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Workshop on future of Offline Web Applications— September 12, 2011

W3C just announced an upcoming workshop on one of the key aspects of the development and deployment of Web applications, in particular on mobile devices: the ability to install them and keep them working while offline.

The workshop aims at identifying a clear path forward for innovation in the Open Web Platform related to offline Web application invocation and use.

The workshop will be held on November 5 2011, hosted by Vodafone in Redwood city in California, right after the W3C annual TPAC week of meetings in Santa Clara.

If you want to contribute to the discussions, please submit a position paper by September 30, as described in the call for participation.

Published on MobiWebApp.

Standards for Web Applications on Mobile: Current state and roadmap— September 05, 2011

Back in February, I announced the start of a series of updates for a standardization roadmap for Web applications on mobile devices, a compilation of the most relevant current and upcoming technologies to develop Web applications well-fitted to mobile devices, which was again updated in May 2011.

As the project reaches the end of its first year, I have now just released a more complete version of that roadmap, with perspectives on what’s coming up over the course of the next year.

It also takes into account the latest changes in this space, with new drafts from the Web performance Working Group, a new charter for the Device APIs group, an early editors draft for Web Real-Time communications and much more.

This document is extracted from the equivalent page in the W3C wiki, where contributions from the larger community are more than welcomed. Many thanks to those who already contributed to it!

The next smaller iteration of this document will be provided end of November. Stay tuned!

Published on MobiWebApp.

One Week Left to Register for Mobile Web Course— August 30, 2011

Registration for the second edition of W3C’s Mobile Web Online Training Course is open one more week. The acclaimed course begins Monday, 5 September and lasts 8 weeks.

Web developers face a number of challenges when designing for the wide array of mobile devices people use today. This course explains how to use Web standards to provide the best experience to the most users: which versions of HTML and CSS are effective in a mobile context, how to overcome various constraints tied to mobile devices, practical client and server-side techniques, what you can do with emerging APIs, and more.

The course is developed and taught by the W3C/MobiWebApp team. On successful completion, participants receive a W3C Certificate. Learn more about the Mobile Web Online Training Course.

Published on MobiWebApp.

Encouraging feedback from the MWABP training course— August 08, 2011

The June 2011 mobile Web training course is just over. We are now sending certificates of completion to students who passed all course assignments. Excellent success rate so far, with students happy to have spent 8 weeks with us.

We are especially pleased by the feedback comments we got, ranging from praise of the teachers (yeah to Phil Archer and Frances de Waal!), to the high quality of the course. Here is some of the great feedback we received from students:

“I’d definitely recommend this course. Not only is it full of up-to-date, useful, excellent information, but the emphasis on true learning is what makes it particularly valuable.”
“The instructors were amazing — supportive, encouraging, and demanding all at the same time! “
“The diverse mix of professionals from around the world brought a robust forum discussion … these comments, feedback, and additional comments about technology in their part of the world was priceless user feedback …”
“AWESOME experience!!! I have taken away a great deal more than I anticipated!”
“Great course, money well invested. Thank you.”

Week by week, step by step, students gained more and more experience and, accordingly, their assignments gained in more and more complexity. Check it out with this cool hangman application (courtesy of David Moulton) or this rock, papers and scissors one (courtesy Marcela Vargas), all developed by creative 2011 June MWABP students

Get involved now!

A 2nd edition of the course is now open for registration. The start date is 5 September 2011. With the same length (8 weeks), the same great teachers (Frances and Phil), and the same certificate of completion, the course will teach you how to make Web pages and applications render well on mobile devices. Register asap!

Stay tuned!

To find out about future training course, please follow us on @W3Training and/or subscribe to our mailing list. We will notably announce a course on “Mobile Web Advanced Techniques”. Soon.

Published on MobiWebApp.

"Great course, money well invested. Thank you."— August 05, 2011

Week by week, step by step, students gained more and more experience and, accordingly, their assignments gained in more and more complexity. Check it out with this cool hangman application developed by one of the creative 2011 June MWABP students (courtesy of David Moulton).

"I'd definitely recommend this course. Not only is it full of up-to-date, useful, excellent information, but the emphasis on true learning is what makes it particularly valuable."
"The instructors were amazing -- supportive, encouraging, and demanding all at the same time! "
"The diverse mix of professionals from around the world brought a robust forum discussion ... these comments, feedback, and additional comments about technology in their part of the world was priceless user feedback ..."
"If you don't want to find yourself developing 3 or 4 different websites to cater for desktop, iphone, android, windows phone, etc, this is what you need to know."
"AWESOME experience!!! I have taken away a great deal more than I anticipated!"
"Great course, money well invested. Thank you."

What's next?

registration button for the Sept. 2011 W3C mobile Web course

By now, you may be wondering if there is a chance to follow that course soon? YES, there is!! A 2nd edition of the course is now open for registration. The start date is 5 September 2011. With the same length (8 weeks), the same great teachers (Phil and Frances), and the same certificate of completion, the course will teach you how to make Web pages and applications render well on mobile devices. Register asap!

To find out about future training course, please follow us on @W3Training and/or subscribe to our mailing list.

About the "Introduction of Mobile Web and Applications Best Practices" training course

With the surge of powerful mobile devices in the past few years, the role of the Web as a platform for content, applications and services on these devices is increasingly important. This training course is an update of the most popular elements of the Introduction to Mobile Web Best Practices course that ran in earlier years, and introduces new modules covering Mobile Web Applications Best Practices. Since it first ran in 2008, the course has attracted over 700 students and with each update, with each new module, with each new advance, the course attracts more and more attention. Developed by the MobiWebApp team, the course builds on the output of the various expert groups operating within W3C: the standards, the tools and the experience — all designed to help make great content available to as wide an audience as possible.

Published on W3C Blog: Mobile category.

New dates for a mobile Web training course— July 12, 2011

After a very successful first run of the June 2011 mobile Web course, we are pleased to announce that registration is now open for a second edition of the “W3C Introduction to Mobile Web and Application Best Practices”.

The online course can be taken in any time zone and will last 8 weeks, from 5 September to 28 October 2011.

Since it first ran in 2008, the course has attracted over 700 students and with each update, with each new module, with each new advance, the course attracts more and more attention. We were sorry to have to close registration early for the June 2011 run due to excessive demand.

This course helps Web designers and content producers who are already familiar with the desktop world to become familiar with the Web as delivered on mobile devices. It is based entirely on W3C standards, particularly the Mobile Web Best Practices and Mobile Web Application Best Practices. Developed and taught by the MobiWebApp team, the course builds on the output of the various expert groups operating within W3C: the standards, the tools and the experience — all designed to help you make great content available to as wide an audience as possible.

Participants do notably:

learn about and use the recommended versions of HTML and CSS to use for mobile today;
understand the constraints of working on mobile and how to overcome them to deliver the best possible experience to the widest range of users;
practice client side and server side content adaptation techniques;
learn about and use the exciting new APIs available on modern mobile platforms.

On successful completion, the participants will receive a W3C Certificate of Completion.

To ensure your place on the course, please enroll now! The full price of the course is €195 but we have a strictly limited number of places available at the early bird rate of €145.

Enroll now and benefit from an early bird rate!