Use Web Skills to Build Mobile Apps
Yes it’s true. It has been a couple of months since we’ve had a DalMob Conclave and so this month we’re partnering up with Refresh Dallas to get back in the groove of things. We’ll be posting future upcoming speakers and events shortly.
Matt Baxter and Nathan Smith will show you how to take the skills you’ve honed – building sites in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript – and apply them to building mobile apps.
We will cover building a basic web app, driven by a JSON API, and show how this can be embedded into a mobile app. Technologies discussed will include: Sass & Compass, PhoneGap, Handlebars.js, and Zepto.js (a mobile-centric JS library that is akin to jQuery).
Please RSVP at the Refresh website for a headcount on the space needed for the event as well as food and drink.
If you can’t attend the July meeting, not to worry. It just so happens there is a webinar this week -Thursday June 28 – by Matt Baxter and Nathan Smith. Register for the webinar here.
Please feel free to pass this invite on to anyone else that would have interest in either of these users group.
Bios
Nathan Smith
Nathan is a Principal UI Architect at projekt202. He considers himself to be somewhere between a left and right-brained thinker. He equally enjoys thinking through wireframes and interaction design, or crafting UI line-by-line in code.
He began building web sites late last century, and has worked with large companies like Albertsons, EMC, and HP. Lately, he has ventured into doing increasingly more work on mobile apps. He created the 960 Grid System (960.gs), a design and CSS framework for sketching, designing, and coding page layouts. He also made Formalize (formalize.me), a JavaScript and CSS framework that endeavors to bring sanity to form styling.
When not geeking out about design and tech stuff, he can usually be found being overrun by his two sons, and generally enjoying fatherhood. He is also active in his local church, and holds an M.Div. degree from Asbury Theological Seminary.
Matt Baxter
Matt is a UX designer and developer at projekt202. Matt has a unique combination of skills in web development, interaction design, and visual design. With great creativity and a strong technical background, he creates digital experiences that look great and are enjoyable to use. Working mostly in front-end technologies like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, he has designed and developed great web sites and applications for desktop and mobile devices.
Matt has experience working with multiple industries including aerospace, travel, and retail. His main focus in the last few years has been on mobile web and mobile applications. When not glued to his computer, Matt enjoys spending time with his wife, drawing, and playing competitive sports.
When
July 12th from 7:00PM to 9:00PM
Come early (7:00) to mingle with like-minded designers and developers and then soak in a fresh presentation (7:30).
Free Pizza & Drinks
We’ll provide the pizza and drinks, thanks to Improving Enterprises if you provide the questions and conversation.
Where
Improving Enterprises
16633 Dallas Parkway, Suite 100
Addison, Texas 75001
