Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Contents at a Glance; Table of Contents; About the Authors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I Getting Familiar with the Required Technologies; CHAPTER 1 What Is Realtime?; The Evolution of Media; Web Sites, Not Web Apps; HTTP Hacks; But First: What Does "Realtime" Actually Mean?; AJAX; Polling; HTTP Long-Polling; HTTP Streaming; Additional Problems with HTTP-based Solutions in Web Browsers; The Solution: WebSockets; The WebSocket Protocol; Why Bother Learning about Realtime Web Technologies?
Using Realtime Web Technologies in Your Apps NowSummary; CHAPTER 2 The Tools; What Are We Building?; What Does That Mean Development-Wise?; Choosing Our Tools; HTML5; Why Do We Need It?; What Role Does it Play?; How Does it Work?; CSS3; Why Do We Need It?; What Role Does It Play?; How Does It Work?; JavaScript and jQuery; Why Do We Need It?; What Role Does It Play?; How Does It Work?; PHP; Why Do We Need It?; What Role Does It Play?; How Does It Work?; MySQL; Why Do We Need It?; What Role Does It Play?; How Does It Work?; HTML5 WebSocket Technology and Pusher; Why Do We Need It?
What Role Does It Play?How Does It Work?; OAuth; Why Do We Need It?; What Role Does It Play?; How Does It Work?; Summary; CHAPTER 3 Pusher; A Brief History of Pusher; Why Use Pusher?; Scalability; WebSocket, Fallback Support, and Auto-Reconnect; Other Client Libraries; REST API; Server Libraries; Developer Tools; Documentation; Pusher Terminology; Getting Started with Pusher; Using Pusher to Send Events; Debugging Your Pusher Application; Summary; PART II Planning the App; CHAPTER 4 Choosing Web Apps Over Native Apps; Why Does It Matter?; Factors to Consider; Know Your User; Marketing; Sales.
DistributionLook, Feel, and Performance; Development; Language and Platform; Maintenance; Testing; Feature Support; Connectivity; Choosing Based on Requirements; Choosing Web Apps Over Native Apps; What Does this App Do?; How Does this App Make Money?; How Will People Use this App?; Does this App Need Access to Any Device Hardware?; The Final Decision: Let's Build a Web App; Summary; CHAPTER 5 Determining the App's Functionality and Structure; What Does the App Do?; Give the App a Mission Statement; What Doesn't the App Do?; What Roles Will Users Play?; Presenter; Attendees.
Front-End PlanningWhat Technologies Are We Using?; Using HTML5; Going Minimalist with the HTML; Abusing the Element; Using Completely Opaque Class Names; Completely Ignoring Indentation; CSS3, Media Queries, and How That Affects the Design and HTML; One- and Two-Column Layouts; Clickable Areas and Fat Fingers; Effects and Animations; Upvoting a Question; Answering a Question; Feedback from UI Elements; Other Effects; Back-End Planning; Model View Controller; Determining the Database Structure; What Data Needs to Be Stored?; Database Normalization; Determining the Tables and Structure.
