HTML5 Mobile Application Development in 24 Hours, Sams Teach Yourself

by Jennifer Kyrnin

In just 24 sessions of one hour or less, learn how to build rich, robust mobile apps that run on smartphones, tablets, and other devices and interact with users in powerful new ways. Using this book’s straightforward, step-by-step approach, you’ll master leading-edge practical skills you can use whether you’re developing for the iPad/iPhone or Android. Discover how to quickly build new mobile apps and upgrade older apps, provide cutting-edge media content, leverage advanced features ranging from geolocation to the semantic web, and even simplify complex back-end development. Each lesson builds on what you’ve already learned, giving you a rock-solid foundation for real-world success! Step-by-step instructions carefully walk you through the most common HTML5 mobile development tasks. Quizzes and Exercises at the end of each chapter help you test your knowledge. By the Way notes present interesting information related to the discussion. Did you Know? tips offer advice or show you easier ways to perform tasks. Watch Out! cautions alert you to possible problems and give you advice on how to avoid them. Learn how to…

490 pages, Paperback

First published November 10, 2011

About the author

Jennifer weaves code by day and stories by night. When she's not crafting digital experiences or penning tales like her latest novel Digital Dryad, she can be found surrounded by the menagerie of animals on her small farm outside Seattle.

Her first novel, Digital Dryad, came out in 2025. Her short fiction has appeared in Meniscus Journal and the DreamPunk Press Anthology Blame It On the Pumpkin, while her expertise in web design and development has led to seven technical books and various video courses. A lifelong lover of fantasy and science fiction, Jennifer writes daily in her writing shed, a fresh, black coffee close at hand in her purple Yeti.