jQuery Mobile

Quickly write mobile-ready Web pages & apps

Samat Jain
Twitter: SamatJain
Web: http://blog.samat.org/
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jQuery

Makes JavaScript less painful

jQuery Mobile

Makes mobile development less painful

Why use jQuery Mobile?

  • Community-developed, but with corporate backing
  • Open source (dual licenced MIT or GPL v2)
  • Free in beer (gratis) and as freedom (libre)
  • Use what you already know for Web development (or should know) — HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

Why you may want to skip on jQuery Mobile

  • Mobile Web browsers are horrible
  • No single point of distribution/easy monetization
  • JavaScript is awful

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