PhoneGap Cordova Training Course

Essential Skills

·         HTML, CSS and Javascript
·         jQuery and jQueryUI frameworks
·         Optional jQueyrmobile and BBUI frameworks
·         AJAX and JSON
·         Local storage
·         App navigation techniques

Apache Cordova and PhoneGap build

·         Understanding the open source parts of PhoneGap (Cordova)
·         Where Adobe PhoneGap Build fits in
·         Free and paid accounts with Adobe PhoneGap Build
.         Creating a Development Environment
·         Eclipse with Plug-Ins
·         Running Android Simulators
·         Optional Apple Mac setup in XCode

Mobile Projects

·         Creating a new project
·         Importing a boiler-plate project
·         Enabling PhoneGap for existing projects

Obtaining and Using Signing Certificate Keys

·         Apple Developer program
·         Android Developer keys
·         Blackberry and Windows keys

Understanding the Technologies

·         WebKit
·         Overview of native app development structures
·         Overview of essential platform-specific configuration files
·         App icons, covers and UI furniture
·         PhoneGap white-listing

Mobile-Specific Coding Techniques

·         Writing Javascript Optimised for Mobile
·         Managing memory on mobiles
·         CSS optimisations
·         User-Interface best practices
·         When to go native

Accessing Native APIs

·         Geolocation
·         Camera
·         Accelerometer
·         Contacts
·         Other device-specific APIs

Workflow

·         Subscribe to platform developer schemes as required (may incur fees)
·         Plan and Create App
·         Test and Debug
·         Compile to multiple platforms with PhoneGap build
·         Overview of the command-line compile process
·         Deploy to app markets

Additional Development tools

·         Blackberry and Windows Phone 8 emulators
·         Ripple Emulator in Chrome
·         Free Microsoft tools for Windows 8