Welcome to Multiplatform Mobile App Development using NativeScript.
NativeScript is an open-source framework that enables you to develop
truly native applications using either Angular TypeScript, or JavaScript.
We will learn various details about NativeScript, and along the way,
develop an application to learn various aspects of the NativeScript framework.
Before you get started on this course,
let me set up the expectations in terms of the background that
you need to possess for you to be successful going through this course.
You should have a good working knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
And also, since we will be using Angular and
TypeScript for developing our NativeScript application,
you should have a good understanding of Angular and TypeScript.
If you had done the previous course in this specialization,
introducing you to Angular and TypeScript,
then you will be well-versed with
the knowledge that you require for going through this course.
Let me give you a quick overview of the course,
and the details of the each of the modules that constitute this course.
This course will cover NativeScript.
In particular, we'll look at NativeScript application development using Angular.
We'll look at NativeScript UI elements and how
they are useful in developing our NativeScript application.
We'll also look at the NativeScript plugins that enable us to leverage
the native capabilities of the two mobile platforms,
Android and iOS from within our NativeScript application using Angular and TypeScript.
This course itself is organized into four modules.
Each module, typically, corresponding to one calendar a week of work.
In the very first week,
we will introduce you to the big picture view of Full-Stack Web Development.
We'll look at how you will set up
your development environment on
your computer to be able to develop NativeScript applications,
and then we'll look at hybrid mobile application development and overview of the general,
80 of hybrid mobile app development,
and look at how NativeScript fits into
this overall picture of doing hybrid mobile application development.
We'll then encounter how NativeScript and Angular work together
to enable you to develop truly native applications.
And we'll look at navigation support with the NativeScript.
How NativeScript supports navigation that is
pretty much typical mobile navigation patterns
that you will encounter in the native platforms,
be it Android or iOS.
That should take you all the way to the first assignment on this course,
where we will look at the basics of NativeScript and implement our first assignment.
Along the way, you will also be doing several hands-on exercises in each of the lessons,
to help you to consolidate your understanding of the concepts.
The second module, concentrates on NativeScript UI elements.
We'll look at how we will develop a NativeScript interface for our application using
the NativeScript support for developing the templates for our user interface.
We'll look at how they can use icon fonts and buttons in our UI views.
We'll look at using advanced lists,
which can support additional operations on lists,
like deleting items from the list.
And we'll look at dialogs,
how they can pop up information for the user on
top of the current view of our application,
and we'll look at the use of forms and form support,
and modals within our NativeScript application.
This should take you all the way to the second assignment of the course.
There, we will emphasize on designing forms, modals,
and the use of dialogs in our application.
The third module looks like animation support and
support for gestures within the NativeScript framework.
We'll look at how we can react to users gestures on the screen of our device.
We'll also look at how we can add animations to provide
a good user experience within our application.
We'll also look at how image resources can be used within our application.
So we'll first look at NativeScript storage,
how we can leverage the local storage on your device to
persist data that is required within your NativeScript application.
We'll then look at the use of animations and gestures to add value,
in terms of user experience for your NativeScript application.
We'll look at the customization of the splash screens
and icons that you use within your NativeScript application,
and in general, how we can use image resources within our application to
automatically adapt to various screen sizes and various screen densities.
This should take you all the way to the third assignment in this course,
which would emphasize on the topics that they covered in this module.
The final module looks at accessing
the native device capabilities, using NativeScript plugins.
NativeScript plugins provide a convenient way of being able to access
native device capabilities from within
your Angular and TypeScript code of your application.
We'll look at the use of local notifications within our NativeScript application,
how we can do social sharing,
including sending emails using the built-in email application of our device.
And also, social sharing on
our social media sites using the social sharing plugin of NativeScript.
We'll also look at how we can use the camera, so this way,
it illustrate to us how we can use various native capabilities of our device.
We'll also look at how we reacted to changes in
the network status of our device from within our application,
so that your application could automatically adapt to any change,
in terms of the network status when your device goes offline,
how do you handle providing access from within
your application to the various capabilities.
This should take you all the way to the final assignment on
this course which will concentrate on NativeScript plugins.
Having said this, I would strongly urge you to take your time reviewing
every aspect of this course and make sure that
you understand every step before you proceed ahead with this course.
Don't be constrained by the week limits on the course.
This is a general specification.
If you require more than four weeks,
you're most welcome to extend and move to the next section of this course whereby,
all the work that you've completed will be automatically
carried over to the next section of this course.
Have fun learning various aspects of the NativeScript platform.
Jogesh K. MuppalaAssociate Professor
