Android Jump Start Lecture INFO
On November 8th I have delivered a jump start lecture for Android applications development in Java. The lecture took place in HIT and pizzas were served (sponsored by Google) during the break. You can download the slides I was using during the lecture. I believe they can assist you while doing your first steps.
Facebook PHP SDK Jump Start INFO
The Facebook PHP SDK is composed of two files: facebook.php and base_facebook.php. The first includes the definition for the Facebook class. The second includes the definition for the BaseFacebook class, which is a parent class for Facebook together with few more classes. You can easily download the Facebook PHP SDK at https://github.com/facebook/facebook-php-sdk. The following video […]
Android Jump Start Webinar INFO
On January 29th I will deliver a webinar about Android applications development. You can download the slides and the code. You can find the recording of this webinar at www.anymeeting.com/abelski. I will be more than happy to get your feedback as comments for this post so I could improve towards the next time. An article (in Hebrew) […]
HIT Android Spring 2012 ACD
During this semester (Spring 2012) I deliver an academic course dedicated to the Android platform. The course takes place in HIT as part of HIT Computers Science BSc academic program. The topics this course covers include the following: Introduction Application Resources The Intent Concept User Interface Controls Layout Managers Menus and Dialogs Touchscreens Style Definition App Widgets […]
The PhoneGap Library PRO
The PhoneGap library allows us to develop hybrid applications that render JavaScript code that interacts with the device as if it was an ordinary native applications. The following video clips explains the first steps. The possibility to write code in JavaScript that interacts with the device itself while using a JavaScript API identical for all […]
Reflection in PHP PRO
Similarly to software programming languages as Java and C#, PHP also allows us to write code that finds information about objects and classes. Whether the class was already known during the development phase or was created afterwards, using reflection we can get detailed information about the class and even invoke its methods or access its […]
The Future of Silverlight and Flash PRO
Trying to forcast which technology will rise and which technology will fall is a mission impossible. The technology world is too complex driven by away too many forces, both technology and social. In addition, it is important to remember that each and every technology stands on its own and the case with one technology isn’t […]
HIT Android Spring 2011 ACD
During this semester (Spring 2011) I deliver an academic course dedicated to the Android platform. The course takes place in HIT as part of HIT Computers Science BSc academic program. The topics this course covers include the following: Introduction Application Resources The Intent Concept User Interface Controls Layout Managers Menus and Dialogs Touchscreens Style Definition App Widgets […]
HIT Android Autumn 2010 ACD
During the coming semester (Autumn 2010) I am going to deliver an academic course dedicated to the Android platform. The course will take place in HIT and I deliver it as part of HIT Computers Science BSc academic program. The topics this course covers include the following: Introduction Application Resources The Intent Concept User Interface Controls […]
The Objective C Popularity BIZ
I can still recall that summer. It was August 2002 when I attended a meeting with one of the biggest wireless carriers in Israel. They were looking for a software development company to develop games and applications for their new mobile telephones. The programming language was Objective C. Given the rising popularity of Java ME […]