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Easy Mobile Development Workshop: Mobile GUI Frameworks

Bring your laptop! This is a workshop specifically designed to get you up and running with popular mobile GUI frameworks and build feature-rich application in 90 minutes! Install a good Javascript/HTML editor, Google Chrome, and Safari (or another newer Webkit based web browser) and the latest PhoneGap release. Also install the latest Android SDK. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE DONE THIS BEFORE COMING TO THE WORKSHOP. Of course, you're welcome to come watch as we work through the exercises, or pair up with a new friend. You can also install the latest iOS SDK if you have a Mac and are interested in iPhone/iPad development.

There are a number of great Javascript frameworks for creating slick-looking Mobile Web GUI's. In this session, we'll look at some of the popular ones while building a mobile GUI. We'll have a look at JQTouch, Jo, and jQuery Mobile.

This is a 90 minute workshop intended to teach you the basics of working with these mobile GUI frameworks. We'll work on several exercises as you build up a complete, feature-rich, mobile application that you can test on either Android or iOS devices. Topics we'll cover in this workshop:

  • Webkit web browser
  • webkit extensions
  • jQTouch
    Navigation
    UI widgets
  • Jo
    Navigation
    UI widgets
  • jQuery Mobile
    Navigation
    UI widgets
  • Creating a native app using PhoneGap
    PhoneGap overview
    Bundling your HTML/CCS/javascript in PhoneGap
    ** Building with PhoneGap

Pratik Patel

About Pratik Patel

Pratik Patel is a Java Champion and developer advocate at Azul Systems and has written 3 books on programming (Java, Cloud and OSS). An all around software and hardware nerd with experience in the healthcare, telecom, financial services, and startup sectors. He's also a co-organizer of the Atlanta Java User Group and North Atlanta JavaScript meetup, frequent speaker at tech events, and master builder of nachos.

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