This book is intended for developers who wish to use PhoneGap to develop useful, rich, secure mobile applications for their enterprise environment. The book assumes you have working knowledge of PhoneGap, HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript, and a reasonable understanding of networking and n-tier architectures.
What you will learn
Develop crossplatform mobile enterprise apps using PhoneGap
Understand the PhoneGap system and app architecture
Communicate between the mobile device and the backend using XHR and WebSockets for data transmission
Build a middle tier using Node.js to connect to the data store
Discover how PhoneGap allows you to whitelist trusted domains
Handle online/offline states by learning how to handle application and network status events