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as Twitter. When Twitter was released a few years back, it was a very sparse program
built around the very simple idea of "What are you doing now?" As time went on, more
new and exciting features were added as needed. Twitter has now developed from a
silly little site where you could tell the world what you were eating for lunch into a heavily
invested in web application that breaks such newsworthy events as the death of Michael
Jackson and even played a vital role in getting information out of Internet-deprived
countries in the midst of civil war.
Remember that Rome was not built overnight. It was a constantly evolving empire that
was building upon itself everyday and you should look at your next web project the
same way. Start small and add on as you can while not overwhelming yourself in the
process. In essence— Keep it simple, Stupid!
Coming Up
Now that we've talked about the nuts and bolts of web design, the acronyms, the odd
stories, and the concepts, let's talk a little bit about what you'll find in this topic.
Starting off in the next chapter (just pages away!), we'll develop a simple application
utilizing one of the most popular services on the Web today, Twitter. Twitter is a great
web phenomenon so we'll stick with it for another small application in Chapter 3. Then
we'll take a step back and look at the bigger picture—issues like how you develop an
app in the first place (Chapter 4), and how to deal with different screen resolutions and
browser platforms (Chapters 5 & 6). In Chapter 7 we're going to show off jQuery
Mobile—and importantly, show you how to make your app look professional and 'pretty'
with it. Chapter 8 will continue with this theme by showing off some nice resources to
use in your user interface design. With that out of the way, we'll play around with
location based and cloud based applications, and then finish the topic with discussions
on using audio and video, Ajax, and prepping your product to 'ship'. It's a lot of material
to cover, but we know you're up for the trip! Also, if you haven't noticed, our trend is to
give you a lot of information by example, then move back into a more textbook-like
narrative. This way, hopefully, you'll stay engaged through this nail-biter of a computer
book! (OK, that was a bit sarcastic, although we truly hope this approach will make for
“fun” reading.)
So, without further procrastination, let's begin with our first application!
 
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