[Yr7-10it] App Development course

[Chris Bucknell]

Hi Travis,

Can't really help you out with a course, but as you're talking about app development on PC you should check out:
http://www.visualstudio.com/explore/cordova-vs

M$ have just released (as part of their Update 4 for Visual Studio or Visual Studio 2015 Preview) an extension to build cross-platform mobile apps for iOS, Android, and Windows devices using Visual Studio Tools for Apache Cordova

These tools enable you to build apps using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript based on Apache Cordova, and target these platforms:
-Android 2.3.3 and later (4.4+ provides the best developer experience)
-iOS 6, 7, and 8
-Windows 8 and 8.1
-Windows Phone 8 and 8.1

There are tutorials/examples online, and a new simulator for these tools, but I have one caveat.  That is I haven't started using this yet, but to the displeasure of my wife, I've put it aside for some Christmas holiday work :).

Regards

Chris Bucknell
Head of ICT; Coordinator, Internal Examinations
HAILEYBURY

Direct Ph: +61 3 9904 6360
Chris.Bucknell at haileybury.vic.edu.au

-----Original Message-----
From: yr7-10it-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:yr7-10it-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Travis Parker
Sent: Tuesday, 25 November 2014 10:34 AM
To: Year 7 - 10 Information Technology Teachers' Mailing List
Subject: [Yr7-10it] App Development course

Hi all,

I am looking at starting a course (Tentatively titled "App Development") at year 9 in 2016. I have done quite a bit of programming of my apps using objective C in XCode (And found the Graeme Summers text quite useful), however we will be using Windows PCs so it is ruled out.

If any of you could please recommend a good program/programs that you have used at a Year 9 level for developing apps on PCs that would be fantastic.

Any teachers out there with an app development course? Any good resources out there?

Thanks in advance!

Trav


Travis Parker
Head of Digital Technologies

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