Mobile Dev?

[MargeRosen]

Mobile Dev is huge, so it would be great to introduce students to Objective C and/or RubyMotion with a small project during the last moth of the program.

[eliseworthy]

Yup, this would be awesome. I haven't talked to either of the instructors, but I can see a really neat final/close to final project using RubyMotion. I think it'll be addressed primarily in weeks 13-24.

[RobinClowers]

RubyMotion is a pretty niche, I question how useful it will be for students... I think teaching straight iOS would be a better idea, but even then, it's another whole language / runtime / platform to learn. Focus is a feature.

[jags14385]

As part of the project we could teach them to build apis & the create the presentation layer/native app in ObjectiveC, which would talk through the apis... This way they would be able to support multiple devices across mobile OS

[dpersing]

From a front-end perspective, I think a mobile mindset can be introduced by including responsive techniques from the start in the CSS unit, as well.

[asalkey]

What about PhoneGap or something similar?

[jefflembeck]

From a front-end perspective, I think a mobile mindset can be introduced by including responsive techniques from the start in the CSS unit, as well.

Agreed in so many ways.

[kerrizor]

👍 to responsive design

I'd welcome a unit on mobile development, if someone would like to propose an outline for it. I think RubyMotion would be fine, as it leverages what they've already invested time into learning, but would also be open to seeing a proposed curriculum for an ObjC week-long project, especially if it comes towards the end of the 6 months and can be leveraged as a compare-contrast lesson.

[jags14385]

We should also consider a week long project on Android also.

[OpenSorceress]

Any thoughts on developing realtime apps for mobile / device agnostic?

[jags14385]

Was having a similar discussion with @jlembeck .. So do we add Java to the curriculum ( in some scope) so that we could teach the basics & have an android development week ?? and followed by something similar for IOS ..

By doing so, we would allow them to switch between languages & do a compare - contrast lesson .

[RobinClowers]

I know I sound like a broken record, but we I think we need to focus the curriculum on a core skill set. If we are lucky we can turn out competent junior web devs, but if we try to teach multiple mobile platforms it will just dilute the web stuff.

[jcaudle]

👍 what @RobinClowers said.

[jefflembeck]

Also agree with @RobinClowers here.

[kerrizor]

I agree. I'd like to have guest speakers in other technologies come in (PHP, Java, Elixir, mobile development, DB experts..) and give a lecture or talk on their field, but later on in weeks 13-24.

[kerrizor]

...would anyone like to propose either a lecture or schedule for a few days worth of curriculum on this?