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Why Take This Nanodegree Program?
As a graduate of this program, you'll be job-ready for Mobile Web Developer roles. In addition, you'll be fully prepared to earn the Google Mobile Web Specialist Certification, offered directly by Google.
Expert Code Review on All Your Projects
You’ll receive personal, in-line code review from our exclusive network of expert code reviewers for each of your projects, ensuring that you get the feedback you need to make meaningful progress.
Personalized Support and Mentorship
Advance successfully through the program with the support of mentors who’ll be available to you from Day One via in-class chats.
A Rich Community of Learners
As you progress through the program, you’ll connect with thousands of fellow students on dedicated forums. You’ll draw inspiration from one another, solve problems together, and lay networking foundations for your future.
Mentor Support
Mentors will provide guidance, lend support, answer questions, and direct you to valuable resources.
Advance your Career
The Mobile Web Specialist Nanodegree program is designed to ensure your long-term success in the field. The skills you learn will prepare you for jobs in mobile web development, and you’ll be ready to deliver immediate value to any organization. We will support you throughout your learning journey; from gaining valuable technical and career skills, to landing your dream job.Designed to prepare you for career success in mobile web development.
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What You Will Learn
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Mobile Web Specialist Nanodegree Program
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Prerequisite Knowledge
You should have 1-2 years of experience of front-end web development in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, and must be proficient using Git and GitHub.See detailed requirements.
Welcome to Your Nanodegree
In this short introduction you'll get an overview of this Nanodegree program, along with some helpful resources to get you started.
Accessible and Responsive Web Apps
Work with instructors step-by-step to build a responsive web app that functions on any device or screen size. Ensure your web apps meet the highest development by achieving accessibility standards. Blending theory and practice, you'll learn how to build great apps to be mobile-first.
Restaurant Reviews App—Stage 1Offline Capable Web Apps
Make your apps more resilient to limited internet connectivity or bandwidth, and create a total user experience leveraging asynchronous browser features, local storage, and more.
Restaurant Reviews App—Stage 2Performant Web Apps
You'll explore the browser's rendering pipeline and uncover patterns that make it easy to build performant apps. Learn how to optimize your web app performance through rendering optimizations, leveraging local storage and more.
Restaurant Reviews App—Stage 3
“We are building this curriculum with Udacity because we believe it reflects what developers everywhere should know.”— PETER LUBBERS, SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER FOR DEVELOPER TRAINING AT GOOGLE
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Pete LePage
INSTRUCTOR
Pete is a developer advocate at Google and works to make the lives of web developers easier. Working on projects like Web Fundamentals and Google web developer videos, he's focused on ensuring that developers have the tools and skills they need to build great responsive sites and apps.
Cameron Pittman
INSTRUCTOR
Cameron lives and breathes web development as he creates programming courses at Udacity. He graduated with degrees in physics and astronomy from Vanderbilt University and a Master's in teaching from Belmont University.
Sam Dutton
INSTRUCTOR
Sam Dutton is a Developer Advocate for Google. He also publishes the monthly media tech newsletter medianews.me and maintains simpl.info, which provides the simplest possible examples of HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
Michael Wales
INSTRUCTOR
Michael is a self-taught full-stack web developer and open source advocate. Before joining Udacity, he spent over 10 years developing classified applications for some of the most demanding intelligence organizations in the world.
Alice Boxhall
INSTRUCTOR
Alice is a software engineer at Google who works on accessibility in Chrome. She is particularly interested in creating developer tools to assist developers with testing and debugging accessibility, and in exploring opportunities to improve the state of accessibility on the web.
Richard Kalehoff
INSTRUCTOR
Richard is a Course Developer with a passion for teaching. He has a degree in computer science, and first worked for a nonprofit doing everything from front-end web development, to backend programming, to database and server management.
Paul Bakaus
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Paul Bakaus is a Developer Advocate at Google, heading up advocacy and outreach for DevTools, AMP and Games. He assists developers, designers, and filmmakers to create better, faster, more immersive and more convincing digital experiences.
James Williams
INSTRUCTOR
James Williams is the Android Curriculum Lead at Udacity, where he also creates Web development courses. He is the author of “HTML5 Game Programming,” and runs obstacle course/adventure races in his spare time.
Rob Dodson
INSTRUCTOR
Rob Dodson is a developer advocate at Google where he focuses on Web Components and Accessibility. His mission is to fight for a better web and to help developers build great experiences.
Surma
INSTRUCTOR
Surma is an engineer working with the Chrome team. He likes to cut himself on the bleeding edge, goes full-stack every once in a while and prefers good code over functional one.
Paul Lewis
INSTRUCTOR
Paul works on the Google Chrome team as a Developer Advocate. He spends his days profiling runtime performance issues, and helping developers to build faster sites and apps. Do not be fooled by his extreme baldness; it's a solar panel for his cunning and guile.
Student Reviews
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Yashwanth K.
The material was too good, kudos to the udacity team for providing such quality material. I liked the projects, because for each project you need to use all the things that are learnt in the videos. I can proudly say that i am Mobile Web Specialist.
Pranav J.
Awesome experience,this program will help you in understanding many of the crucial aspects of mobile web development and many more.
Sommer S.
The Mobile Web Specialist Nanodegree took my skills and sky rocketed them. I feel much more confident in my abilities to debug code, increase performance, and add features. It was a lot of hard work, but the support offered by my peers was the determining factor in helping me finish with confidence.
Anel R.
one of the best course I've ever taken. very helpfull.... Thank Udacity team, you are the best 5 Start!!!
Shadrach T.
It's been a challenging one, it pushed me to always learn more, tasty for more knowledge and develop world class projects.. This nanodegree is gold.
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Program Details
Why should I enroll?
Companies are actively seeking qualified web developers who know how to design and build web experiences for mobile devices. Udacity has partnered with Google to bring you the Mobile Web Specialist Nanodegree program to help you learn the critical skills needed to help you learn the critical skills necessary for success in this field.
Over the course of this program, you will convert an existing web application to be mobile ready. Specifically, you will:
- Build mobile-friendly, responsive, accessible designs
- Create offline-capable experiences that make your app usable even in spotty or high latency connection environments
- Optimize your application and pages to load quickly and efficiently for users
What jobs will this program prepare me for?
The Mobile Web Specialist Nanodegree program will prepare intermediate programmers for a career in mobile web application development. Some examples of job titles that align with your new skills are:
- Mobile Web Specialist
- Mobile Web UI Developer
- Front-end Web Specialist
This program will also prepare you for Google’s Mobile Web Specialist Certification (this is a separate certification offered independently by Google).
How do I know if this program is right for me?
If you are a front-end programmer who is interested in mastering mobile web development and building top-rated web apps, this is the program for you. In this program, you'll learn best practices for mobile development, and build a capstone project that clearly demonstrates your new skills and unique vision as a developer.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW - WHY SHOULD I TAKE THIS PROGRAM?
Do I need to apply? What are the admission criteria?
No. This Nanodegree program accepts all applicants regardless of experience and specific background.
What are the prerequisites for enrollment?
To enroll, you should have experience with the following courses or skills:
- Intermediate programming with JavaScript
- Asynchronous JavaScript (AJAX)
- Git/GitHub
- Website Layout and HTML/CSS Design
- Command-Line Interface
- Experience designing and building web sites using JavaScript, HTML and CSS
This course presumes extensive use of the JavaScript programming language. It is not an introductory development course.
If I do not meet the requirements to enroll, what should I do?
We have a number of Nanodegree programs and free courses that can help you prepare, including:
ENROLLMENT AND ADMISSION
How is this Nanodegree program structured?
The Mobile Web Specialist Nanodegree program is composed of one (1) Term of six (6) months. A Term has fixed start and end dates.
The graduation requirement for this program is the completion of 3 programming projects.
Each project will be reviewed by the Udacity reviewer network. Feedback will be provided and if you do not pass the project, you will be asked to resubmit the project until it passes.
How long is this Nanodegree program?
Access to this Nanodegree program runs for the period noted in the Term Length section above.
See the Terms of Use for other policies around the terms of access to our Nanodegree programs.
Can I switch my start date? Can I get a refund?
Please see the Udacity Nanodegree program FAQs found here for policies on enrollment in our programs.
TUITION AND TERM OF PROGRAM
What software and versions will I need in this program?
For this program, you will need a computer with a broadband internet connection and a modern web browser. Most of the testing is done using Google’s Chrome browser.