Mobile Programming - Syllabus

An overview of computers and their significance in today's world. This topic sets the stage for understanding the basics of computers.

Understanding the difference between digital and analog computers, their characteristics, and applications.

Exploring the key characteristics of computers, including input, processing, storage, and output.

A brief history of computers, from their inception to the present day, highlighting key milestones and developments.

Understanding the different generations of computers, including their features, advantages, and limitations.

Categorizing computers based on their size, functionality, and application, including desktops, laptops, and mobile devices.

An in-depth look at the components of a computer system, including hardware and software.

Exploring the various applications of computers in different fields, including business, education, and healthcare.

Understanding different types of layouts in Android such as Linear, Relative, Table, Absolute, and Constraint layouts.

Learning about various attributes that can be used to customize and configure Android layouts.

Exploring different types of Android widgets such as TextView, EditText, Checkbox, RadioButton, Spinner, and their attributes.

Understanding how to handle events and respond to user interactions in Android applications.

Learning how to work with strings, string arrays, and colors in Android applications.

Understanding how to work with resources and drawables in Android applications.

Learning how to add icons to an Android project and customize the user interface.

Understanding the different stages of an activity's life cycle, including creation, start, resume, pause, stop, and destroy. This topic covers the methods that are called during each stage.

Learning how to create multiple activities in an Android application, including defining and implementing separate activities for different tasks.

Understanding how to declare activities in the AndroidManifest.xml file, including specifying the activity's name, label, and intent filters.

Learning how to use intents to connect activities, including creating and sending intents, and handling intent requests.

Understanding how to pass data between activities, including using intent extras, bundles, and shared preferences.

Learning how to get a result back from a child activity, including using startActivityForResult() and onActivityResult().

Understanding how to get and set data to and from the layout file, including using findViewById() and setting UI component properties.

The importance of having flexible user interfaces in mobile applications. Understanding the need for adaptable UI designs.

An overview of UI fragments, their purpose, and benefits in mobile app development.

Understanding the different stages of a fragment's lifecycle, from creation to destruction.

A step-by-step guide to creating a UI fragment, including layout design and XML coding.

Defining a Java class for a fragment, including methods and variables.

Connecting UI widgets to their corresponding Java methods in a fragment.

Understanding the role of the fragment manager in managing multiple fragments in an activity.

Comparing and contrasting activities and fragments in mobile app development.

An overview of menus in mobile applications, including their types and uses.

A step-by-step guide to implementing menus in a mobile application.

An overview of dialogs in mobile applications, including their types and uses.

A step-by-step guide to creating a dialog fragment, including layout design and Java coding.

Defining the content and layout of a dialog fragment.

Overview of the development and evolution of the Linux operating system.

Understanding kernel modules, their types, and their role in extending Linux kernel functionality.

Managing processes in Linux, including process creation, synchronization, and termination.

This topic covers the concepts of active databases, including triggers, and their applications in advanced database systems.

This topic explores the concepts and techniques of temporal databases, which manage time-varying data and support temporal queries.

This topic introduces the concepts and techniques of spatial databases, which manage spatial data and support spatial queries and analysis.

This topic covers the concepts and techniques of multimedia databases, which manage multimedia data such as images, audio, and video.

This topic explores the concepts and techniques of deductive databases, which use logical rules to derive new information from existing data.

This topic provides an introduction to the concepts and techniques of information retrieval and web search, including indexing, querying, and ranking.

Multitasking in 80286 architecture allows multiple tasks to run concurrently, improving system performance and responsiveness.

Overview of .NET and ASP.NET frameworks including .NET, .NET Core, Mono, ASP.NET Web Forms, ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET Web API, and ASP.NET Core.

Fundamentals of .NET architecture and design principles that guide the development of .NET applications.

How .NET applications are compiled and executed, including the roles of CLI, MSIL, and CLR.

In-depth exploration of .NET Core, including its features, benefits, and use cases.

Using .NET CLI to build, run, test, and deploy .NET Core applications, including its commands and options.

Authenticating users using their Windows login credentials.

Storing small pieces of data on a user's device to track their interactions with a web application.

Managing files on a web server, including uploading, downloading, and manipulating files.

Processing and validating user input from HTML forms in a web application.

Using storyboards to design user interfaces and understanding view controllers.

Using widgets and attributes to customize UI elements in iOS applications.

Building a simple iOS application from scratch, integrating UI and code.