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Mobile Website and App Development

Mobile Website & App Development

(4.78 out of 5) 41 Student Reviews

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About the course

During this 3 day course, participants will learn the process of designing and building a mobile web application from scratch. This course will look at what you should consider when designing in a mobile context – building the base of your application using web standards, and layering interactions on top of that base. Ultimately, your application will be up and running in a native wrapper so it can be downloaded from app marketplace.

Who should do this course?

This course is aimed at web developers who want to learn how to build websites and apps that take advantage of the functionality available in the latest generation of mobile devices. You will learn the fine art of app-ifying your website to behave like a mobile application.

Pre-requisites

Working knowledge of HTLM5, CSS3 and JavaScript is a pre-requisite for this course. Prior to attending this course, participants should have completed our HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript course or have equivalent skills.

Course Benefits

Quick Facts

$ 1485 incl GST

Duration: 3 Days

Max. Class Size: 10

Avg. Class Size: 5

Level: Advanced

Times: 9.00am - 5.00pm approx.

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Course Dates

07-09 Jun 17Wed - Fri

31 Jul - 02 Aug 17Mon - Wed

27-29 Sep 17Wed - Fri

27-29 Nov 17Mon - Wed

23-25 Jan 18Tue - Thu

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Address

Level 11,
32 Walker Street,
North Sydney , NSW 2060

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17-19 Jul 17Mon - Wed

13-15 Sep 17Wed - Fri

08-10 Nov 17Wed - Fri

03-05 Jan 18Wed - Fri

26-28 Feb 18Mon - Wed

Address

Level 12
379 Collins Street,
Melbourne , VIC 3000

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This course is currently upon demand in Brisbane

Address

C/O Support Technology
Level 6, 371 Queen Street,
Brisbane , QLD 4000

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This course is currently upon demand in Canberra

Address

C/O Atlas Business Services
Level 1, 33 Ainslie Place,
Canberra , ACT 2601

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This course is currently upon demand in Adelaide

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C/O The International Visualisation Centre (IVC)
19 Young Street,
Adelaide , SA 5000

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This course is currently upon demand in Perth

Address

C/O Saxons Training Facilities
Level 1, 140 St Georges Terrace,
Perth , WA 6000

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Course Units

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Unit 1: Introduction to Mobile Web Design

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  • What does it mean?
  • Why does it matter?
  • Understanding The Problem with Going Native
  • Start at the Beginning
  • Understanding Why an App is Not Enough
  • Introduction to Frameworks

Unit 2: Designing for Mobile

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  • Building a Better Mouse
  • Understanding Hover
  • Designing for Small Screens
  • Cognitive Load
  • The Carousel
  • Tab Bar
  • Lists
  • Putting Together a User Profile
  • Deciding on a Core Feature Set
  • Understanding Sketching and Wire Framing
  • Understanding List Structures
  • Overview and Detail
  • Tying It All Together
  • Establishing a Style
  • Touchable Interfaces
  • Interface Icons
  • Typography
  • Performance Considerations
  • Testing Design
  • Reviewing the Design
  • Application Icons

Unit 3: Markup for Mobile

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  • Working with Styles
  • Understanding the Tab Bar
  • Understanding the Rows
  • Working with Images and Pseudo-elements
  • Understanding the Viewport
  • Working within Resource Limits
  • Progressive Enhancements
  • Working with Modernizr
  • Building on the Base Styles
  • Scalable Images
  • Optimising Images
  • Dealing with the Media
  • Working in Standalone Mode
  • Working with Application Icons

Unit 4: Mobile Specific Properties

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  • Text Overflow with Ellipsis
  • Text Size Adjust
  • Tap Highlight Colour
  • Touch Callout
  • User Select

Unit 5: Mobile Web Apps

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  • Frameworks and Libraries
  • Debugging Mobile JavaScript
  • Events: Simple Touch Events
  • Events: Clicking with Feature Detection
  • Nifty Links
  • Form Field Attributes
  • Loading Pages
  • Swapping Pages
  • Fading with WebKit Animations
  • Creating a Slide Transition
  • Ajax: Fetching HTML
  • Ajax: Ajaxifying Links
  • Templating
  • Twitter Integration with Templating

Unit 6: Using Device Features from Web Apps

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  • Geolocation: Fetching Location
  • Geolocation: Handling Errors
  • Device Rotation
  • Accelerometers: Device Orientation
  • Shake Gesture
  • Touch Gestures
  • Swiping Photo Gallery
  • Pinch and Zoom
  • The Cache Manifest
  • Cache Manifest Events
  • Network and Fallback

Unit 7: Polishing Up the App

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  • Fixed Menus
  • Clicking Faster
  • Loading Your Libraries
  • Feature Detection
  • Widgets
  • Dialog Boxes
  • Spinners
  • Storing Data on the Client
  • Local Storage
  • Web SQL Database
  • Tying Everything Together

Unit 8: Introducing PhoneGap

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  • Embedding Web Pages in Native Apps
  • PhoneGap
  • Callbacks
  • Debugging
  • Understanding App Marketplace
  • Understanding the SDKs
  • Installing PhoneGap

Unit 9: Making Our Application Native

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  • Understanding the PhoneGap Application
  • Icons, Splash Screens, and Names
  • PhoneGap JavaScript Helpers
  • Alerts
  • Network Checks
  • Geolocation, Storage, and Device Orientation
  • Hardware Buttons
  • Accessing the Camera
  • Running the Application

Unit 10: Running a Server for Testing

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  • Built-in Servers: IIS on Windows

Reviews

 (5.00 out of 5) Katharine M [ 05 April, 2017 ]
Excellent! I have learnt so much from this course and can't wait to put what I have learnt into practice! Thanks!
(5.00 out of 5) EDUARDO J [ 18 January, 2017 ]
The course was extensive and and it was something that I was hoping to do. And the course delivered to my expectations. John was an excellent instructor and I have learnt a lot from him. Thank you very much John. I hope to see you again. I would recommend this course to anyone who wishes to learn this kind of mobile app development.

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 (4.90 out of 5) Bill G [ 02 February, 2016 ]
I learned lots of new concepts in this course and highly recommend it to those deep themselves in HTML/CSS/jQuery and mobile app development.
(5.00 out of 5) Jisha J [ 02 February, 2016 ]
The course was very informative and covered major areas of Mobile website and App development. John did justice and explained all the aspects thoroughly. He made this a very interactive session. John gave some interesting points that a web developer should take care of during development.

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