iPhone application development : strategies for efficient mobile design and delivery

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Information & Library Science Library

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QA76.8.I64 H36 2011
Status
Available

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Summary

iPhone application development is explained here in an accessible treatment for the generalist Library and Information Science (LIS) practitioner. Future information-seeking practices by 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.

Contents

  • List of figures p. xi
  • Acknowledgements p. xv
  • About the author p. xvii
  • Preface p. xix
  • Technology specs p. xxv
  • 1 Framing concepts for the iPhone as media with the historical continuity of computing best practice p. 1
  • What this book is about p. 1
  • Framing concepts p. 4
  • Affordances p. 10
  • 2 Beginning Dashcode development: remediating an RSS feed to the iPhone p. 13
  • User narrative: how a library patron will use an RSS app p. 16
  • The Dashcode design interface p. 18
  • Provide an RSS feed p. 21
  • Customizing other application attributes p. 23
  • Web Clip p. 24
  • Test and share p. 24
  • Iterating design based on user feedback p. 25
  • Your app is now ready for the iTunes App Store p. 28
  • Consulted p. 28
  • 3 Basic Dashcode development: creating a Podcast application p. 29
  • User narrative: envisioning how a library patron will use the podcast app p. 30
  • iPhone podcast app design theory p. 32
  • Create a podcast feed p. 33
  • Customize the podcast template p. 34
  • Dashcode workflow step 1: provide podcast p. 37
  • Dashcode workflow step 2: set attributes p. 37
  • Dashcode workflow step 3: design webclip icon p. 37
  • Dashcode workflow step 4: test and share p. 38
  • Iteration based on use: questions to ask users about this app p. 39
  • Consulted p. 40
  • Appendix 3.1 Using Garageband for podcast creation or modification p. 40
  • Appendix 3.2 p. 41
  • 4 Intermediate Dashcode development: video tour iPhone application p. 43
  • User narrative: how a library user will use the Video Tour app p. 44
  • Design theory: further description of a datasource p. 46
  • Customize the layout in canvas view p. 47
  • Dashcode workflow step 1: layout interface p. 51
  • Dashcode workflow step 2: customize data by editing the data source p. 53
  • Bindings of the data source p. 58
  • Dashcode workflow step 3: add handlers and code p. 60
  • Dashcode workflow step 4: design web clip icon p. 62
  • Dashcode workflow step 5: test and share p. 63
  • Iteration based on use: questions to ask users about this app p. 63
  • Consulted p. 66
  • 5 Designing with Dashcode: using the Custom template p. 67
  • Functional tasks of the custom iPhone app p. 70
  • User narrative: envisioning how a library user will use the infoPoint app p. 71
  • Dashcode workflow step 1: lay out interface p. 72
  • Dashcode workflow step 2: add handlers and code p. 74
  • Associate a data source with page elements p. 77
  • Iteration based on use p. 80
  • 6 Designing a Utility application with Dashcode p. 85
  • User narrative: envisioning how a library patron will use the utility app p. 89
  • Dashcode step 1: lay out front side p. 90
  • Dashcode workflow step 2: provide settings p. 91
  • Iterate design p. 93
  • 7 Introduction to the Xcode module p. 95
  • Software p. 95
  • The Xcode interface p. 97
  • Consulted p. 108
  • 8 Using the PhoneGap framework within Xcode p. 111
  • The PhoneGap folders p. 115
  • Place your Dashcode files into the PhoneGap WWW folder p. 117
  • Getting the binary onto the iTunes App Store p. 118
  • Setting the Active SDK and Active Configuration for Distribution p. 120
  • Consulted p. 122
  • 9 The future of the iPhone operating system and future mobile computing devices p. 123
  • Software p. 125
  • Access to software: iTunes App Store integration and the iPad p. 128
  • Hardware of the future p. 129
  • What is next mobile computing? p. 130
  • Consulted p. 132
  • Appendix 1 A safety framework for mobile computing p. 133
  • Appendix 2 iPhone orientation p. 145
  • iPhone software: the iPhone operating system and its component parts p. 146
  • iPhone hardware: the multi-touch screen and other things you can touch p. 151
  • Wireless infrastructures p. 153
  • Summary and conclusion p. 155
  • Consulted p. 155
  • Index p. 156

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