At this point it might be a good idea to download the Cordova documentation API (at the time of writing this it is version 3.10). The fastest way to download it is via wget (on OS/X use brew install wget ):

 wget 
     --recursive 
     --no-clobber 
     --page-requisites 
     --html-extension 
     --convert-links 
     --restrict-file-names=windows 
     --domains apache.org 
     --no-parent 
     http://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/3.1.0/

Now that we have the tools and documentation in place, lets start cooking.

The first goal will be to create a compass application, with an arrow that always points to the north. The next posts will describe the steps to do that