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Build a Contacts Management App Using HTML5, JS, CSS3, and Wakanda Studio

  • 7 Mar 2013
  • Mobile Web Development • Mobile Web Discussion • Mobile Web Tutorials
  • By Saad Mousliki

Many years ago, JavaScript developers were considered second-class citizens in the programming world. JavaScript was only used to perform some easy client-side tasks such as alert messages, form validation, and…

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Build a Currency Converter with jQuery Mobile and Cordova: Finishing The App

  • 5 Mar 2013
  • Mobile Web Development • Mobile Web Tutorials
  • By Aurelio De Rosa
  • 2 Comments
This entry is part 6 of 6 in the series Build a Currency Converter with jQuery Mobile and Cordova

In the previous part of this series, I showed several other functions of the functions.js file, highlighting their key points. In this sixth and final part, I’ll describe the last…

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Build a Currency Converter with jQuery Mobile and Cordova: Rate Updates

  • 28 Feb 2013
  • Mobile Web Development • Mobile Web Tutorials
  • By Aurelio De Rosa
This entry is part 5 of 6 in the series Build a Currency Converter with jQuery Mobile and Cordova

In the previous article in this series, I described the classes and functions needed to perform currency conversions within our app. I also illustrated the Cordova Globalization API and how…

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Understanding Responsive Web Design: Responsive Imagery

  • 27 Feb 2013
  • Mobile Web Discussion
  • By Annarita Tranfici
  • 1 Comment
This entry is part 5 of 5 in the series Understanding Responsive Web Design

In this fifth part of our Understanding Responsive Web Design series, I’ll show you one of the typical problems that a web designer faces when building a responsive website: the…

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5 Essential Elements of a Successful Business App

  • 25 Feb 2013
  • Android Discussion • iOS Discussion • Mobile Web Discussion • Windows Phone Discussion
  • By Kyle Sanders

The ever-growing population of smartphone owners has led more and more companies to develop mobile business apps to cater to customers and generate leads. What used to be an optional…

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Build Menus in Android with Java and XML: Contextual and Popup Menus

  • 22 Feb 2013
  • Android • Android Discussion • Android Tutorials
  • By Abbas Suterwala
This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Build Menus in Android with Java and XML

In the previous article in this series, we learned how to create standard options menus for your Android app using XML or built directly through Java programming. Besides these typical…

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Build a Currency Converter with jQuery Mobile and Cordova: Translation and Conversion Logic

  • 18 Feb 2013
  • Mobile Web Development • Mobile Web Tutorials
  • By Aurelio De Rosa
This entry is part 4 of 6 in the series Build a Currency Converter with jQuery Mobile and Cordova

In the previous article of this series, I described the jQuery Mobile custom configuration for our app and highlighted the importance of allowing cross-domain requests to download up-to-the-moment currency exchange…

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Build a Currency Converter with jQuery Mobile and Cordova: JavaScript and User Settings

  • 13 Feb 2013
  • Mobile Web Development • Mobile Web Tutorials
  • By Aurelio De Rosa
  • 2 Comments
This entry is part 3 of 6 in the series Build a Currency Converter with jQuery Mobile and Cordova

In the second part of the series, I showed you the code of the two HTML pages and the custom CSS file of our “Currency Converter” app. In this article,…

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Responsive Web Design: Custom Grid Layouts

  • 12 Feb 2013
  • Mobile Web Development
  • By Annarita Tranfici
  • 1 Comment
This entry is part 4 of 5 in the series Understanding Responsive Web Design

In the last few parts of the responsive design series, I have introduced the characteristics of fluid layouts and I have described how to use fonts responsively. In this article,…

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Build a Currency Converter with jQuery Mobile and Cordova: Constructing The Interface

  • 10 Feb 2013
  • Mobile Web Development • Mobile Web Tutorials
  • By Aurelio De Rosa
  • 2 Comments
This entry is part 2 of 6 in the series Build a Currency Converter with jQuery Mobile and Cordova

In the introductory article of this series, I showed the requirements of the soon-to-be-built “Currency Converter” app and the technologies involved. I also built out a file structure and outlined…

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