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The W3C Mobile Web 2: Programming Applications online course is back! To start on 13 January 2014, this course covers all techniques you need to know for programming successful mobile Web applications that can ship both online and in application stores. Read the detailed course description and register soon to benefit from the early bird rate.

Whatever you apply to the intermediate or advanced level, you will have access to high quality content material, be trained by a first-class expert, and learn step by step.

During this course, you will notably:

• Understand the specifics of developing Web applications for the mobile context (including progressive enhancement and feature detection)
• Learn the latest HTML5 for mobile and Javascript APIs that are actually usable in real-world environments (geolocation, device orientation, handling touch events, etc.)
• Discover how to use HTML5′s AppCache to make your applications work offline
• Be informed about what technologies are coming next so that you will be ready to use them when they become broadly available

Visit W3DevCampus, the W3C online training program for Web developers.

The webinos EU project is extending the deadline to submit cross-screen apps using the webinos platform. Applicants have now 2 more weeks to submit one or more cool apps!

• To start developing on webinos, start here: https://developer.webinos.org/
• For information about the app challenge, go to: http://webinos.org/appchallenge

The finalists will be invited to attend the webinos App Challenge Awards event in October 2012 which will be done in conjunction with Mobile Monday Athens. The winners will be voted for by the audience and announced during the Awards ceremony.

REMINDER: If you wish to learn by doing all things related to mobile Web application development, register to the upcoming “Mobile Web 2: Programming Web Applications” online training course. The next edition is to start on 15 October 2012. Registration is only at 245€!

W3C is proud to announce that the “Mobile Web 1: Best Practices” online training course is now available in Spanish. The revised 6-week “Buenas Practicas en Web Móvil” course will start on 18 June 2012 and will be taught by Gicela Morales. Here is the announcement in Spanish:

El curso ayudará a diseñadores Web y productores de contenido del mundo de las PC’s de escritorio a familiarizarse con la Web entregada a dispositivos móviles. Es fácil ver porqué la Web y móvil van de la mano a mano. A diferencia de la de la tradicional web “alámbrica”, la Web móvil va a donde van los usuarios. Los usuarios ya no tienen que recordar hacer algo en la Web al regresar a su equipo de escritorio, pueden hacerlo inmediatamente, dentro del contexto que les hizo usar la Web en primera lugar. Los dispositivos móviles permiten la Web llegar a una audiencia muchos mas amplia, en todo momento, en todas situaciones. Tiene la oportunidad de llegar a lugares donde los cables no pueden ir, a lugares anteriormente impensables (por ejemplo, proporcionar información médica en situaciones de rescate de montaña) y acompañar a alguien tan fácil como llevar el tiempo en un reloj de pulsera.

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We are pleased to announce that registration is open for a new edition of the W3C online training course “Mobile Web 2: Programming Web Applications”.

Developed by the W3C/MobiWebApp team and taught by Marcos Caceres, this course covers all techniques you need to know for programming successful mobile Web applications, including:

• Progressive enhancement and feature detection
• HTML5 for mobile
• Javascript APIs for geolocation, device orientation, handling touch events, using local storage, accessing the camera
• Taking applications offline

The 6-week course begins 11 June. An early bird rate of 195 Euros is available until 25 May; after that date the full price is 225 Euros so register no!!

The course is for you if:

• you understand the basics of Web development and would like to understand the specifics of the mobile context;
• you know how to create mobile Web sites and would like to move on to more advanced applications;
• you wish to update your knowledge of Web technology with more recent additions from the HTML5 and Javascript world;
• you want to learn how to package your Web applications so that they can work offline or as native applications.

Read the full course description and looking forward to welcome you on board!

After a very successful first run of the June 2011 mobile Web course, we are pleased to announce that registration is now open for a second edition of the “W3C Introduction to Mobile Web and Application Best Practices”.

The online course can be taken in any time zone and will last 8 weeks, from 5 September to 28 October 2011.

Since it first ran in 2008, the course has attracted over 700 students and with each update, with each new module, with each new advance, the course attracts more and more attention. We were sorry to have to close registration early for the June 2011 run due to excessive demand.

This course helps Web designers and content producers who are already familiar with the desktop world to become familiar with the Web as delivered on mobile devices. It is based entirely on W3C standards, particularly the Mobile Web Best Practices and Mobile Web Application Best Practices. Developed and taught by the MobiWebApp team, the course builds on the output of the various expert groups operating within W3C: the standards, the tools and the experience — all designed to help you make great content available to as wide an audience as possible.

Participants do notably:

• learn about and use the recommended versions of HTML and CSS to use for mobile today;
• understand the constraints of working on mobile and how to overcome them to deliver the best possible experience to the widest range of users;
• practice client side and server side content adaptation techniques;
• learn about and use the exciting new APIs available on modern mobile platforms.

On successful completion, the participants will receive a W3C Certificate of Completion.

To ensure your place on the course, please enroll now! The full price of the course is €195 but we have a strictly limited number of places available at the early bird rate of €145.

Enroll now and benefit from an early bird rate!

— 2nd early bird rate at only 145€! Please register here —

W3C is pleased to announce its latest online training course: Introduction to Mobile Web and Application Best Practices.  The course will start on 6 June 2011.

This represents a substantial revision of the popular course that ran several times between 2008 and 2010 and includes a lot of new material concerning Web applications. Delivered online over 8 weeks, the course will help Web designers and content producers who are already familiar with the desktop world to become familiar with the Web as delivered on mobile devices. It is based entirely on W3C standards, particularly the Mobile Web Best Practices and Mobile Web Application Best Practices.

Participants will:

• learn about and use the recommended versions of HTML and CSS to use for mobile today;
• understand the constraints of working on mobile and how to overcome them to deliver the best possible experience to the widest range of users;
• practice client side and server side content adaptation techniques;
• learn about and use the exciting new APIs available on modern mobile platforms.

The course will be taught by Phil Archer who was a member of the Mobile Web Best Practices Working Group from the outset. Phil is an acknowledged contributor to many W3C Recommendations related to mobile and gained praise from participants in the earlier course for his enthusiasm and subject knowledge.

The full price for the Introduction to Mobile Web and Application Best Practices is €195 but there are two early bird periods:

• From now until Friday 6th of May you can enrol for just €95
• The second early bird period runs until Friday 20 May at €145.

Please find full details of the course and register now!