PhoneGap: Making cross-platform mobile development easier for everyone!

With the ongoing push to cloud first, mobile first development how are we as developers going to stay current with the latest, greatest trends on major devices? Easy, use what we already know. PhoneGap allows developers with experience in HTML, JavaScript and CSS to easily create cross-platform mobile applications and still use native device features utilizing JavaScript APIs. In addition to PhoneGap developers can also take advantage of PhoneGap Build to package your PhoneGap apps in the cloud for multiple platforms.

During this presentation we will cover the basics of PhoneGap, PhoneGap Build and demonstrate interacting with various device specific functionality such as GPS, Accelerometer and Camera. As we all know nothing is perfect so we will also discuss some potential obstacles when using PhoneGap and specific use cases when it is simply better to use Xamarin or just go native.

Speaker Bio

Duane Odum is a Technical Lead and Principal Consultant at Interactive Business Systems, Inc. with areas of specialization in SharePoint Administration/Development and Mobile App Development. He is a Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert and is currently working towards becoming a Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer. Duane is a United States Army veteran that has over 10 years of IT experience in networking, systems administration and development. He is also an active blogger regarding new and emerging technologies as well as SharePoint specific issues and resolutions. Duane is a passionate speaker and enjoys teaching others almost as much as he enjoys learning from them.