Gilt, CBS Sports, FiftyThree and Small Planet!

We are very excited to announce a full lineup for the April Meetup - we hope to see you all there!

Gilt (http://www.gilt.com)

Matt Isaacs, Senior Software Engineer of Gilt’s mobile team, will discuss how Gilt has streamlined testing by adopting Sauce Labs’ Appium and other automated tools. He’ll also talk about some of the technical and cultural pain points related to mobile testing, and discuss Gilt’s approach to mitigating these issues.

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CBS Sports (http://CBSsports.com)

Deepesh Banerji, Director of Product at CBSsports.com, will walk us through one of the first all-in-one Sports Fantasy App. He will also discuss technical use of sockets to create a live draft experience.

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FiftyThree (http://www.fiftythree.com)

Ian Macduff, developer of embedded hardware and software, will discuss the design and technical problems involved in connecting Pencil to iPads. The Internet of Things requires Bluetooth devices that can be easily moved from one host to another by non-technical users. Come see how FiftyThree worked around limitations in BLE to achieve a great user experience.

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Small Planet (http://www.smallplanet.com)

Quinn McHenry, Senior iOS Developer at Small Planet, will be talking about how open-source tools make application development more awesome, efficient, and fun—so you can spend more time on the code you care about.

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