PCP 755 - Introduction to Mobile Application Development

5 Continuing Education Units (CEU). This course is not for Credit(s).

This course is designed to enable the business professional to learn how to create applications for various mobile platforms using specialized development environments. Students will be introduced to the various platforms in use on small and mobile devices. Topics to be covered include small device development, best practices for small device programming, Android, Apple, Microsoft Windows phone, web applications, cross-platform development, and installation and setup.

Course Objectives:

1. research and evaluate mobile platforms, their tools, and the development process;

2. analyze software development kits for each platform;

3. identify the development cycle for mobile devices including building, testing, and deployment;

4. design and construct applications for mobile devices;

5. design and construct cross-platform web applications for mobile devices;

6. assess projects in emulators for each platform.