Learn all about NativeScript (JavaScript‪)‬

Learn all about NativeScript (JavaScript) - Building Native Mobile Apps

"Learn NativeScript (JavaScript): Building Native Mobile Apps" serves as a comprehensive guide for individuals interested in developing native mobile applications using NativeScript and JavaScript. Through twelve chapters covering a wide range of topics, readers will gain a strong foundation in NativeScript development, including UI layout and views, navigation, data binding, styling, plugin integration, backend integration, testing, debugging, and app distribution. By exploring these topics and applying the provided examples and techniques, readers will be empowered to build feature-rich native mobile apps for multiple platforms using JavaScript and NativeScript.

 
The book covers the following:

Chapter 1: Introduction to NativeScript
Overview of NativeScript and its advantages in native mobile app development.
Setting up the development environment for NativeScript.
Understanding the NativeScript architecture and its components.
Creating and running your first NativeScript app.
Exploring NativeScript documentation and resources.

Chapter 2: Getting Started with NativeScript
Introduction to HTML, CSS, and JavaScript in NativeScript development.
Building user interfaces with NativeScript's UI components and styling.
Utilizing NativeScript CLI for project setup and scaffolding.
Testing and debugging NativeScript apps.
Deploying NativeScript apps to different platforms.

Chapter 3: NativeScript Layouts and Views
Understanding NativeScript's layout system.
Utilizing NativeScript's core layout containers: StackLayout, GridLayout, FlexboxLayout, etc.
Creating custom layouts and implementing responsive design.
Working with NativeScript's UI components, such as labels, buttons, and text fields.
Customizing UI components and applying styles in NativeScript.

Chapter 4: NativeScript Navigation and Routing
Navigating between screens in NativeScript apps.
Implementing routing and navigation patterns in NativeScript.
Utilizing NativeScript's navigation components, such as TabView and ListView.
Passing data between screens and managing navigation context.
Deep linking and handling routing parameters in NativeScript.

Chapter 5: Data Binding and MVVM Architecture
Introduction to data binding in NativeScript.
Implementing two-way data binding between UI components and data models.
Working with observables and binding expressions in NativeScript.
Utilizing NativeScript's MVVM (Model-View-ViewModel) architecture.
Building reactive and dynamic UIs with data binding in NativeScript.

Chapter 6: Styling and Theming NativeScript Apps
Applying styles and themes to NativeScript apps.
Utilizing CSS and SCSS for styling NativeScript components.
Theming NativeScript apps with platform-specific styles.
Creating reusable styles and defining style hierarchies.
Implementing animations and transitions in NativeScript.

Chapter 7: NativeScript Plugins and Native APIs
Exploring the NativeScript plugin ecosystem.
Integrating NativeScript plugins for additional native functionality.
Working with device APIs, such as camera, geolocation, and sensors.
Accessing platform-specific APIs and features through NativeScript.
Creating custom plugins and extending NativeScript functionality.

Chapter 8: Working with Backend Services and APIs
Integrating backend services and APIs into NativeScript apps.
Working with RESTful APIs and handling data serialization in NativeScript.
Implementing data fetching, posting, updating, and deleting in NativeScript.
Handling authentication and authorization with backend services.
Implementing real-time features with WebSockets in NativeScript apps.

Chapter 9: NativeScript and Native UI Customization
 
Chapter 10: Testing and Debugging NativeScript Apps

Chapter 11: Localization and Internationalization

Chapter 12: Publishing and Distribution of NativeScript Apps