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Mobile App Development

Build practical understanding of mobile interface patterns, application state, device APIs, testing, and release workflows, then use it for designing and building useful phone and tablet applications.

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Level
Beginner to intermediate
Interest area
Games and tech
Learning outcomes
4 focused outcomes

Topic overview

Learn the foundations of Mobile App Development.

Mobile App Development connects mobile interface patterns, application state, device APIs, testing, and release workflows with practical decisions and tasks. Guided examples, comparison, practice, and feedback help members apply these ideas to designing and building useful phone and tablet applications. The goal is to make each step easier to explain, check, and improve.

Learning outcomes for Mobile App Development

  1. 1

    Explain the main ideas and vocabulary involved in mobile interface patterns, application state, device APIs, testing, and release workflows

  2. 2

    Follow a repeatable process for designing and building useful phone and tablet applications

  3. 3

    Compare examples, identify common mistakes, and improve an approach

  4. 4

    Complete an independent mobile app development task and reflect on the result

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How to learn Mobile App Development step by step.

01

Build the foundation

Explain the main ideas and vocabulary involved in mobile interface patterns, application state, device APIs, testing, and release workflows

02

Practise with feedback

Follow a repeatable process for designing and building useful phone and tablet applications

03

Practise with feedback

Compare examples, identify common mistakes, and improve an approach

04

Apply and reflect

Complete an independent mobile app development task and reflect on the result

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