Course Number
16:137:537
Credits
3
Semesters(s) Offered
Fall
Description

The continued rapid growth of the mobile market share creates an optimistic job outlook for mobile application marketing professionals and developers. From concept to market is not just a tagline. Receive a foundation of the key concepts, tools, and techniques that are required to succeed in today’s mobile market from development through deployment in this boot camp-style course.

Course Objectives
  • Acquire relevant skills and develop an understanding of the issues surrounding the Mobile Platforms and SDKs including iOS/iPhone/iPad and Android
  • Explore the steps involved in developing, testing, and commercializing mobile applications
  • Use the tools within popular SDKs to build mobile applications
  • Use APIs and mash-ups for a variety of features, including interactive, multimedia, and web access
  • Overview of popular hardware features such as gyroscope, position and touch sensors, Bluetooth, cellular, and GPS.
  • How to integrate existing web resources and social networks
  • Paths to monetization of your product
  • How to start a new mobile app business and market yourself
  • Learn the benefits and pitfalls of multi-platform toolkits such as Titanium
  • Learn the benefits and pitfalls of web-based frameworks such as jQuery Mobile and Ionic