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Deep Dive into Mobile Development with Codename One - Free Online Course Material

The underlying mechanics of challenging mobile app development concepts explained by example

PublishedAugust 3, 2022

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Deep Dive into Mobile Development with Codename One - Free Online Course Material

Entrepreneur, author, blogger, open source hacker, speaker, Java rockstar, developer advocate and more. ex-Sun/Oracle guy with 30 years of professional development experience. Shai built virtual machines, development tools, mobile phone environments, banking systems, startup/enterprise backends, user interfaces, development frameworks and much more. Shai is an award winning highly rated speaker with a knack for engaging the audience and deep technical chops.

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Working with CSS Working with Custom Web Services Introduction to Spring Boot Connecting to a Web Service Extracting a UI Design Introduction Cutting Images in Photoshop CSS BaseForm MainMenuForm CheckoutForm UI Design From Scratch The New Forms Fixing the Checkout Experience CSS Changes Code Changes and Summary Architecture Overview and Basic Model Integration and Summary Native Interfaces - Billing The Native Interface Callback Dependencies - Gradle and CocoaPods The Native Code Native Interfaces - Camera Introduction and Generic Code Implementing the Native Camera on Android Camera iOS Port Basics ARC and View on iOS Capture and Callbacks in iOS Putting it All Together Communicating with the Server Address and Validation Categories and Search Security Security Basics and Certificate Pinning Storage Encryption and Misc Security Features Maps Introduction and Installation Hello World and Devices Markers, Lightweight Overlays and Map Layout Building from the Open Source Project Offline Without Build Servers or Plugin Introduction and Setup Running the Kitchen Sink in the Simulator Building a Desktop Version of the Kitchen Sink Building an Android Native Version of the Kitchen Sink Build an iOS Native Version of the Kitchen Sink Performance and Memory Tuning What is Performance? Breaking Down the Problem EDT, Threading, Caching and Soft References The Different Image Types and Their Impact on Performance/RAM List, Network, Parsing and Resource File Size Profiling on the Desktop, Using the Performance Monitor Tool Profiling on Devices iOS and Android Case Study: Performance Problems in the Kitchen Sink

This is the second part of my online courses from 2017 that are now available for free. In this course we go beyond the developer guide and the online docs to explain how to work with crucial Codename One tools required for building real world apps. We explain everything from device portability to native interfaces (access to native device features) and much more!

As part of this course we cover the process of building a simple restaurant ordering system and we cover several complex Codename One API's.

The original version of the course included a section created by Chidiebere Okwudire the creator of parse4cn1 which is removed here. I chose to omit it since the status of the Parse project is unclear and I'm not sure about IP ownership for that section.

Working with CSS

The CSS in this section should work well for new versions too. In Maven CSS is the default and the whole "setting up" portion is no longer applicable.

The source code for this part is in this github repository.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxZ1HeheGwU

Working with Custom Web Services

Introduction to Spring Boot

The source code used in this part is available in this github repository.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tugJ_7xMdzs

Connecting to a Web Service

The source code used in this part is available in this github repository.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B7C0ZbV8Bc

Extracting a UI Design

Introduction

The source code used in this part is available in this github repository.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXwh2T7wvfc

Cutting Images in Photoshop

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exQ8xXAxtoU

CSS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-f1yue3hDEk

BaseForm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNFKBDeky2s

MainMenuForm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYlM2utu4Ps

CheckoutForm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ts-Q1zBGXco

UI Design From Scratch

Introduction

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZ2Y74xPj_0

The New Forms

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bH7cS5ENNlw

Fixing the Checkout Experience

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvbcWC4hLYk

CSS Changes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLbOdCt67Rw

Code Changes and Summary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6q1M_wqEYY

Architecture

Overview and Basic Model

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFFjxs9EDW8

Integration and Summary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke8bjFdD1bc

Native Interfaces - Billing

The Native Interface Callback

The version of the code matching the changes in this section is here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVuNrLw4e-A

Dependencies - Gradle and CocoaPods

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1T25sbFUKE

The Native Code

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swgT_aDsv3U

Native Interfaces - Camera

Introduction and Generic Code

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mcw8z_uP3BA

Implementing the Native Camera on Android

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16-Vkgcx2kg

Camera iOS Port Basics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17ISIksjcPM

ARC and View on iOS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7G4OkjgTWIQ

Capture and Callbacks in iOS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbTEz-K8iwY

Putting it All Together

The final repositories for the server and the mobile app are here:

https://github.com/shai-almog/AppBackendServerFinal
https://github.com/shai-almog/MyRestaurantFinal

Communicating with the Server

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUHb5fuWzJE

Address and Validation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOcKbbW9HBM

Categories and Search

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEG_S-dyxaM

Security

Security Basics and Certificate Pinning

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjUFJro0yUQ

Storage Encryption and Misc Security Features

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMnWMB_JfaQ

Maps

Introduction and Installation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRTLnLecoMA

Hello World and Devices

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m43A68sNcvg

Markers, Lightweight Overlays and Map Layout

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sed5OPQSfe0

Building from the Open Source Project Offline Without Build Servers or Plugin

Introduction and Setup

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqcM8pSOGTY

Running the Kitchen Sink in the Simulator

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1TPKuHYr9c

Building a Desktop Version of the Kitchen Sink

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbRbzCGQCQE

Building an Android Native Version of the Kitchen Sink

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eMvwRcDcug

Build an iOS Native Version of the Kitchen Sink

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsVOanGYjqo

Performance and Memory Tuning

What is Performance? Breaking Down the Problem

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-mUTz23Cd4

EDT, Threading, Caching and Soft References

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85MyytvMS9I

The Different Image Types and Their Impact on Performance/RAM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWifLQZyPDE

List, Network, Parsing and Resource File Size

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEe_hb1Lz6Y

Profiling on the Desktop, Using the Performance Monitor Tool

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BY1lMQz873g

Profiling on Devices iOS and Android

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwkwqXkHGwg

Case Study: Performance Problems in the Kitchen Sink

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGJaVaQ_MNY

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