PhoneGap for Enterprise -- Table of Contents -- PhoneGap for Enterprise -- Credits -- About the Author -- About the Reviewers -- www.PacktPub.com -- Support files, eBooks, discount offers, and more -- Why subscribe? -- Free access for Packt account holders -- Preface -- What this book covers -- What you need for this book -- Who this book is for -- Conventions -- Reader feedback -- Customer support -- Downloading the example code -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 1. PhoneGap and Enterprise Mobility -- Why PhoneGap/Cordova? -- History behind PhoneGap and Cordova -- Easy cross-platform development -- Cordova app architecture -- Cordova app structure -- Summary -- 2. Building the Data Store and Business Logic -- Introducing Tasker -- Server architecture -- Designing your data models -- Designing the business logic -- Permissions model -- Summary -- 3. Securing PhoneGap Apps -- General security precautions -- Filtering and validating input -- Encoding and escaping output -- JavaScript/browser security -- Avoiding JavaScript cryptography in the browser -- Avoiding the use of JavaScript eval -- Using strict mode -- Avoiding untrusted HTML injection -- Using Strict-Transport-Security -- Securing your cookies -- Using Content-Security-Policy -- Avoiding JSONP -- Avoiding the use of iframes -- Using TLS/SSL always -- Authentication -- Server-specific security precautions -- Securing your backend -- Hardening your backend against attack -- Avoiding SQL injection -- Preventing cross-site request forgeries -- Avoid trusting your client's state -- Verify message integrity with HMACs -- Quick Node.js and Express server security settings -- Cordova-specific security precautions -- Targeting modern mobile devices -- Source code protection -- Using InAppBrowser for external links -- Whitelisting domains -- Avoiding self-signed certificates.

Using a well-known certificate authority -- Man-in-the-middle attacks -- Local data store security/encryption -- Summary -- 4. Building the Middle-Tier -- Middle-tier architecture -- Designing a RESTful-like API -- Building our API using Node.js -- Connecting to the backend database -- Executing queries -- Using Passport to handle authentication and sessions -- Building API handlers -- Summary -- 5. Communicating between Mobile and the Middle-Tier -- Getting started -- Promises -- Ensuring secure communication -- Communicating with the backend using XHR -- Authenticating the user with the backend -- Summary -- 6. Application Events and Storage -- Getting ready -- Determining network connectivity -- Getting the current network type -- Detecting changes in connectivity -- Handling connectivity issues -- Handling changes in the application state -- Responding to application-level events -- Storing local data using SQLite -- Storing data in the iOS Keychain -- Summary -- 7. Push Notifications -- Delving into Push Notification architecture -- Boxcar Universal Push Notifications Platform -- Setting up Apple Push Notifications with Boxcar -- Setting up Google Cloud Messages with Boxcar -- Downloading the Boxcar PhoneGap SDK -- Integrating Boxcar with PhoneGap/Cordova -- Additional iOS configuration steps -- Additional Android Configuration steps -- Receiving Pushes from Boxcar -- Background vs foreground Push Notifications -- Sending a Push via Boxcar -- Summary -- 8. Building the Presentation Tier -- Mock-up design tools -- Libraries and frameworks -- Common patterns -- MVC (Model-View-Controller) -- The publish-subscribe pattern -- The observables pattern -- The templates pattern -- The data binding pattern -- The URL routing pattern -- Presentation of the app -- User Interface frameworks -- View management -- Forms and the validation.

Data visualization -- Seeing it in action -- Summary -- A. Useful Resources -- Chapter 1 - PhoneGap and Enterprise Mobility -- Chapter 2 - Building the Data Store and Business Logic -- Database servers -- Designing Data Models -- Chapter 3 - Securing PhoneGap Apps -- Security resources -- Chapter 4 - Building the Middle-Tier -- RESTful-like API resources -- Chapter 5 - Communicating between Mobile and the Middle-Tier -- Communication with the backend -- Chapter 7 - Push Notifications -- Push Notification services and BaaS -- Chapter 8 - Building the Presentation Tier -- Additional utility libraries and frameworks -- User Interface frameworks -- Index.