15-437 Mobile Apps

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1. Mobile Web Development Thierry Sans
2. 2 ways to build mobile apps Cross Platforms Apps ➡ HTML 5 and Javascript Platform Language Environment iOS Objective C / Swift Xcode Android Java Eclipse Windows C# Visual Studio Native Apps
3. Javascript / HTML 5 API • Geolocation • Web storage • Web sockets • Web workers • WebGL • Camera / Microphone
4. (free) Cross platform mobile frameworks
 ( Javascript / HTML 5 only) ➡ Runs natively in the phone’s browser (without showing it) • JQuery Mobile • jQT • Sencha • jqMobi Intel’s App Framework
5. The limits of HTML 5 • Background mode • App intercommunication • Phone settings • Specific Resources such as mail, calendar, contacts • Notifications and widgets • Bluetooth, NFC, camera, accelerometer
6. (free) Cross platform mobile frameworks
 ( JS / HTML 5 + extended phone features) ➡ Abstraction of common phone features ➡ Compiled code for the target platform • Appcelerator Titanium • PhoneGap