Enterprise Web Development ― Building Html5 Applications: from Desktop to Mobile

How do you make your enterprise applications or sites available on an assortment of mobile devices as well as the desktop? This hands-on guide shows you how to build HTML5 applications that will satisfy both requirements. You’ll start by learning how to use HTML, JavaScript, CSS, and related technologies to build a sample website for the desktop, and then you’ll discover how to adapt the code for the mobile web.

In the process, you’ll explore options for building a single codebase for both desktop and mobile, using recursive design, or developing two separate codebases. You’ll also compare solutions offered by popular JavaScript frameworks, including jQuery, Ext JS, JQuery Mobile, and Sencha Touch.

• Learn how develop applications with HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Ajax, and JSON
• Discover how WebSockets is much more efficient than HTTP for data exchange
• Select the JavaScript framework that best fits your needs
• Learn options for moving your application to the mobile space
• Get code samples from GitHub, and view the sample application on the Web

Yakov Fain is a Managing Director at Farata Systems, a company provides consulting and training services. He authored several books on Java and Flex and dozens of articles on software development. Sun Microsystems has nominated and awarded Mr. Fain with the title of Java Champion, which was presented to only a hundred people in the world. Yakov is Certified Adobe Flex Instructor. He holds MS in Applied Math. You can reach him at yfain@faratasystems.com.

Dr. Victor Rasputnis is a Managing Principal of Farata Systems. He's responsible for Farata consulting and mentoring practice, providing architectural design to companies implementing RIA with Adobe Flex, Air and Livecycle technologies. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from the Moscow Institute of Robotics. Victor is Certified Adobe Flex Instructor. Victor lives in New York with his wife Aziza and his daughter Alice. He likes playing tennis and skiing with his friends. You can reach him at vrasputnis@faratasystems.com.

Anatole Tartakovsky is a technology consultant, emerging technologies enthusiast and problem solver. He is a Managing Principal of Farata Systems and is responsible for creation of frameworks and reusable components. Prior Anatole played roles as Technology Consultant, Project Manager, CTO, and Mentor for various enterprises. Anatole authored number of books and articles on Flex, AJAX, XML, and client-server technologies. His education includes MS in mathematics and post graduate work in Expert Systems. You can reach him at atartakovsky@faratasystems.com.

Viktor Gamov is a senior software engineer at Farata Systems. He consults financial institutions and startups in design and implementation of Web Applications with HTML5, Flex and Java. Viktor is passionate about writing the code, open source community and JVM ecosystem. He holds MS in Computer Science. Viktor is a co-organizer of the Princeton JUG and NJ Flex meetup http://www.meetup.com/NJFlex. He tweets at @gamussa. You can reach him on email viktor.gamov@faratasystems.com.