This course will provide the concepts and practice necessary to effectively develop mobile applications, in particular on the iOS platform as well as on the Android platform. At the end of the course the students should be able to develop small mobile applications using ta persistance, graphics and the device hardware components such as a camera and a GPS.
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Administrivia and some basic concepts of Mobile App Development. |
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Design Patterns |
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A first App: Hello World |
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Getting Started with XCode and Objective-C |
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Using Cocoa |
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App Design considerations |
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Utilizing views |
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Data persistence |
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Storybook |
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Supporting communication over the web (email, web services, iCloud) |
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Android SDK |
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MVC in Android |
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Building a sample Android App |
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This syllabus is a living document. It is subject to change. If you want to look at the syllabus always download the latest copy from the website.
| Item | Weight |
| Assignment Average | 40% |
| Final Project | 60% |
| Weighted Average | Course Grade | |
| 90% or higher | A | |
| 80% – 89% | B | |
| 70% – 79% | C | |
| 60% – 69% | D | |
| 0% – 59% | F | |
Come prepared, google the topics, read the book and, of course, do the homework on your own.
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