Iphone Application Development: Strategies For Efficient Mob

Description:
iPhone application development is explained here in an accessible treatment for the generalist Library and Information Science (LIS) practitioner. Future information-seeking practices by our users will take place across a diverse array of ubiquitous computing devices. iPhone applications represent one of the most compelling new platforms for which to remediate and re-engineer library service. Strategies of efficient mobile design and delivery include adapting computing best practices of data independence and adhering to web standards as articulated by the W3C. These best practices apply across the diverse range of handheld devices and accompanying software development tools. This book is essentially a how-to guide for application development, laying out foundational principles and then moving toward practical implementations. It offers an overview and step-by-step development guide with Web Based Applications (the Dashcode application) and the Native Application Developer (the Xcode application), explaining principles of portability and transferability of systems. Readership includes: general LIS practitioners interested in making iPhone applications and seeking to understand best practices for developing in this new domain.

Table of Contents:
Part 1 Theory: Data abstraction: Create applications that are extensible and interoperable across a range of mobile platforms; Remediation of library tools: Remediation as a social science frame of profound importance. Part 2 Application development: Basic level - developing with Dashcode: How to develop RSS Applications; mobile friendly WebPages as applications; V-casts as applications; Advanced level - developing with Xcode: Final chapters cover native application development.

Author Biography:
Jim Hahn, Librarian at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, is an award winning author of articles on mobile computing, has convened national discussion forums for librarians interested in mobile learning and has presented on mobile computing research at international conferences.