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Developing Mobile Web 2.0 Applications for WebSphere Application Server

Reference course outline

3 days
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Duration

3 day

What you will learn

Developing Mobile Web 2.0 Applications for WebSphere Application Server V8 This instructor-led course teaches software developers how to build rich, interactive web applications for deployment on desktop and mobile browsers.

The course is designed to teach you how to build browser-based mobile web applications that are based on standards like HTML (hypertext markup language), CSS (cascading style sheets), and JavaScript.

Audience

This intermediate course is designed for web developers and application programmers who want to create cross-platform Ajax (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) web applications that can run on desktop browsers and mobile devices.

Prerequisites

Students should have:

  • Some background in website development with HTML or enterprise web development
  • Some familiarity with the Eclipse-based Rational development tools

Course Objectives

  • Identify usage patterns for mobile web applications
  • Describe the characteristics of the various types of mobile applications
  • Describe how HTML5 supports the development of cross-platform applications
  • Code JavaScript functions
  • Use the form elements of HTML5
  • Describe the benefits of using the Dojo JavaScript framework for building cross-platform applications
  • Use HTML5 with Dojo, JavaScript, and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
  • Include multimedia audio and video elements within an HTML5 web page
  • Code graphical elements with the HTML5 canvas element
  • Develop web pages that work in offline mode
  • Store information locally with web storage
  • Use the geolocation API to provide location-based services
  • Explain the role of CSS and JavaScript in mobile web applications
  • Build web pages for mobile devices with dojox.mobile themes and widgets

Course Topics

Course introduction

  • Introduction to mobile computing
  • HTML5 overview
  • JavaScript programming for web applications
  • Exercise: Using JavaScript in HTML documents
  • HTML5 features
  • Exercise: Using HTML5 features
  • Ajax and the Dojo toolkit
  • Exercise: Using simple Dojo widgets
  • HTML5 and Dojo client data storage APIs
  • Exercise: Using Dojo data store and grid widgets with local storage
  • HTML5 graphics and offline applications
  • Exercise: Creating graphics with the HTML5 canvas element
  • Location and notification services in web applications
  • Exercise: Using geolocation and notifications
  • Dojo 1.7 mobile features
  • Exercise: Creating a mobile device user interface
  • Suggested approaches to developing mobile web applications
  • Exercise: Creating a custom Dojo build for the Pages for You application

This is a version-specific reference outline. Confirm the current syllabus and delivery arrangements with EIEIO.