Good news for aspiring mobile web developers. If you are a web development enthusiast and interested in further enhancing your skills in mobile web development then get ready to be certified by Google. This technology company has launched Mobile Web Specialist Certification. And after passing the examination, your hard work will earn you a Google Badge.
The course is best recommended for technical persons having sound knowledge of creating responsive and flexible web applications. Although anyone can take this course and get certified. But having an experience is always an advantage.
Important details:
Cost of the course is $99 and applicant has to pass exam and interview to earn a badge. And it is worth to get certified due to following reasons:
- The future is mobile and the job market for mobile development will continue to rise.
- Certification from the tech giant – Google will help in putting you ahead in the race.
- You can put the badge on your social profile and most importantly glorify your resume.
And if you fail in the first attempt, there is no need to worry, because you can take the exam two more times. If you fail in the first attempt, you can re-appear immediately. However if you fail in second attempt too, then after two months, you can attempt for the exam for the third time. But if you fail third time too, then you will have to wait for another six months to take the test. And this time, you will have to repay $99 again.
The curriculum is nicely designed by Google and you can get more information here. Study guide can be downloaded from this official Google link.
Why Google is pushing towards mobile?
There is a simple reason to it – The use of mobile devices for accessing the internet has grown drastically and is expected to further increase. Here’s the graph showing (Credit: StatCounter) the rise of mobile market share:
Whether it’s accessing social media sites, making purchases, general surfing, etc. mobile phones are certainly becoming the primary device. Ask yourself – how many times you use smartphone everyday for accessing the internet? And if you are accessing any website/app, which is slow, wouldn’t it irritate you.
And Google being the undisputed search engine leader for both desktop, and mobile search; it would certainly want the sites listed in their search results or apps to perform at an optimum level especially in terms of speed on both these devices. So all this bottom outs to developing a high performance mobile site/app.
And this is what Mobile Web Specialist Certification aims to achieve – developing a high performance application for mobile devices.
So should you invest $99 and take this course?
If you really want to certification from the world’s most admired technology company then certainly go for it. Otherwise there are multiple options to get trained and certified from the world’s most recognized universities completely online from Coursera and edX. And remember this certificate or any other available in the market does not guarantee a job.
