Training Course “Mobile Web 1: Best Practices”; Early Bird till April 23

12 04 2012

W3C is pleased to announce that registration is now open for the next edition of the most popular W3C online training course, Mobile Web 1: Best Practices.

The 6-week course begins 30 April 2012.

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.

Along with the course description, read comments from past students and what they have achieved. An early bird rate of €195 is available until 23 April 2012; after that date the full price is €225 so register now.


Categories : Events, Training

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!

Categories : Events, MobileWebApps, Training

Early bird rate ends soon for the MWABP course

6 01 2012

Just a quick reminder that the early bird rate for the W3C “Mobile Web and Application Best Practices” (MWABP) acclaimed course is expiring next Monday. Do register before 9 January 2012 eod, and save 60 Euros!

This 3rd edition of the MWABP course will start on 30 January, and will last 8 weeks. Participants are expected to spend an average of 4-6 hours per week to both learn the course material and work on  the assignments.

The course will be lead by trainers Frances de Waal and Phil Archer. Read the past students’ feedback and find out more about the course. And again, do not forget to register before 9 January 2012 to benefit from the early bird rate!


Categories : Training

One Week Left to Register for Mobile Web Course

30 08 2011

Registration for the second edition of W3C’s Mobile Web Online Training Course is open one more week. The acclaimed course begins Monday, 5 September and lasts 8 weeks.

Web developers face a number of challenges when designing for the wide array of mobile devices people use today. This course explains how to use Web standards to provide the best experience to the most users: which versions of HTML and CSS are effective in a mobile context, how to overcome various constraints tied to mobile devices, practical client and server-side techniques, what you can do with emerging APIs, and more.

The course is developed and taught by the W3C/MobiWebApp team. On successful completion, participants receive a W3C Certificate. Learn more about the Mobile Web Online Training Course.


Categories : Training

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!


Categories : MobileWebApps, Training

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!


Categories : MobileWebApps, Training

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