CS412: Mobile Application Development

Unit 8: Mobile Platforms

• Unit 8 Learning Outcomes Page

• 8.1: URIs for Mobile Apps

  • University of California, Berkeley: Erik Wilde's "Mobile Platforms" URL

    Mark as completed

    Read these slides.

  • Jonathan Stark's "The Developer's Guide to Mobile Frameworks" URL

    Mark as completed

    Read this article, which provides an overview of some tools for mobile development on several platforms. Do your own research on the best tools that have come about since this article was written.
    

• 8.2: Native Runtime Platforms

  • 8.2.1: Tightly Controlled (iPhone)

    • Wikipedia: "iPhone" URL

      Mark as completed

      Read this article.

  • 8.2.2: Open (Android)

    • Wikipedia: "Android" URL

      Mark as completed

      Read this article.

  • 8.2.3: Licensed (Windows Mobile)

    • Karen Foster's "What You Need to Know to Start Developing for Windows Phone 7" URL

      Mark as completed

      Read this article, which gives an overview of Windows Mobile development, including the tools required.
      

• 8.3: Cross-Platform Development

  • Gustavo Hartmann, Geoff Stead, and Asi DeGani's "Cross-platform Mobile Development" URL

    Mark as completed

    Read this article. It might also be helpful to do your own research into articles about other platforms.
    

• 8.4: HTML5

  • Michael Mahemoff and Paul Kinlan's "Mobile Web Development: From Zero to Hero" Page

    Mark as completed

    Watch this video.
    

  • Harvard University: Dan Armendariz and David Malan's "HTML 5" URL

    Mark as completed

    Watch Lecture 0 and Lecture 1.

  • W3Schools: "HTML5 Tutorial" URL

    Mark as completed

    Work through this tutorial.

• 8.5: Hybrid Runtime Environments

  • MIT Technology Review: Christopher Mims' "Rise of the Hybrid Mobile App" URL

    Mark as completed

    Read this article. What has changed since this article was written?