Developing Mobile Web Sites with jQuery Mobile on CodeLesson

Developing Mobile Web Sites with jQuery Mobile

Creating cross-platform Web sites for mobile devices

Developing Mobile Websites with jQuery Mobile builds on your jQuery Fundamentals skills to teach you how to build a mobile application, from page structure to user interface to forms. You’ll use Ajax and learn to use themes in your instructor-led work.

Instructor

andy matthews
Andy Matthews has been working as a web and application developer for over 16 years, with experience in a wide range of industries, and a skillset which includes UI/UX, graphic design, and programming. He is co-author of the book jQuery Mobile Web Development Essentials, he is a frequent speaker at conferences around the country, and he has developed software for the open source community. He blogs at andyMatthews.net, he tweets at @commadelimited, and he lives in Nashville, TN with his wife and 4 children.

Course Outline

This course covers the current release of jQuery Mobile, a JavaScript library that makes it easy to create Web sites that render correctly on a variety of mobile devices, including iOS (iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad), Android, Blackberry, PalmOS, and more.

Material in this course includes:

Brief review of HTML5 and CSS
Using CSS3 for mobile devices
Building a mobile application page structure
Mobile user interface elements (buttons, toolbars, sliders)
Creating multi-page interfaces with transitions
Creating dialogs
Developing forms for mobile applications
Handling mobile events (tap, swipe, etc.)
Utilizing themes
Using Ajax

Note that this is not a course on developing native mobile applications (if you're interested in developing native mobile apps, please see our other mobile application development courses).

Prerequisites

Introduction to HTML5 and CSS or equivalent
jQuery Fundamentals or equivalent

It is not necessary to own a smart phone to take this course.

Duration and Format

4 weeks. Taught online. Instructor-led.

CodeLesson courses are available to students 24 hours a day while the course is in session. That means you can participate in the course even if you have a busy daytime schedule or if you're located in a different time zone.

Courses are comprised of online and offline readings, weekly quizzes, online discussion topics, and hands-on coding exercises that are evaluated by the instructor. You can post questions about the coursework at any time and the instructor will provide guidance. You're never stuck on your own.

You can learn more about our course format in our FAQ.

Instant enrollment: This course will be available as soon as you enroll. This course is scheduled to begin on May 7.

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