Note: This course does not train neither on programming nor on coding.
What are the factors that transform a brilliant idea in a successful application? Why most of the iPhone applications are dormant in the App Store? Why so many Android applications remain unsold in the Marketplace?
This course unveil the success factors of mobile applications.
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Who should attend:
- Developers unsatisfied with the current results of their mobile applications
- Designers who are interested in designing mobile applications
- iPhone templates
- Icon and screen standards
- Icon design with vector capabilities
- Wireframing in FW
- Prototyping features
- Working with Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator
- Rapid Prototyping techniques
- Using iPhone simulator to create a demo
- Package with Adobe Air
Brainstorming mobile applications
- Removing barriers
- Everything works
- Identifying niches
- Analyzing challenges and possibilities
Analyzing possible competitors and market niches
- A look to the App Store and Marketplace
- Apps categories
- Utilities overview
- Games overview
- Other applications
Identifying unique selling proposition
- Testing applications efficiently
- Identifying weaknesses
- Shortlisting strengths
- Picking the right idea
User interface design
- Getting used to mobile size design
- Understanding mobile challenges
- Rollover vs Tap
- Font family
- Font size
- About contrast
- About colour
- Horizontal vs Vertical
- iOS3 vs iOS 4 with Retina vs iPad
Apple iOS design guidelines
- iPhone and iPad UI development kit
- Navigation bar
- Navigation buttons
- Lists
- Search fields
- Numbers barrel selector
- Calendar
- Keyboard
Design hands-on in Adobe Photoshop
- Creating new documents
- Understanding layers
- Rulers and guides
- Raster vs Vector
- Adding shape layers
- Applying layer styles
- Masking and cropping layers
- Adding text
- Introduction to blending modes
- Creating a splash screen
- Creating slices for easy export
Prototyping in Adobe Fireworks
- Importing Photoshop files
- Importing Illustrator files
- Creating multiple pages in Fire Works
- Creating buttons interaction
- Linking pages
- Exporting functioning prototypes


