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1.4 +Mobile Cross-platform Development Frameworks
1.5 +Type: Lecture/presentation
1.6 +Category: Engineering/development
1.7 +Topic: Networking/Internals/Implementation choices
1.8 +Audience: Android application developers
1.9 +Duration: 30 minute presentation
1.10 +
1.11 +Author and Speaker
1.12 +------------------
1.13 +Michael Schloh von Bennewitz
1.14 +Software Engineer, Europalab Networks
1.15 +web: http://michael.schloh.com/
1.16 +email: michael@schloh.com
1.17 +isdn: +49(89)44239885
1.18 +voip: sips:michael@schloh.com
1.19 +xmpp: MSvB
1.20 +
1.21 +Biography
1.22 +---------
1.23 +Michael Schloh von Bennewitz is a computer scientist specializing in
1.24 +network software, mobile computing, and client server design. He speaks
1.25 +at technical events every year. In 2011 he gave two presentations on
1.26 +MeeGo to the Opensource Treffen as well as presentations on LDAP
1.27 +integration strategies and the Qt library build process to fellow
1.28 +developers at the Nokia Developer Summit in Berlin. His speaking style
1.29 +is humerous, using gestures and good eye contact. He walks about the
1.30 +room and writes presentations in SVG or HTML5.
1.31 +
1.32 +Abstract
1.33 +--------
1.34 +With cross-platform mobile development frameworks like jQuery, Dojo, and
1.35 +Sencha, developers enjoy the ability to write an application for several
1.36 +APIs. Particularly of benefit to Android developers is the smooth
1.37 +transition between API versions as well as reduced porting work.
1.38 +
1.39 +Many developers write Java code strictly for the Android OS. It may
1.40 +surprise them to know that for many applications a similar workload
1.41 +writing HTML code results in a functionally similar APK package.
1.42 +Concrete benefits are considered as well as limits to this strategy.
1.43 +Requirements, implementation choices, and distribution using Phonegap
1.44 +are considered.
1.45 +
1.46 +The audience consists of developers familiar with the traditional
1.47 +development lifecycle of Android applications. Attendants expect a
1.48 +clearly defined workflow of using trendy cross-platform frameworks and
1.49 +pro and contra criteria for considering them along with abstract proof
1.50 +(provided in a demonstration) of concept.
1.51 +
1.52 +The Android community stands to benefit from being informed about
1.53 +current trends in cross-platform mobile development frameworks as many
1.54 +developers suffer the stumbling block of porting and supporting
1.55 +applications.
1.56 +
1.57 +Please see the file attachment for a lecture outline.
1.58 +
1.59 +Main chapters (15 minutes)
1.60 +--------------------------
1.61 + Concepts
1.62 + Advantage of cross platform development
1.63 + Advantage of (mostly) standardized API
1.64 + Work flow of platform dependent development
1.65 + Work flow of cross platform development
1.66 + Architecture of HTML5/CSS3/Javascript app
1.67 + Supporting of runtime processes
1.68 +
1.69 + Frameworks
1.70 + JQuery Mobile [1]
1.71 + Sencha Touch [2]
1.72 + Dojo Toolkit [3]
1.73 + Phonegap Toolkit [4]
1.74 + Common requirements
1.75 +
1.76 + Constraints
1.77 + Performance
1.78 + Hardware
1.79 + API
1.80 +
1.81 + Case studies
1.82 + Well known mobile apps
1.83 +
1.84 +Demonstration (10 minutes)
1.85 +--------------------------
1.86 + Hello world in HTML5 for browser
1.87 + Package to app manually
1.88 + Use Phonegap to prepare distribution
1.89 + Extend hello world to process user input
1.90 + Using jQuery Mobile
1.91 + Using Sencha Touch
1.92 + Using Dojo Toolkit
1.93 + Automated repackaging
1.94 + Submit to market
1.95 +
1.96 +Questions (5 minutes)
1.97 +---------------------
1.98 + Anticipated questions
1.99 + What is a general rule when considering cross-platform frameworks?
1.100 + Where do you find a list of supported features for a given framework?
1.101 +
1.102 +Relevant jokes about...
1.103 +-----------------------
1.104 + Android and Linux
1.105 + Engineers and developers
1.106 +
1.107 +Glossary
1.108 +--------
1.109 + Application Programming Interface (API)
1.110 + Software Development Kit (SDK)
1.111 + Framework
1.112 + World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
1.113 + Structured Vector Graphics (SVG)
1.114 + Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
1.115 + Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
1.116 + Cascading Stylesheets (CSS)
1.117 + JavaScript - Casual name for the ECMAScript language, prevelant in
1.118 + client-side web applications and standardized in ISO/IEC 16262.
1.119 + International Organization for Standards (ISO)
1.120 + Ecma International
1.121 +
1.122 +Errata
1.123 +------
1.124 + Errata here.
1.125 +
1.126 +Lecture materials
1.127 +-----------------
1.128 +This lecture is developed on a public source code revision management
1.129 +system [6]. It is (or will be) published on a public file server [7].
1.130 +
1.131 +Technical requirements
1.132 +----------------------
1.133 +A WLAN connection (for remote slide advancement,) internet connectivity
1.134 +(for demonstration purposes,) and a whiteboard (to sketch diagrams) are
1.135 +needed for this presentation.
1.136 +
1.137 +Links and notes
1.138 +---------------
1.139 + [1] http://jquerymobile.com/
1.140 + [2] http://www.sencha.com/products/touch/
1.141 + [3] http://dojotoolkit.org/
1.142 + [4] http://phonegap.com/
1.143 + [5] http://scm.europalab.com/lectures/
1.144 + [6] ftp://ftp.europalab.com/pub/doc/lect/
