 | Level: Intermediate C. Enrique Ortiz , Mobile Technologist, Artemis Wireless Werks
11 Nov 2008 Developing mobile applications can be a daunting task. With hundreds of handsets
to develop against and support, mobile application development can be time consuming and
costly. Fortunately, Yahoo! Blueprint helps alleviate this pain by providing a single
way to develop mobile applications. With Blueprint, you can author a mobile application
one time that can be targeted at mobile devices with a browser (or devices that support the
Blueprint platform), allowing you to potentially reach thousands of users. In this
tutorial you will see how to develop a weather mobile widget using the Yahoo! Blueprint
platform.
In this tutorial
This tutorial is for developers interested in learning how to develop mobile
widget-based applications using the Yahoo! Blueprint platform. While this
tutorial is for entry-level developers, general knowledge about Web
applications, mobile applications, XML, and PHP is desirable, but not
essential.
Objectives
After completing this tutorial, you will understand what Blueprint is all about.
The example weather widget uses PHP on the server, uses Blueprint XML, and consumes the
Yahoo! Weather Web service for the current weather conditions.
Prerequisites
You will need the following tools to follow along with this tutorial:
- Get the Yahoo! Blueprint
SDK.
- A Web server running on any operating system with PHP 5.1. This server is
responsible for serving your widget-specific application logic. You can set
up your own server configuration, or use a hosting service that provides
Apache and PHP. See the Resources section at
the end of the tutorial for information on setting up and configuring Web
servers, including the Apache Web server.
- Get PHP v5.2.
- A plain text editor, or better. An IDE with support for PHP syntax is ideal.
In my case I like to use the NetBeans IDE, which provides a PHP extension
module.
Duration
1 hour
Formats html, pdf
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