Developing Mobile Web-Apps For The Library
byStan Bogdanov, Adelphi
University
“Mobile app” is short for “mobile application,” which is simply a program that runs on a mobile device - just like Microsoft Word and PowerPoint are programs that run on your computer.
Library App Turns Into AU2Go
One Click From Main Screen
3 Things
1. How we created the web-app
1. How we created the web-app
2. Demo the app
1. How we created the web-app
2. Demo the app
3. Where you can go from here
How we started:
iUI
How we made it:
Native vs. Web-App
“Web-Apps are simply mobile-optimized websites that conform to specific design principles and can utilize basic device hardware.”
Stan Bogdanov
Web-Apps:
Can be accessed by ANY device with a browser
Highly accessible and easy to navigate on small screens
Look-and-feel of native apps
Web-App Frameworks:
iUIiWebKit 5DrupalWordpressMIT Mobile FrameworkPhoneGap
Library App:
Uses iUI Framework
Built in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and PHP
Accessible online at m.adelphi.edu
DEMO
Library App
Many new tools:Britannica MobileHoover’s MobilePsychiatry Online MobilePubMed for HandheldsEBSCOhost MobileWorldCAT MobileRefWorks MobileWilson OmniFile
What You Can Do
Find somebody with basic knowledge of HTML
Download and try iUI and/or iWebKit 5
Use the samples from the frameworks to
create a simple app
Look up “iPhoneWebDev” in
Google Groups
Check out my handouts at
StanRB.com/downloads
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