JQuery Mobile and Windows Phone
This simple and short article aims to introduce the jQuery Mobile for WP platform.
Introduction
jQuery Mobile is a Touch-Optimized HTML5 Web UI Framework for mobile and tablets. You can create cross platform code using this framework. Coding is done using the common JavaScript Model and ViewModel and the HTML file generation is specific to respective platform. The framework is based on progressive enhancement and responsive web design (RWD) principles.
In addition one of the unique features provided is Theme for each platform so that the look and feel remains native. For Windows Phone there is a theme called jquery-metro-theme which developers can use to create the unique METRO design for WP applications.
jQuery Mobile consists of various UI widgets, a few of them are mentioned below:
and more.
To get started with the jquerymobile refer this link : http://jquerymobile.com/demos/1.3.0/docs/intro/
Summary
In addition to WP platform, jQuery Mobile supports various other mobile platforms like iOS, Android, Blackberry, Palm WebOS, Bada, MeeGo and Symbian.
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