In this post, we have prepared a curated top list of reading recommendations for beginners and experienced. This hand-picked list of the best Phonegap books and tutorials can help fill your brain this March and ensure you’re getting smarter. We have also mentioned the brief introduction of each book based on the relevant Amazon or Reddit descriptions.
- PhoneGap: Beginner’s Guide, 3rd Edition (2015)
- PhoneGap Essentials (2015)
- PhoneGap 4 Mobile Application Development (2017)
- PhoneGap 4 Mobile Application Development Cookbook (2015)
- PhoneGap by Example (2015)
- PhoneGap Essentials (2012)
- PhoneGap Mobile App Development (2016)
- Beginning PhoneGap (2011)
- App Development with PhoneGap (2015)
- Mobile HTML5: Using the Latest Today (2013)
- Mobile App Development with HTML5 (2015)
PhoneGap: Beginner’s Guide, 3rd Edition (2015)
Create, develop, debug, and deploy your very own mobile applications with PhoneGap. This book is for web developers who want to be productive in the mobile market quickly. In fact, by using PhoneGap, it’s possible to deploy native applications based on web standards. This book assumes a very small knowledge of HTML/CSS/JavaScript and mobile platforms, such as Android, BlackBerry, iOS, and Windows Phone, and takes the reader step-by-step into a deep overview of PhoneGap and its APIs.
Author(s): Purusothaman Ramanujam, Giorgio Natili
PhoneGap Essentials (2015)
Use PhoneGap to build cross-platform mobile applications quickly and efficiently. If you are a mobile application developer in iOS or Android, or a web application developer who wants to learn how to make cross-platform mobile applications using PhoneGap, this book is perfect for you. To make the most of this book, it will be helpful if you have prior knowledge of HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript. PhoneGap is an open source framework that allows you to quickly build cross-platform mobile
Author(s): Ivan Turkovic
PhoneGap 4 Mobile Application Development (2017)
This book gives you practical lessons on how to build a world class mobile application using PhoneGap. Whether you are a brand new to mobile application development, a web developer expert, or a seasoned mobile application developer, this book will guide you through creating hybrid mobile applications.If you are a developer who wants to get started with mobile application development using PhoneGap, then this book is for you. Previous experience with data mining libraries will help, but is not mandatory.
Author(s): David Wilson
PhoneGap 4 Mobile Application Development Cookbook (2015)
Build real-world hybrid mobile applications using the robust PhoneGap development platform. If you are a developer who wants to get started with mobile application development using PhoneGap, then this book is for you. Previous experience with data mining libraries will help, but is not mandatory.
Author(s): Zainul Setyo Pamungkas
PhoneGap by Example (2015)
Use PhoneGap to apply web development skills and learn variety of cross-platform mobile applications. If you are a web developer with some experience in development of single page applications and want to enter the world of mobile applications, then this technology and book is ideal for you. Since PhoneGap maintains an incredibly easy-to-use plugin interface, no previous experience in native languages development (such as Objective-C or Java) is required.
Author(s): Andrey Kovalenko
PhoneGap Essentials (2012)
PhoneGap is Adobe’s distribution of the free and open source framework (originally developed by Nitobi) that is now also available from the Apache Foundation as Apache Cordova™. 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.
Author(s): John M. Wargo
PhoneGap Mobile App Development (2016)
PhoneGap is a useful and flexible tool that enables you to create complex hybrid applications for mobile platforms. In addition to the core technology, there is a large and vibrant community that creates third-party plugins that can take your app to the next level. This book will guide you through the process of creating a complex data-driven hybrid mobile application using PhoneGap, web technologies, and third-party plugins.
Author(s): Kerri Shotts
Beginning PhoneGap (2011)
Create cross-platform mobile apps without having to learn a new language! PhoneGap is an open source solution, ideal for web developers wanting to build cross-platform mobile apps without having to learn a new language. Using HTML, CSS, and Javascript, PhoneGap allows you to jump into the mobile world and develop apps for iPhone, Android, and the BlackBerry. Walks you through installing the development software. Covers the basics of each of PhoneGap’s functional units.
Author(s): Thomas Myer
App Development with PhoneGap (2015)
Beginning App Development with Parse and PhoneGap teaches you how to start app development with Parse and PhoneGap: free and open source software. Using the building block languages of the web–HTML, JavaScript, and CSS–you’ll be on your way to creating a fully working product with minimal effort as fast as possible. With over 25 years’ of combined experience, the authors make daunting tasks seem trivial.
Author(s): Stephan Alber, Wilkins Fernandez
Mobile HTML5: Using the Latest Today (2013)
Build kickass websites and applications for all mobile (and non-mobile) platforms by adding HTML5 and CSS3 to your web development toolkit. With this hands-on book, you’ll learn how to develop web apps that not only work on iOS, Android, Blackberry, and Windows Phone, but also perform well and provide good user experience. With lots of code and markup examples, you’ll learn best practices for using HTML5 features, including new web forms, SVG, Canvas, localStorage, and related APIs.
Author(s): Estelle Weyl
Mobile App Development with HTML5 (2015)
Are you looking to create mobile apps that work across multiple platforms? If so, this book has you covered! Get ready to use PhoneGap to leverage your already existing HTML, Javascript and CSS skills in order to create and deploy cross-platform mobile apps. This book will comprehensively cover HTML5 mobile app development from top to bottom. After reading this book, you’ll be able to set up your app development studio with tools of the trade, test your app on both mobile and virtual devices
Author(s): Mark Lassoff, Mr Tom Stachowitz
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Best Phonegap Books that Should be on Your Bookshelf
We highly recommend you to buy all paper or e-books in a legal way, for example, on Amazon. But sometimes it might be a need to dig deeper beyond the shiny book cover. Before making a purchase, you can visit resources like Library Genesis and download some Phonegap books mentioned below at your own risk. Once again, we do not host any illegal or copyrighted files, but simply give our visitors a choice and hope they will make a wise decision.
Mastering PhoneGap Mobile Application Development: Take your PhoneGap experience to the next level and create engaging real-world applications
Author(s): Kerri Shotts
ID: 1526502, Publisher: Packt Publishing, Year: 2016, Size: 32 Mb, Format: pdf
Beginning App Development with Parse and Phonegap
Author(s): Wilkins Fernandez, Stephan Alber
ID: 1375815, Publisher: Apress, Year: 2015, Size: 7 Mb, Format: pdf
Beginning App Development with Parse and PhoneGap
Author(s): Wilkins Fernandez, Stephan Alber
ID: 1525153, Publisher: Apress, Year: 2015, Size: 8 Mb, Format: pdf
Please note that this booklist is not definite. Some books are absolutely record-breakers according to The Wall Street Journal, others are drafted by unknown writers. On top of that, you can always find additional tutorials and courses on Coursera, Udemy or edX, for example. Are there any other relevant books you could recommend? Drop a comment if you have any feedback on the list.