Scheduling

Here is the schedule that I propose for this semester.  I left it somewhat open towards the end, knowing that programming is always slammed at the end.  I am hoping to get things done ahead of schedule, but we will see how that goes.


NOTE: iOS needs developer license costing $99 for a full calendar year (cheapest and shortest licensing option).  Would you suggest that this be the "book" for this class that I will purchase?

August 22nd - August 26th

• Write about Objectives
• Post Schedule
• Download appropriate SDKs for Android and PhoneGap

August 29nd - September 2nd

• Study through HTML5 and CSS3
• Mobile Javascript Library

September 5th - September 9th

• Study into RSS Feeds
• What platforms work best
• How to integrate an outside feed into another website
• If needed: how to hand-code the parsing of each string in the Feed

September 12th - September 16th

• Take a look at Yahoo Pipes
• See how it aggregates everything
• Test feed outputs

September 19th - September 23rd

• Move outside RSS feed into sample website
• I'll take a website that I have already created and attempt to add the Yahoo Pipes feed into the website.  The reason behind this is that:
• 1) it should be relatively simple to set up. I have the code base done, I would potentially just have to add some style properties
• 2) If there are any hiccups in this process, I will be able to iron them out here before I attempt to develop it from scratch using the SDKs

September 26th - September 30th

• If problems existed from the week prior, troubleshooting may flow over into this week.
• Once troubleshooting is over, I will develop a simple website in Eclipse
• Attempt to apply PhoneGap to the simple website (this will probably carry over into next week, as this will be the most time-consuming part)
• Upload application to the web (Dr. Piercy: Have you uploaded a website from Eclipse to the web?  If so, around this time, maybe you can provide a helping hand if my research didn't cover everything I needed to know)

October 3rd - October 7th

• Applying PhoneGap to Android

October 10th - October 14th

• Applying PhoneGap to Android

October 17th - October 21st

• 1) Applying PhoneGap to iPhone *

October 24th - October 28th

• Applying PhoneGap to iPhone *

October 31st - November 4th

• Write up tutorial on how to create the application

November 10th