From Mobile Website to Mobile App

In this talk we will explore ways to turn your mobile website into an iPhone or Android app. We begin by taking a look at the most well known cross platform framework, PhoneGap. We will learn what it is and isn't and see what it is like to set it up and the challenges it presents. Then we will look at a relatively new platform, Icenium. Like PhoneGap, it is based on Apache Cordova, but it offers a different and more complete development environment. Finally, if time permits, we will take a look at Windows 8 development. Window 8 offers an HTML/CSS/JavaScript development environment which is easy for traditional web devs to learn and master.

About Troy Miles (@therockncoder (http://twitter.com/therockncoder))

A designer and developer of software since 1979, Troy began his career writing games in assembly and C. Since then he has written code in C++, C#, Objective-C, Java, JavaScript and even a smidgen of Python. Along the way, some of his titles have won awards, he became a Microsoft Certified Solution Developer, and in 2012, he won a developer challenge at a local Microsoft Windows Phone Unleashed event.

His passion since 2007 has been mobile and mobile web development. In 2011, he joined the mobile development team at Kelley Blue Book. His small team is responsible for the KBB.com application for iPhone, Android, and Windows Phone 7 and the mobile versions of KBB.com. Troy also spends time talking to developer groups and maintaining his blog, The Rock n Coder (http://therockncoder.blogspot.com/). Find him on LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com/pub/troy-miles/1/632/751)

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Location and Parking

Metered street parking is available on Hill and Broadway Streets. There is also a paid parking lot at 420 Bernard in Bamboo Plaza with reasonable rates, or another lot on Broadway. For public transit, we are a couple of blocks from the Chinatown Gold Line station, and multiple bus routes go up and down Hill and Broadway.

Map to help you find us

http://bit.ly/qy8Xkj... (http://bit.ly/qy8Xkj) kleverdog coworking is located in an alleyway between Hill and Broadway; just a couple doors down from Phoenix Bakery on Broadway. Look for the bright red door with the 418 address -- we're on the second floor.