Summary

In this chapter, we reviewed the important features that make jQuery Mobile unique:

• jQuery Mobile apps are universally available to all devices with a browser and are optimized to run on nearly every phone, tablet, desktop, and e-reader device available today.
• jQuery Mobile applications can take advantage of the instant deployment capabilities we have grown accustomed to on the Web.
• A single jQuery Mobile code base will render consistently across all supported platforms without customizations. This is a very cost-effective solution when compared to the alternative of building an app for each OS or client.
• jQuery Mobile is a simplified markup-driven framework that should appear very familiar to Web designers and developers. You may be very surprised and excited by the fact that you can build jQuery Mobile apps with 100% markup!
• jQuery Mobile utilizes progressive enhancement techniques to render a very rich experience for all A-grade devices and provides a usable experience for older C-grade browsers.
• A jQuery Mobile UI will render responsively across devices of various sizes including phones, tablets, desktops, or TV’s.
• jQuery Mobile supports a themable design that allows designers to quickly re-style their UI globally.
• All jQuery Mobile applications are 508 compliant.