Mobile App Development

The topic will be “Mobile App Development” and will feature two sessions on different approaches.

The first session will be on Telerik NativeScript, by Sebastian Witalec of Progress Telerik.

Introduction to NativeScript

NativeScript is a free and open source JavaScript framework for building native iOS, Android, and Windows Phone apps, which you can use with Angular 2.0. But I know what you’re thinking: another way of building apps? What makes NativeScript special? Here are a few cool things:

• Direct access to native APIs—no plugins required. Want to create a file on Android? Run new java.io.File()—in JavaScript!

• Completely native performance through the use of a JavaScript bridge natively available on all three mobile platforms.

• Cross-platform libraries for common use cases. Need to call a JSON API? Run http.getJSON

• Style native apps using CSS. Yep, that’s actually a thing.

Curious about how it all works? Come learn! Architectures will be explained; apps will be built; and fun will be had by all.

The second session will be on Hybrid App Development using Telerik Platform 2 by Brian Preece of Ypsilon Software.

In this session, I will start by explaining the differences between hybrid apps and native apps. I will then demonstrate a real app that you can download from the app stores today. The main part of the session will show the beginnings of developing a real world hybrid app and in particular how easy Telerik Platform 2 integrates OpenEdge business logic with a hybrid app. NB Even if you’ve seen me present on this topic before, please come. This is all new material.