卓：摩托罗拉MOTODEV工作室
Chapter 6: Apple iOS
第7章：Microsoft Windows Phone 7
第8章：Web应用程序
第9章：使用PhoneGap进行跨平台开发