PTCCS332 App Development Syllabus:
PTCCS332 App Development Syllabus – Anna University Part time Regulation 2023
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
To learn development of native applications with basic GUI Components
To develop cross-platform applications with event handling
To develop applications with location and data storage capabilities
To develop web applications with database access
UNIT I FUNDAMENTALS OF MOBILE & WEB APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT
Basics of Web and Mobile application development, Native App, Hybrid App, Cross-platform App, What is Progressive Web App, Responsive Web design
UNIT II NATIVE APP DEVELOPMENT USING JAVA
Native Web App, Benefits of Native App, Scenarios to create Native App, Tools for creating Native App, Cons of Native App, Popular Native App Dev elopment Frameworks, Java & Kotlin for Android, Swift & Objective-C for iOS, Basics of React Native, Native Components, JSX, State, Props
UNIT III HYBRID APP DEVELOPMENT
Hybrid Web App, Benefits of Hybrid App, Criteria for creating Native App, Tools for creating Hybrid App, Cons of Hybrid App, Popular Hybrid App Development Frameworks, Ionic, Apache Cordova
UNIT IV CROSS-PLATFORM APP DEVELOPMENT USING REACT-NATIVE
What is Cross-platform App, Benefits of Cross-platform App, Criteria for creating Cross-platform App, Tools for creating Cross-platform App, Cons of Cross-platform App, Popular Crossplatform App Development Frameworks, Flutter, Xamarin, React-Native, Basics of React Native, Native Components, JSX, State, Props
UNIT V NON-FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF APP FRAMEWORKS
Comparison of different App frameworks, Build Performance, App Performance, Debugging capabilities, Time to Market, Maintainability, Ease of Development, UI/UX, Reusability
COURSE OUTCOMES:
CO1:Develop Native applications with GUI Components.
CO2:Develop hybrid applications with basic event handling.
CO3: Implement cross-platform applications with location and data storage capabilities.
CO4: Implement cross platform applications with basic GUI and event handling.
CO5:Develop web applications with cloud database access.
30 PERIODS
PRACTICAL EXERCISES: 30 PERIODS
1. Using react native, build a cross platform application for a BMI calculator.
2. Build a cross platform application for a simple expense manager which allows entering expenses and income on each day and displays category wise weekly income and expense.
3. Develop a cross platform application to convert units from imperial system to metric system ( km to miles, kg to pounds etc.,)
4. Design and develop a cross platform application for day to day task (to-do) management.
5. Design an android application using Cordova for a user login screen with username, password, reset button and a submit button. Also, include header image and a label. Use layout managers.
6. Design and develop an android application using Apache Cordova to find and display the current location of the user.
7. Write programs using Java to create Android application having Databases
● For a simple library application.
● For displaying books available, books lend, book reservation. Assume that student information is available in a database which has been stored in a database server.
TOTAL:60 PERIODS
TEXT BOOKS
1. Head First Android Development, Dawn Griffiths, O’Reilly, 1st edition
2. Apache Cordova in Action, Raymond K. Camden, Manning. 2015
3. Full Stack React Native: Create beautiful mobile apps with JavaScript and React Native, Anthony Accomazzo, Houssein Djirdeh, Sophia Shoemaker, Devin Abbott, FullStack publishing
REFERENCES
1. Android Programming for Beginners, John Horton, Packt Publishing, 2nd Edition
2. Native Mobile Development by Shaun Lewis, Mike Dunn
3. Building Cross-Platform Mobile and Web Apps for Engineers and Scientists: An Active Learning Approach, Pawan Lingras, Matt Triff, Rucha Lingras
4. Apache Cordova 4 Programming, John M Wargo, 2015
5. React Native Cookbook, Daniel Ward, Packt Publishing, 2nd Edition