Introduces students to the development of application software for mobile computing platforms.  Characteristics of mobile computing platforms versus non-mobile platforms. Mobile application design principles, including design of effective user interaction and factors that affect application performance. Programming common mobile application functionality such as location, orientation, and motion awareness, as well as touch, gesture, and camera input. Interacting with remote APIs. Students will create and test a small but complete mobile application for a selected currently prominent platform and reflect upon the process.