Instant Zepto.js

Create fast and responsive mobile web apps with Zepto.js

Overview

• Learn something new in an Instant! A short, fast, focused guide delivering immediate results
• Create websites and applications that respond quicker than your rivals
• Add powerful gesture support to any web page with only a few lines of code
• Build plugins to extend Zepto.js and make them compatible with jQuery
• Full of step-by-step walkthroughs and examples to quickly get you started and productive with Zepto.js

In Detail

Learn how to slim down your website's imprint and speed up the user's experience with Zepto.js, a jQuery-like JavaScript library.

Instant Zepto.js will show you the benefits of choosing Zepto.js over jQuery. You will learn how to install and get it working on your websites as well as how to take advantage of hardware features such as fast, smooth animation and gestures on mobile devices.

Instant Zepto.js will take you from installing Zepto.js all the way to building a custom user interface using gesture support and hardware-accelerated animation. You'll learn how to set up and get Zepto.js working on your web pages, have a quick run-through of the features it provides, and then you'll get right down to making animations, adding gesture support, and writing plugins to extend the library.

Instant Zepto.js is a fast-paced guide that will get you up and running in no time at all.

What you will learn from this book

• Obtain and install Zepto.js on your web pages and applications
• Build custom versions of Zepto.js for different circumstances
• Use Zepto.js's animation features for rich web interactions
• Understand the differences between Zepto.js and jQuery and how to deal with them
• Use Zepto.js for mobile device detection
• Extend Zepto.js using its plugin mechanism
• Add touch and gestural support to your web applications on mobile devices

Approach

Get to grips with a new technology, understand what it is and what it can do for you, and then get to work with the most important features and tasks. A simple starter guide that will walk you through Zepto.js from installation to more advanced topics using a step-by-step approach with useful examples included along the way.

Who this book is written for

Instant Zepto.js is designed for web developers with some jQuery experience who are interested in speeding up and enhancing their web applications, especially on mobile devices.