PhoneGap and Legos / Meteor.JS
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This month, we'll again have a beginners session to kick us off. After that, we have two main presentations.
Presentation #1: How to build a remote control for a Lego NXT robot using phonegap
Along the way you will learn: the basics of phonegap, how to use several powerful community plugins, and how to create your own custom plugins for the community.
Matthew Ronemous is a Software Architect at BlueFletch mobile consulting. A robotic tinker and web technology seeker. He enjoys a great cup of coffee and campfires with his kids.
Presentation #2: Meteor.JS
Meteor is an open-source platform for building top-quality web apps in a fraction of the time. It excels at real-time applications such as real-time collaboration tools and games and is an "isomorphic JavaScript" platform.
Robert Persaud is lead technical developer at Kennesaw State University. He also runs Meteor Atlanta ( https://www.meetup.com/Meteor-Atlanta/ ) which you should definitely check out if you are interested in Meteor.JS.