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WD601G-Mobile Application Development with IBM Worklight V6.1

Course outline

4 days
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Duration

4 days

Course Description

In this 4-day course, you learn how to use IBM Worklight V6.1 to develop mobile applications that run on an Android or iOS environment. Through lectures and hands-on lab exercises, you learn about the capabilities of IBM Worklight and how to use them to develop mobile applications by using the IBM Worklight hybrid coding approach.

Note: The Business Analytics courses do not cover Data Integration or Administration.

Who Should Attend

This intermediate course is designed for application developers who want to create, manage, and deploy mobile applications to Android and iOS* mobile environments by using IBM Worklight V6.1.

Prerequisites

You should have experience in Java or web development with Eclipse, and a good knowledge of the following web technologies:

  • HTML5
  • JavaScript
  • Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) 3

A basic knowledge of a Mobile Web UI framework, such as Dojo Mobile, is helpful.

Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to:

  • Identify a mobile application design type suitable for your application
  • Develop a mobile application to run on an Android or iOS platform by using the IBM Worklight hybrid coding approach
  • Use IBM Worklight client-side APIs for cross-platform portability
  • Use the Apache Cordova framework to access native device functions
  • Use IBM Worklight server-side APIs for back-end integration
  • Include the Dojo Mobile, jQuery Mobile, or Sencha Touch UI frameworks in an application
  • Secure a mobile application by using different IBM Worklight authentication techniques
  • Develop an application that uses push notifications
  • Deploy an application to a production environment

Course Outline

  • Course introduction
  • Mobile overview
  • Introduction to IBM Worklight V6.1
  • Overview of Worklight Studio
  • Exercise: Installing IBM Worklight Studio and developing your first application
  • Developing and testing the user interface
  • IBM Worklight client-side development: Core APIs
  • Exercise: Exploring client-side core APIs
  • IBM Worklight client-side development: Local storage APIs
  • Exercise: Exploring local storage APIs
  • Working with UI frameworks
  • Apache Cordova
  • Exercise: Using Apache Cordova to access native device functions
  • Worklight integration adapters
  • Exercise: Developing a Worklight integration adapter
  • Native page and web page integration
  • Exercise: Combining native pages and web pages
  • Using Worklight native APIs
  • Security
  • Exercise: Securing an application
  • Location services
  • Push notification
  • Exercise: Exploring the push notification API
  • Migrating an application from development to production
  • Exercise: Migrating an application
  • Team development
  • IBM Worklight Application Center
  • Exercise: Exploring the Application Center (Windows only)

Programme scope, delivery arrangements and suitability are confirmed during enquiry.