Selecting a Mac for development

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Tutorials

     iPhone Tutorials

• Getting Started with PhoneGap (iPhone)
• Selecting a Mac for development
• Building your first mobile application with GeoLocation
• Removing Location from your iPhone App
• Forcing a Landscape Orientation
• Integrating with Google Maps on the iPhone
• Preventing Scrolling on iPhone Phonegap Applications
• Adding SQL Database support to your iPhone App
• Replacing All References to PhoneGap to Reflect Your App's Name
• Getting started with Dashcode

     Android Tutorials

• Getting Started with PhoneGap (Android)
• Getting Ready to Deploy to Android Market (Android)

     Blackberry Tutorials

• Getting Started with PhoneGap (BlackBerry)

• Setting your Application Icon (BlackBerry)

     Windows Mobile Tutorials

• Getting Started with PhoneGap (WiMo)

      Scripts

• Handling Shake Events

• Sounds

      Using PhoneGap Offline

• Building A Self-Contained Application (iPhone) 

Documentation

• JavaScript API
• sqlite databases in webkit

Code snippets 

• iPhone: Add a contact
• iPhone: Prevent copy/paste

Frequently Asked Questions

Q. Do I need to "Jailbreak" my iphone to use phoneGap

A. No 

Q. What phonegap apps are available in the iphone store?

A. projects

Q. How do you change the default PhoneGap loading screen?

A. Change the default.png file to one of your liking.

Q. What about developing on older PowerPC (PPC) architectures?

A. Follow these steps.

Q. I get errors while buidling my iPhone app in xCode.

A. See the known problems & solutions.

Tips and Tricks for Mobile Development

• Screen sizes for different devices
• Browser Capabilities of different devices according to W3
• Webkit Quirks
• JavaScript Tips and Tricks
• Supported Fonts for the iPhone
• Using PhoneGap as xCode Template (for Objective-C applications)
• App Store Tips
• PhoneGap-compatible Javascript frameworks:
  • iUI - make iPhone-feeling interfaces
  • xUI - slimmed down jQuery work-alike
  • Magic Framework - make fast and smooth iPhone-feeling apps with native-feeling widgets, lists, etc. Also provides an easy HTML5 db storage interface.
  • Dashcode - Framework from Apple (only for iPhone)
  • JQTouch - JQuery Plugin for Making iPhone-like apps
  • CiUI - CNET iPhone UI
  • Safire - iZillow JS/CSS framework (MIT License)
  • iWebKit - Quick and easy iphone-like web framework, great documentation (LGPL).
  • iphone-universal  - CSS/HTML framework for iPhone web development. Contains the iPhone-like Chat Balloons just like SMS on the iPhone (GPL)
  • WebApp.Net
  • The Dojo Toolkit - Flexible and extensible JavaScript framework

Videos

• Android Videos