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Developing for Mobile Applications in Education

A one day introductory event examining how to develop applications for popular mobile devices and preparing mobile device friendly web content.

Room 101,
Hopkins Building,
University of Reading,
Whiteknights Campus
, Whiteknights,
Reading, RG6 6AH
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Wednesday 21st July 2010

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Programme

Please see the installations page for requirements for each session.

0900 - 0930
Registration and Coffee
0930 - 0945 Introductions to event (Health and Safety etc)
0945 - 1115

Developing for Symbian Devices by Phil Raymonds

An introductory look at Symbian Apps for the developer new to mobile application creation. This is aimed at those with existing JavaScript and CSS skills but who are newcomers to phone app development.

  • Overview of Symbian Apps -languages and paradigms used
  • Hello world using javascript, css and eclipse
  • Testing in simulator
  • Uploading to an actual phone (Nokia 5800)
1115 - 1130
Coffee
1130 - 1300

Developing for IPhone and other devices by Sam Easterby-Smith (Spotlightkid)

An introductory look at Objective C for the developer new to mobile application creation. This is aimed at those with existing OO programming skills but who are newcomers to Obj C and Cocoa. As it is a short slot, the following will be covered:

• Obj-C Syntax
• Hello world
• Hooking up UI components - buttons, text boxes etc with Interface Builder
• Memory management rules

1300 - 1345
Buffet Lunch
1345 - 1515

Developing for Android Devices by Phil Raymonds

  • Overall Android Architecture
  • Software installations for development
  • SDK emulator and installation to actual Android phone
  • Walk-through's of actual code examples
1515 - 1530
Coffee Break
1530 - 1630

Mobile Device Friendly Content for the Web by Patrick H Laucke from Opera Software

1630 - 1645
Panel Discussion

Unfortunately, the first inaugural Reading BarCamp has been postponed.