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Mobile Web Development – Spring 2016

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Analytics and Geolocation - April 21, 2016

Responsive Imagery with Picturefill - April 12, 2016

Assignment

Build out 3 working demos using picturefill. I’d like to see you create your own scaled imagery that includes picture dimensions so we can visually see the change. You could use different images for each breakpoint if you like. Experiment with the different options in your demos. I am looking for a mastery of the concepts. Your final project will need to leverage this technique for all imagery. Due Thursday.

Responsive Images and Media - April 7, 2016

Assignment

Review the following Articles. It is imperative that you are familiar with primary concepts associated with Responsive imagery and the challenges it presents to our design and development work. We’ll work through several examples on Tuesday.

Rapid Prototyping Lab Wrap up - April 5, 2016

Today you should finish working on your rapid prototype. Once you have a good representation of the wireframe you developed, I’d like you to find and implement a theme for the prototype. Below are a few resource to get you started but feel free to some additional research. On Thursday we will share a few of the implementations and begin our discussion on responsive media techniques.

Assignment

Complete and theme your Bootstrap mockups and send to me no later than the beginning of class on Thursday.

Site Planning and Prototyping - March 29, 2016

Assignment

Refine your site concept and create a preliminary sitemap for the site/app using a service discover in class. Experiment with one of the prototyping tools we discussed in class and build a prototype of the desktop and mobile views of your new site. This only needs to an outline.

Use Kuler or a similar tool to generate a color scheme for your web site. You should make note of the hexadecimal color values of your scheme. If you need more information check out the following post on deciding on good colors.

You should have a wireframe of the homepage in both desktop and mobile views before class on Thursday. We will use it in class please come prepared to work.

HTML5 Video and Audio Elements - March 15, 2016

Assignment

Provide a working example of both an Audio and Video implementation using HTML5. This should be cross browser.  In addition, I’d like you to implement one of the many prebuilt video/audio players.  Using the video/audio files provided build a working demo leveraging one of these players. Be prepared to discuss the implementation in class on Tuesday. Included on the page should be the url of technique you used and a list of browsers and devices you were able to support.

Mobile Resume Show and Tell and Peer Feedback - March 8, 2016

  • Show and Tell
  • Class Activity: Peer Feedback

Assignment

In this activity I’d like you to partner with a classmate (or someone outside of class with web development experience) and ask them to use your site. The should evaluate on Mobile and Desktop. I’d like the to provide you with something they like and 3 constructive criticisms. Your home work will be to address the issues identified by your reviewer and resubmit you page to me with an email that outlines the criticisms/suggestions you received and what you did to address them. This is due next Tuesday.

Responsive Resume Wrap Up - March 3, 2016

I’d like you spend today’s lab building out a desktop view to the mobile resume we created in class. If you need help in creating the proper media queries make sure to reference this article. This assignment is graded and should be submitted to me by Monday  so I can look it over prior to class on Tuesday. Be prepared to share your work with the class. We will be demoing these next week. I’d like to see at a minimum of two media queries addressing tablet and  desktop view. Please send the url to the project and remember to make this your own. It doesn’t need to look exactly like the initial resume we built. Personalize it. This might be someones first impression of you.

Responsive Resume Lab (Tablet / Desktop View) - March 1, 2016

  • General comments about Mobile First Implementations
    • Body Padding
    • Remove Design Time Styles

I’d like you spend today’s lab building out a desktop view to the mobile resume we created in class. If you need help in creating the proper media queries make sure to reference this article. This assignment is graded and should be submitted to me by Monday  so I can look it over prior to class on Tuesday. I’d like to see at a minimum of two media queries addressing tablet and  desktop view. Please send the url to the project and remember to make this your own. It doesn’t need to look exactly like the initial resume we built. Personalize it. This might be someones first impression of you.

 

Introduction to Media Queries - February 23, 2016

Assignment

Begin the mobile first styling of you resume using this module for guidance. I’d like you design to reflect your own taste and not replicate what we did in class. Please read the following Article and be prepared apply the concepts included within to your work in lab on Thursday. Next Week you will have a lab in which you add a desktop view to your site using media queries.

Hosting Wrap Up and Introduction to Media Queries - February 18, 2016

Assignment

Begin the mobile first styling of you resume using this module for guidance. I’d like you design to reflect your own taste and not replicate what we did in class. Please read the following Article and be prepared apply the concepts included within to your work in lab on Tuesday. Next Week you will have a lab in which you add a desktop view to your site using media queries.

Working with Chrome Dev Tools – Out of Class Activity - February 11, 2016

Spend today’s allotted class time reviewing the article located at:

https://developers.google.com/web/tools/chrome-devtools/?hl=en

I know that you all have varied levels of experience with the inspector, but there should be something new here for everyone.

Be prepared to discuss and  demo something you learned on Tuesday. Don’t feel intimidated if you do not understand all of the information covered in the article. Becoming familiar with this tool will greatly increase your productivity and ability to identify and troubleshoot problems.

The Flexible Grid - February 9, 2016

Reading Discussion

  • Class Feedback

Grid-Based Design

The Flexible Grid

Converting Static Grids to Responsive Grids

Assignment

Read Chapter 3
Create your own grid based page using the sample html we generated in class. You should use different dimensions and gutters for this assignment. Use the approach we covered in class to make sure you understand the process. Please upload the assignment to your web space in a directory on your web space and send me the url. If you need a bit of help here is the general workflow…

  1. Create directory structure and base html
  2. Generate a Grid ( Experiment with Different Tools )
  3. Implement grid on the sample html file using pixels
  4. Convert to percentage-based grid
  5. Publish

Microdata Wrap Up - February 4, 2016

Grid-Based Design

Files

Clearfix

Assignment

Read Chapter 2  – Responsive Web Design:  The Flexible Grid

Read Chapter 4 in Responsive Design / Experiment implementing your own grid on the example html we worked with in class. Try using one of the grid-generators we examined in class. Be prepared to review in class on Tuesday.

 

Microdata - February 2, 2016

Development and Debugging Tools

Prepping a Document for Mobile

Microdata

In-class Lab – Please Complete the following Tutorial and submit your online Resume to me via Email.

Note: If you are uncomfortable with sharing any personal information with me  (or Google!) feel free use fictitious information. You may skips steps 8-10 if you’d like.

For more information on the subject check out the following resources

The goal of this exercise is familiarize you with the proposed Microdata Spec and to get your brain wrapped around its use. Don’t spend too much time playing with the CSS. We are going to restyle the resume in coming exercises.  Be prepared to discuss in class on Tuesday. Submit the url of the completed resume prior to class on Thursday. We will continue to build off of this assignment in the coming weeks. Failure to complete could impact your ability to complete those assignments.

What is new in HTML5? - January 21, 2016

In Class Assignment

Visit 10 Websites / Services you frequent. For each you should provide me with the site url, declared doctype, and a list of linked resources with the relationships. Only include the relationship information for elements we have not discussed. I’d like for you to discover as many new relationship types as possible. There is no need to list all relationship attributes for the site, only ones that are new to you. Once completed select one of the new relationship types and provide me with an explanation of its purpose.

Please email this assignment to me prior to class on Tuesday.

Homework Reading