Programming For Mobile Devices

Programming For Mobile Devices

1. Mobile Computing

   • Is the ability to use technology in mobile (non static) environments.
     • http://www.igi-global.com/dictionary/mobile-computing/18821
   • App
     • It's an application, or a specialized program downloaded onto mobile devices
       • http://www.dictionary.com/browse/app
     • App Categories
       • Music, travel, health & fitness, entertainment, social networking, education, games, photography
         • http://radar.oreilly.com/2008/11/itunes-app-store-categories.html

2. Programming language

   • It is a special language that programmers use to develop software programs, scripts or other sets of instructions for computers to execute.
     • http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/p/proglang.htm
   • Instructions/statements
     • Are the key elements in the computer as they tell the processor which action should be performed. They are indicated in the source file.
       • http://ccm.net/contents/313-programming-languages-instructions
   • Syntax
     • Set of rules that defines the combinations of symbols that are considered to be a correctly structured document or fragment.
       • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syntax_(programming_languages)
   • Variables
     • "Containers" that hold information to be referenced and manipulated in a computer program.
       • https://launchschool.com/books/ruby/read/variables
   • Data types
     • They determine what type of values an object can have and what operations can be performed.
       • http://study.com/academy/lesson/data-types-in-programming-numbers-strings-and-others.html
   • Integrated Development Environment
     • Is a software arrangement that builds up the basic tools developers need to write and test software.
       • http://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/definition/integrated-development-environment