Introduction

Here you are, reading a book about designing iOS apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript that you can distribute or sell in the iTunes App Store. This must mean that you are a web designer and have some interest in designing native apps for the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.

It might also mean that you’re ready to take a leap of faith and start reading about something that sounds too good to be true. After all, I had a workshop attendee tell me last summer, “The only reason I signed up for your workshop is because I didn’t believe it was possible.”

Which, roughly translated into English, means, “I came here thinking you were a liar who wanted to rip me off.”

But here’s the thing: It is possible. And you’re now holding the book that I ...

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