CuuDuongThanCong.com https://fb.com/tailieudientucntt CuuDuongThanCong.com https://fb.com/tailieudientucntt iPhone JavaScript Cookbook Copyright © 2011 Packt Publishing All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embedded in critical articles or reviews Every effort has been made in the preparation of this book to ensure the accuracy of the information presented However, the information contained in this book is sold without warranty, either express or implied Neither the author, nor Packt Publishing, and its dealers and distributors will be held liable for any damages caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by this book Packt Publishing has endeavored to provide trademark information about all of the companies and products mentioned in this book by the appropriate use of capitals However, Packt Publishing cannot guarantee the accuracy of this information First published: June 2011 Production Reference: 1170611 Published by Packt Publishing Ltd 32 Lincoln Road Olton Birmingham, B27 6PA, UK ISBN 978-1-849691-08-6 www.packtpub.com Cover Image by Duraid Fatouhi (duraidfatouhi@yahoo.com) CuuDuongThanCong.com https://fb.com/tailieudientucntt Credits Author Arturo Fernandez Montoro Reviewers Taylor Jasko Project Coordinator Zainab Bagasrawala Indexer Monica Ajmera Mehta Thomas Schreiber Proofreader Acquisition Editor Lynda Sliwoski Steven Wilding Graphics Development Editor Geetanjali Sawant Alina Lewis Production Coordinator Technical Editors Shantanu Zagade Joyslita D’Souza Merwine Machado Aditi Suvarna Cover Work Shantanu Zagade Copy Editors Neha Shetty Laxmi Subramanian CuuDuongThanCong.com https://fb.com/tailieudientucntt About the Author Arturo Fernandez Montoro is a web software engineer, developer, author, and technical writer specializing in Free and Open Source Software His professional experience includes technologies, such as Django, Rails, J2EE, PHP, XHTML, CSS, and JavaScript, and working as a software developer and architect, project manager, sysadmin, and consultant for different companies in Europe Since 2002, he often writes for different Linux and Open Source printed and online magazines, such as Todo Linux, Linux+, Linux Magazine, Free Software Magazine, and Rails Magazine Currently, Arturo works as a Python/Django developer, contributing to one of the most important and visited websites in Spain He can be reached at arturo@bsnux.com Many thanks to my friends and colleagues Lui Palacios and Thomas Schreiber for contributing to this book with their advice and revisions My wife Alicia is a living proof of the power of love Thank you for starting a family together This book would have never been possible without the help and work of the team at Packt Publishing My sincere acknowledgements to Steven, Zainab, and Alina Special thanks to all people who contribute to Free and Open Source with their knowledge, effort, time, patience, and enthusiasm We’re changing the world Thanks to my parents Jose and Aurora for teaching me to be the person I am today My brother Ernesto is someone who never gives up Thank you for making my life enjoyable In memoriam of my grandmother Aurora, who passed away during the writing of this book CuuDuongThanCong.com https://fb.com/tailieudientucntt About the Reviewers Taylor Jasko, a student who is currently attending high school, has been fascinated with technology ever since the day he laid his hands on a Windows 95-based computer Since then, now being eighteen years old, he has dived into web design and development, computer programming, and even system admin work with his favorite server-oriented operating system, Debian Linux He found the technology blog Tech Cores (http://techcores.com) and has been working on it ever since it was created back in late 2008 Tech Cores is a great example of his work; he designed and created it using the powerful WordPress content management system and with the help of his Wacom Intuos4 graphic tablet and Adobe Photoshop While in school, he can be found freelancing graphic designing and programming work His technical strengths include PHP, JavaScript (including libraries like jQuery), AJAX, HTML, CSS, Perl, Objective C, Linux/UNIX, MySQL, Apache, Nginx, and to finish it all off, a dab of Python Essentially, he’s a programmer, system admin, and a designer! 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