O'Reilly Open Books

About Open Books

WolfO'Reilly has published a number of Open Books--books with various forms of "open" copyright--over the years. The reasons for "opening" copyright, as well as the specific license agreements under which they are opened, are as varied as our authors.

Perhaps a book was outdated enough to be put out of print, yet some people still needed the information it covered. Or the author or subject of a book felt strongly that it should be published under a particular open copyright. Maybe the book was written collectively by a particular community, as in the case of our Community Press books.

But there's more to making Open Books available online than simply adopting an open license or giving up rights granted under copyright law. The print books need to be converted to a digital format so that they're accessible via the web.

We're happy to have partnered with two innovative nonprofits, Creative Commons and the Internet Archive, to solve the licensing and digitizing challenges involved in bringing Open Books to readers.

While the books listed here use various open licenses, since 2003 we've focused on using the licenses created by Creative Commons. O'Reilly has adopted the Creative Commons Founders' Copyright, which we're applying to hundreds of out-of-print and current titles, pending author approval.

Through its Open Library project, the Internet Archive is scanning and hosting PDF versions of our open books. We posted the first book, the original edition of The Whole Internet User's Guide & Catalog in October of 2005, as part of the launch of the Open Content Alliance (we and the Internet Archive are among the founding members of the alliance).

We're pleased to keep these books alive and grateful to our nonprofit partners for their contribution. Please consider donating to Creative Commons and the Internet Archive--they're doing important work to enrich the public good.

http://oreilly.com/openbook/

Mobile Web Best Practices

The document "Mobile Web Best Practices 1.0" of W3C Recommendation specifies Best Practices for delivering Web content to mobile devices. The principal objective is to improve the user experience of the Web when accessed from such devices.

The recommendations refer to delivered content and not to the processes by which it is created, nor to the devices or user agents to which it is delivered.

It is primarily directed at creators, maintainers and operators of Web sites. Readers of this document are expected to be familiar with the creation of Web sites, and to have a general familiarity with the technologies involved, such as Web servers and HTTP. Readers are not expected to have a background in mobile-specific technologies.

Visit: http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/REC-mobile-bp-20080729/

Mobile Web Best Practices 1.0

Getting started with the Google Maps SDK for iOS

This is a three part series to introduce the Google Maps SDK for iOS.

The series covers:
1) Setting up your development environment
2) Getting and testing an API key
3) Creating your first application

HTML5 iPhone Web Application Development

HTML5 iPhone Web Application Development

HTML5 iPhone Web Application Development

An introduction to web-application development for mobile within the iOS Safari browser with this book and ebook

Overview

• Simple and complex problems will be covered with examples and resources that backup the approach and technique.
• Real world solutions that are broken down for multiple target audiences; from beginner developers to technical architects.
• Learn to build true web applications using the latest industry standards for iOS Safari.

In Detail

Create compelling web applications specifically tailored for distribution on iOS Safari. Work through real world examples with references, and in-depth discussions on the approach; including its benefits and drawbacks.

"HTML5 iPhone Web Application Development" strives to teach all levels of developers, beginners and professionals, the process of creating web applications for iOS Safari. Utilizing current industry standards for frontend development, learn to take advantage of HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript to create compelling software.

Start with reviewing current industry standards for frontend development, and end with creating a native application using the same codebase.

Your journey will begin with an overview of current industry standards for frontend technology, quickly moving to solve real world issues; from creating a resizable or responsive gallery, to creating a single page application that utilizes the popular Backbone.js framework.

"HTML5 iPhone Web Application Development" aims to make you an expert in developing web applications for the iOS Safari platform.

What you will learn from this book

• Explore exciting HTML5 features such as Geolocation and localStorage
• Responsive design implementation
• Native application development using PhoneGap
• Get to grips with current industry standards
• Develop touch-based interactivity
• Learn about Safari specific UI enhancements
• Find solutions to every day real world problems

Approach

Presented in an easy to follow, step by step tutorial format, this is your guide to web application development for the iOS Safari

Who this book is written for

This book was meant for you! From the beginner developer to chief technology officer, this book aims to make you an expert in the field of web application development for iOS Safari. Familiarity with HTML, CSS and JavaScript are greatly encouraged but if you’re looking to dive right in and find solutions to everyday problems and more, then this book is for you.

Simulate Touch events on Google Chrome Desktop

To simulate Touch Events on Google Chrome Desktop:

Open Developer Tools by clicking on Chrom's Menu, select Tools, Developer Tools.

Click on the Setup icon.

Select Overrides Settings, scroll down to enable Emulate touch events.

Firefox OS Demo

Firefox OS Demo
Find out more: www.mozilla.com/firefoxos

Hello World! for Firefox OS WebApps

To build a simple Hello World run on Firefox OS:

Hello World run on Firefox OS Emulator

• Create a working directory to hold your source code.
• Create a HTML file, named index.html, in the working directory.
  

  <html>
  <header>
   <title>Mobile-Web-App</title>
  </header>
  <body>
   <p>Hello! from <a href="http://mobile-web-app.blogspot.com/">Mobile-Web-App</a>.
  </body>
  </html>
  

• Create another file, "manifest.webapp".
  

  { "name": "Hello Firefox OS",
   "description": "Hello from Mobile-Web-App",
   "launch_path": "/index.html"
  }
  

Run with Firefox OS Simulator on desktop: start Firefox browser, start Firefox OS Simulator by Tools from Firefox menu -> Web Developer -> Firefox OS Simulator.

Click on Add Directory button, browse to select your manifest.webapp. The Emulator will start and load your WebApp.

Alternative, you can click the Simulator Stopped if it is not yet started. Then click Connect button.