Mobile Internet - Course Outline

Strathmore Mobile Boot CampNovember 2010

Mobile Website DevelopmentCourse Outline

Facilitated by:Michael WakaheShujaa Solutions Ltd

Topics to be Covered

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The Need for Mobile Web

Mobile Web History

Software Development Environment Setup

Mobile Web Standards

Design of Integrated Systems

Topics to be Covered


Introduction to Handset Detection & Content

Adaptation

Best Practices for Design

Topics to be Glossed Over


Smartphone Mobile Web Development

Transcoding

Database Design & Server Side Connectivity

Security

Optimization, Testing & Validation

Topics to be Glossed Over


Project Management

Related Topics not Covered


Flash

HTML 5

Cloud Computing

Prerequisites


Basic understanding of Desktop Web

Development: HTML4, CSS, Javascript

Beginner Java expertise; Servlets a bonus

A passion to learn!

Software Requirements


Java Development Kit 1.6 u15 and above

Firefox

Eclipse JEE Helios

Apache Tomcat 7



Firefox Extensions: Live HTTP headers Modify Headers Small Screen Renderer User Agent Switcher wmlbrowser XHTML Mobile Profile Firebug



Handset Detection & Content Adaptation

Frameworks:

WURFL

DeviceAtlas



Other Third Party Java Libraries:

JDOM

Course Schedule – Day 1


Time Activity

08:30 AM - 10:30 AM Introduction to Mobile Web Development

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Break

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM Software Environment Setup & Hello World

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch

2:00 PM - 3:30 PMMobile Internet Standards; Overview of Systems Architecture Incorporating Mobile

3:30 PM to 3:45 PM Break

3:45 PM to 4:45 PM Practical Website & Code Snippets

Course Schedule – Day 2


Time Activity

08:30 AM - 10:30 AM Introduction to Handset Detection & Content Adaptation

10:30 AM - 10:45 AM Break

10:45 PM - 1:00 PM Practical Handset Detection & Content Adaptation

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Summary including Best Practices & other Related Topics; Student Testimonials

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Prize Giving Ceremony

Course References


Cremin R., Rabin, J., Fling B., Robinson D. K. (2007). DotMobi Mobile Web Developer Guide. Dublin 1, Ireland: mobile Top Level Domain.

Mehta N. (2008). Mobile Web Development: Building mobile websites, SMS and MMS messaging, mobile payments, and automated voice call systems with XHTML MP, WCSS, and mobile AJAX. Birmingham, B27 6PA, UK: Packt Publishing

Frederick G.R., Lal R., (2009). Beginning Smartphone Web Development: Building JavaScript, CSS, HTML and Ajax-based Applications for iPhone, Android, Palm Pre, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, and Nokia S60. United States of America: Paul Manning

Course References


Fling B. (2009). Mobile Design and Development. 1005 Gravenstein Highway North, Sebastopol, CA 95472, USA. O’Reilly Media, Inc.

Frost M., (2000). Learning WML & WMLScript. United States of America

MoSync (2010). Mobile Developer’s Guide to the Galaxy, 6th Edition

Software Installation


Install JDK (ensure you have adequate administrator

privileges).

Be sure to install in the root of the primary folder i.e.

"C:\" and not the "Program Files" folder.

This is because we will later on have to set some

environment variables that should not have spaces.



Unpack Tomcat to drive C:\

Unpack Eclipse to drive C:\



Set the JAVA_HOME environment variable:

Start --> Control Panel --> System and Security

--> System --> Advanced System Settings

Select the "Advanced" tab then click

"Environment Variables"



Set "JAVA_HOME" to be where you have

installed your Java SDK for example: "C:\Java\

jdk1.6".

Note: There should be no spaces in the

variable value.



Run Tomcat either through command line or

double clicking on "startup.bat" in the bin

folder.

If the Windows firewall should warn you over

attempted access by Java, allow it for both

Private and Public networks.

Mobile Internet - Course Outline

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