8-Aug-2014 (10:35am - 11:35am) on venue as per weekly published schedule.

NOTE: LINKS TO PREPARATION MATERIAL FOR THE CLASS TEST

• Cross Platform Mobile Technologies (Need, Technology Options & Evaluations)
• Evaluation of Web Service Provisioning Frameworks in Service Oriented Architecture for Mobile Clients (SOAP and REST)
• Mobile 2D Game Development Components in J2ME
• Mobile Application Life Cycle States and Methods along with usage scenarios (J2ME & Android)
• Concurrent Multithreaded Mobile Application development using Background Threads (Need, Usage Scenarios & Implementation options)
• Evaluation of Native, Web and Hybrid Development Approaches for Mobile Applications along with usage scenarios
• Role of Google Cloud Messaging Service as Mobile Middle Ware
• Role of XML Parsers and usage scenarios (DOM, SAX, PULL Parser)

• Chapter 1 - Cross Platform Mobile Technologies (Need, Technology Options & Evaluations)

• Chapter 2 - Evaluation of Web Service Provisioning Frameworks in Service Oriented Architecture for Mobile Clients (SOAP and REST)

• Chapter 3 - Mobile 2D Game Development Components in J2ME

• Chapter 4 - Mobile Application Life Cycle States and Methods along with usage scenarios (Android)

• Chapter 5 - Mobile Application Life Cycle States and Methods along with usage scenarios (J2ME)

• Chapter 6 - Concurrent Multithreaded Mobile Application development using Background Threads (Need, Usage Scenarios & Implementation options)

• Chapter 7 - Evaluation of Native, Web and Hybrid Development Approaches for Mobile Applications along with usage scenarios

• Chapter 8 - Role of Google Cloud Messaging Service as Mobile Middle Ware

• Chapter 9 - Role of XML Parsers and usage scenarios (DOM, SAX, PULL Parser)

• About Cross Platform technology
• Need
• Advantages
• Technology Options
• Evaluation

• [Evaluating Cross-Platform Development Approaches for Mobile Applications] (https://www.wi.uni-muenster.de/sites/default/files/public/department/pi/publications/heitkoetter/Evaluating-Cross-Platform-Development-Approaches-for-Mobile-Applications.pdf)
• [Bridging the Mobile App Gap] (http://www.danielna.com/NoblisSigma-DigitalEcosystem.pdf#page=29)

• About PhoneGap
• PhoneGap Operation
• Role of Apache Cordova in PhoneGap
• Native features that PhoneGap Provides
• PhoneGap Tools
• Role of jQuery library in Phonegap

• [PhoneGap Wiki] (https://github.com/phonegap/phonegap/wiki)
• [PhoneGap] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PhoneGap)
• [PhoneGap API and all of the native functionality it exposes] (http://docs.phonegap.com/en/3.5.0/index.html)
• [PhoneGap Explained Visually] (http://phonegap.com/2012/05/02/phonegap-explained-visually/)
• [What is Cordova and its relation to PhoneGap?] (http://www.markupjavascript.com/2013/11/what-is-cordova-and-its-relation-to-phonegap.html)

• About
• Operation
• Native features
• Tools

• About
• Operation
• Native features
• Tools

• About
• Operation
• Native features
• Tools

• [Appcelerator Titanium vs PhoneGap: which produces better native apps?] (http://www.quora.com/Appcelerator-Titanium-vs-PhoneGap-which-produces-better-native-apps)

Evaluation of Web Service Provisioning Frameworks in Service Oriented Architecture for Mobile Clients (SOAP and REST)

• Differeciate two frameworks form each other
• How SOAP works
• How REST works
• What are the different aspects of these frameworks
• Which framework is reasonable for mobile clients
• Why it is reasonable

• [Evaluation of Distributed SOAP and RESTful Mobile Web Services ] (http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/125638/1/netser_v3_n34_2010_11.pdf)
• [Representational State Transfer Representational State Transfer (REST)] (http://www.peej.co.uk/articles/rest.html#FFSHARE-close)
• [REST vs SOAP. Часть 1. Почувствуйте разницу] (http://habrahabr.ru/post/131343/)
• [SOAP vs REST (differences)] (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19884295/soap-vs-rest-differences)
• [Understanding SOAP and REST Basics] (http://blog.smartbear.com/apis/understanding-soap-and-rest-basics/)
• [Why REST + JSON is preferred over SOAP for mobile web services] (http://www.bamboorocketapps.com/rest-json-vs-soap-xml/)
• [REST Vs SOAP, The Difference Between Soap And Rest] (http://spf13.com/post/soap-vs-rest)
• [REST vs. SOAP – The Right WebService] (http://geeknizer.com/rest-vs-soap-using-http-choosing-the-right-webservice-protocol/)
• Video
• SOAP vs RESTful Web services - Atlantic IT Center

Mobile 2D Game Development Components in J2ME

Mobile Application Life Cycle States and Methods along with usage scenarios (Android)

• [Android SDK: Activities & Lifecycle] (http://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/android-sdk-activities-lifecycle--mobile-20839)
• [Android activity life cycle - what are all these methods for?] (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8515936/android-activity-life-cycle-what-are-all-these-methods-for)
• [Understanding the Activity Lifecycle] (https://www.video2brain.com/en/videos-4409.htm)

Mobile Application Life Cycle States and Methods along with usage scenarios (J2ME)

• [Life cycle explained] (http://mobile-apps-dev.blogspot.com/2010/03/j2me-midlet-lifecycle-explained.html)
• [Understanding J2ME Application Models] (http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/systems/index-156300.html)
• [MIDlet lifecycle] (http://developer.nokia.com/resources/library/Java/introduction-to-java-me/midlet-lifecycle.html)
• [Learning Path: MIDlet Life Cycle] (http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/systems/lifecycle-138829.html)

Concurrent Multithreaded Mobile Application development using Background Threads (Need, Usage Scenarios & Implementation options)

Evaluation of Native, Web and Hybrid Development Approaches for Mobile Applications along with usage scenarios

• [Native, web or hybrid mobile-app development] (ftp://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/pdf/mobile-enterprise/WSW14182USEN.pdf)
• [The Right Mobile Apps: Native, HTML5 or Hybrid? Yes.] (http://mobileenterprise.edgl.com/news/The-Right-Mobile-Apps--Native,-HTML5-or-Hybrid--Yes-80285)

Role of Google Cloud Messaging Service as Mobile Middle Ware

Role of XML Parsers and usage scenarios (DOM, SAX, PULL Parser)

• [Choosing an XML processing API] (http://www.lynda.com/Java-tutorials/Choosing-XML-processing-API/146014/154745-4.html?vid=6&fatoc=1)
• [How SAX works] (http://www.lynda.com/Java-tutorials/How-SAX-works/146014/154749-4.html)
• [XML reader models: SAX versus XML pull parser] (http://www.firstobject.com/xml-reader-sax-vs-xml-pull-parser.htm)
• [XML - Managing Data Exchange/Parsing XML files] (http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/XML_-_Managing_Data_Exchange/Parsing_XML_files)