<P style="MARGIN: 0px">Using PhoneGap, developers can build native mobile apps using standard HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS, and then deploy those apps to every leading mobile platform with little or no recoding. Up to now, though, PhoneGap was lacking complete, practical documentation. <B><I><B>PhoneGap Essentials</B></I></B> fills that void: It's the first concise, yet complete, tutorial for succeeding with PhoneGap in real-world development.</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">Experienced mobile developer John M. Wargo thoroughly introduces the PhoneGap platform, explaining what it is, what it does, and how it works. He then guides you through configuring PhoneGap environments—creating complete mobile apps—and building them for  the Google Android™, Samsung bada, Apple® iOS, BlackBerry® devices, Symbian™ OS, and Windows® Phone. Through realistic examples, you'll master key PhoneGap APIs for everything from GPS to file systems. Wargo also demonstrates how to take full advantage of PhoneGap Build, PhoneGap's cloud-based packaging utility.</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">Coverage includes </P> <UL> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">The anatomy of a PhoneGap application (what makes an application a PhoneGap application)</DIV></LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Understanding the impact of cross-platform development issues</DIV></LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Walking through the entire PhoneGap development process, including testing and debugging</DIV></LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Expanding PhoneGap's capabilities with third-party development tools and plug-ins</DIV></LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Installing tools needed to develop PhoneGap apps for Android, bada, BlackBerry, iOS, Symbian, and Windows Phone</DIV></LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Building cross-platform apps that use the device camera, compass, accelerometer, and other hardware</DIV></LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Reading from and writing to the contacts database</DIV></LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Reacting to events and notifying users</DIV></LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Reading from and writing to the device file system</DIV></LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Using the Media API to record and play media files </DIV></LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Building for multiple platforms simultaneously using PhoneGap Build </DIV></LI></UL> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><I>About the Website</I></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">Downloadable code projects, additional information, and errata are available at .</P>