As part of a teaching staff exchange program, Media Artist and Lecturer Michael Markert will visit the University at Buffalo, State University of New York, and give a workshop »Mobile Media – HTML5 for Mobile Devices« from March 18 to March 22, 2013. The workshop will take place at the Department of Media Study on UB’s North Campus.
Mobile Media Workshop
HTML5 for Mobile Devices – An introduction to Mobile WebApps
March 18 to 22, 2013,
3 − 7pm,
University at Buffalo, Department of Media Study,
UB North Campus
»I will show how to use the latest web technologies to develop on and for mobile devices. Workshop participants will gain an overview of HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript APIs. Though the workshop is focused around iOS, it is open for users of other platforms as well.« (Michael Markert)
Schedule (subject to change)
- 1st day: Overview, Intro to HTML(5) & making the first web app with jQuery Mobile
- 2nd day: CSS and Intro to JavaScript and programming in general ( the second app: Time )
- 3rd day: Networking & Communication – Yahoo Pipes, RSS, JSON ( the third app: Feeder )
- 4th day: Touch, Geolocation and JavaScript Libraries like Processing.js, Paper.js or d3.js ( and finding ideas for a small individual project )
- 5th day: How to proceed from here to make native apps or provide installable WebApps
Links:
- University at Buffalo, State University of New York: Department of Media Study

