Workshop-Tage 2010

07.09. - WS 2: «Open» iPad & iPhone Application Development with HTML5

Ganztages-Workshop

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Referent/-in

Kevin Gaunt, Hochschule für Technik Rapperswil

Bachelor of Science FHO in Computer Science; Is currently employed at the Institute for Software in Rapperswil, where he is working as a software engineer to develop touch enabled applications for medical assessments. Interests: helping real people interact effortlessly with software; using and developing for touch-based devices; ubiquitous computing and the intelligent web.

Markus Stolze, Hochschule für Technik Rapperswil

Professor for Computer Science. Partner at the Institute for Software in Rapperswil. Director of the User-Technology Interaction Lab. Director of studies of «Master of Advanced Studies in Human Computer Interaction Design». Interests: User Interface Frameworks; User Interface Design; Multitouch Applications; Personalization and Recommender Systems.

Einleitung

The success of the Apple iPhone & iPad makes it increasingly interesting to develop software for that platform. Unfortunately multiple pillars of iOS development have recently come under fire: the Apple AppStore approval process, its proprietary development platform and the lack of Adobe Flash support. Thus, developing native applications for iOS is considered increasingly cumbersome. There is, however, a second approach to developing (mostly) standard compliant, touch-friendly and visually stunning applications: HTML5.

Programm

Morning Session

Theory I: Introduction, Designing for iPad
Hands-On I: Your first iPad/iPhone Web application
Theory II: HTML5 & iPad/iPhone Primer
Hands-On II: Rewriting your application in HTML5

Afternoon Session

Theory III: HTML5 Offline Storage
Hands-On II: Modifying your Web application to seamlessly run offline
Theory IV: Visual Effects with CSS3
Hands-On III: Spicing up your Web application with transitions and animation.
Theory V: Outlook

Kursziel

This workshop gives you an overview of what it takes to develop user friendly user interfaces for touch-enabled devices (such as iPad and iPhone) using open standards (such as HTML5 and CSS3). The workshop will feature a mixture of both theoretical lecturing and a «hands on» approach to writing your own example application.

You'll learn:

the basic gotchas of touch screen UI design
introduction to the new HTML5 features and when it makes sense to use them
how HTML5 can be used to run your web application without internet connectivity
how CSS3 can be used to spice up your UI using animations and transitions
various tricks on how to make your Web application resemble native iPad/iPhone applications

Adressaten

If you’re interested in touch screen web applications and already know the very basics of HTML & CSS, this workshop is for you – especially if you're interested in iPad/iPhone development but can't be bothered learning a totally new language (Objective C) to develop simple but effective applications for it.

Voraussetzungen

Basic HTML & CSS knowledge (as in: you can write a simple static Web site without a WYSIWG editor), interest in UI design and usability.

Mitbringen

For the exercises one's own laptop is required. Should you not be able to bring one to the course, please contact us.

This workshop focuses primarily on the Apple iPad. However, a lot of the workshop content is directly applicable to the iPhone. The latter’s main limitations are its smaller screen size and lower processing speed. Participants will be provided with several devices which will be shared within the group. Should you already own such a device, it is recommended that you bring it with you. Other platforms, such as Android, may support most of the standard compliant aspects of the workshop but will not be discussed.

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