jQuery Mobile Web
Development Essentials
Learn to use the touch-optimized, cross-device,
cross-platform jQM web framework for smartphones
and tablets
Raymond Camden
Andy Matthews
BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI
jQuery Mobile Web Development Essentials
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Credits
Authors
Raymond Camden
Andy Matthews
Reviewers
Md Mahmud Ahsan
Shameemah Kurzawa
M. Ali Qureshi
Joe Wu
Acquisition Editor
Usha Iyer
Lead Technical Editor
Dayan Hyames
Technical Editor
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Project Coordinator
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Proofreader
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Indexer
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Production Coordinators
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Cover Work
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About the Authors
Raymond Camden is a Developer Evangelist for Adobe focusing on web
standards and mobile development. He is a contributing author to numerous
technical books including the best selling ColdFusion Web Application Construction
Kit, published by Adobe Press. He has spoken at conferences around the world
and maintains many popular ColdFusion community websites. He is the
manager of www.RIAForge.org, www.CFLib.org, and writes at his blog
www.raymondcamden.com. Raymond is happily married and a proud father
to three kids and is somewhat of a Star Wars nut.
I'd like to thank everyone on the jQuery and jQuery Mobile teams
for making tools that have changed my life. Without your hard work
and dedication, the web would be less awesome. Thank you Andy,
for coming on board and helping to make this book better.