Programming for mobile devices

Programming for mobile devices

1. Mobile computing

   • App
     • App Categories
       • Games, Photo, Weather, Social Network, Maps, Navigation, Search, Music, News, Entertainment, Banking, Video, Movies, Shopping, Sports, Productivity, Communication, Travel, Health, Learning, Personal Care
         • http://www.adweek.com/socialtimes/most-popular-mobile-app-category-social-no-it-is-not-1-or-2/70764
     • Is a software application used in smartphones
       • https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aplicaci%C3%B3n_m%C3%B3vil
   • Mobile Computing is a technology that permits transmission of data, voice and video using computer or any other wireless enabled device.
     • http://www.tutorialspoint.com/mobile_computing/mobile_computing_overview.htm

2. Programming Language

   • Integrated Development Environment
     • Is a software application that provides facilities to computer programmers for software development.
       • http://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/definition/integrated-development-environment
   • Syntax
     • The grammatical rules and structural patterns governing the ordered use of appropriate words and symbols for issuing commands, writing code, etc., in a particular software application or programming language.
       • http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/syntax
   • Variables
     • A variable is a value that can change, depending on conditions or on information passed to the program.
       • http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/variable
   • Data types
     • A data type in a programming language is a set of data with values having some characteristics.
       • http://searchsoa.techtarget.com/definition/data-type
   • A programming language is a formal computer language or constructed language designed to communicate instructions to a machine, particularly a computer.
     • http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/p/proglang.htm