Build Tomorrows Best Mobile/Web Applications with IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5 and IBM Worklight

This guide presents a coherent strategy for building modern mobile/web applications that are fast, responsive, interactive, reusable, maintainable, extensible, and a pleasure to use. Four IBM experts offer practical, hands-on coverage of front-end development with IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5, IBM Worklight, and todays most popular open source frameworks.

Using well-crafted examples, the authors introduce best practices for MobileFirst development, helping you create apps that work superbly on mobile devices and add features on conventional browsers. Throughout, youll learn better ways to deliver Web 2.0 apps with HTML /JavaScript front ends, RESTful Web Services, and persistent data. Proven by IBM and its customers, the approach covered in this book leads to more successful mobile/web applicationsand more effective development teams.

Coverage Includes

Developing for MobileFirst: moving from graceful degradation to progressive enhancement

Quickly delivering lightweight JEE apps with WebSphere Application Servers new Liberty Profile

Implementing an agile, user-centered, page-oriented approach to design

Constructing REST services with WebSphere Liberty, Eclipse, and JEE annotations

Building better front-end application architectures with frameworks and JavaScript

Designing and building complex, transactional RESTful services that interface with databases and other data sources

Building IBM Worklight hybrid apps with open source frameworks: jQuery Mobile, Backbone, Require.js, and Handlebars

Debugging cross-platform, multi-language modern web apps

Promoting scalability, security, and connectivity into the wider enterprise