W3C Mobile Web Apps course [Early bird rate through 25 December]

19 12 2013

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

 

 
Dates: from 13 January to 23 February 2014 (6 weeks)
Course: Mobile Web 2: Programming Applications
Trainer: Niall Roche
Early bird rate before 25 December: US$400 (€320) (+VAT if applicable)
Full rate: US$480 (€380) (+VAT if applicable)

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



webinos 2nd cross-screen App Challenge

24 01 2013

Following the successful first App Challenge contest which had been completed last October in Athens, webinos proudly announces the second cross-screen App Challenge. Next stop is Berlin and the best entries will have the chance to receive great publicity, meet the webinos partners and win great prizes.

A webinos jury of domain experts will then select up to ten best ideas. The announcement of the finalists is scheduled for March 5. The finalists will be presented and the winners will be announced during the 3rd annual FOKUS Media Web Symposium hosted by Fraunhofer FOKUS in Berlin, Germany on March 14 and 15.

The prerequisite for participating to the competition is that the apps are using the webinos platform and APIs and integrate functionality of more than one device – i.e. that the apps are cross-screen.


REMINDER: Learn how to create mobile Web apps to be well armed to prepare this competition!

Join the February 2013 edition of the “Mobile Web 2: Programming Web Applicationsonline training course (6 weeks long). Registration is at 245€ (approx 325 US$), only. Register soon!



webinos AppChallenge: deadline extended until 15 October

4 10 2012

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!

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€!



¡Aplica los estándares a tus páginas de Web Móvil!

29 05 2012

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.

¡Inscribete temprano y ahorra!

  • Precio de inscripción (antes del 10 de Junio): 195€
  • Fecha de comienzo: 18 Junio 2012
  • Duración: 6 semanas
  • Precio regular: 225€ (después del 10 de Junio)


Learn how to mobilize your apps! Register for the new W3C online training course

11 05 2012

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!



W3C Mobile Web tutorial @ WWW2012

6 02 2012

At this year’s 21th International World Wide Web Conference – WWW2012, W3C organizes a W3C tutorial track over two days, on Monday 16 and Tuesday 17 April 2012.

Half-day tutorials from leading experts will be available to researchers and developers seeking to pick up new skills on the latest developments on W3C Web standards.

One of these W3C tutorials will be about “Developing Mobile Web Applications” and will be taught by Dominique Hazaël-Massieux (W3C Mobile Web Activity Lead) and Frances de Waal (W3DevCampus trainer for the Mobile Web and Application Best Practices online training course). The tutorial informations are summarized below:

  • W3C tutorial on “Developing Mobile Web Applications”
  • by Frances de Wall and Dominique Hazaël-Massieux
  • on Tuesday April 17th – morning
  • at the Lyon Convention Centre, Lyon, France
  • Abstract: Participants to the tutorial will learn how to build applications for mobile devices using Web technologies. We will first focus on what makes it different to use the Web on mobile devices compared to computers: the specific constraints of these devices, as well as their increasing specific advantages. The tutorial will then look at how to exploit all the specificities of the mobile user experience, via JavaScript APIs, touch interactions, camera integration, etc.
  • Please register to this tutorial before 13 February to get an early bird rate!


New dates for a mobile Web training course

12 07 2011

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!



New W3C course: Introduction to Mobile Web and Application Best Practices

28 04 2011

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!



Book on Mobile Web Design and Development

5 01 2011

Two of the MobiWebApp project participants, François Daoust and Dominique Hazaël-Massieux have written a book in French, titled Relever le défi du Web mobile (taking up the mobile Web challenge) on mobile Web design and development that has just been released today.

The book distillates many of the best practices available in the Mobile Web Best Practices and Mobile Web Application Best Practices, the W3C standards on mobile Web development, with plenty of practical advices and examples

Find out more on the book on its accompanying Web site.

Let us take this as an opportunity to give our best wishes to our readers!



Tim Berners-Lee at Over the Air 2010: what open data means for mobile developers

8 09 2010

Sir Tim Berners-Lee, W3C director and inventor of the Web, will be delivering a keynote talk on Saturday 11 September at the Over the Air mobile developper event.

Tim has been a vociferous proponent of open data, especially in government, and will be talking about what open data means for mobile developers. Tim will also mention the importance of Web apps and not phone apps, arguing that if it doesn’t have a URL, then it isn’t on the Web and doesn’t get serendipitous reuse.

Over the Air 2010 is the third edition of a free developer event where developers, designers, enthusiasts, entrepreneurs and academics can come together to celebrate, discuss, learn, and geek out for 24 hours.