Automate Mobile Application Testing in the Cloud with Microsoft App Center
Presented by: Aaron LaBeau
Every year new mobile devices are released for iOS and Android. With the list of supported devices growing, testing applications on physical devices is becoming more challenging and costly. ...
Format: General SessionLevel: Introductory and overviewBuild Your Own Portable Gaming System - Part 1
Presented by: Paul Pagel
Looking for a portable gaming system that you can hack on? Want to learn how to solder and assemble your own circuit board? Perhaps you want to re-experience the classic games and computer systems of your childhood. Maybe you want to make and process CD-quality audio from a variety of...
Format: PreCompilerLevel: Introductory and overviewBuilding Android for Everyone
Presented by: Sierra OBryan
Accessibility creates a better experience for everyone. Jetpack Compose simplifies development and can help us more easily build more accessible apps. In this talk, we’ll dive into some common use cases, Android Accessibility APIs, and compare these to the accessibility tools available in Jetpack...
Format: General SessionLevel: Introductory and overviewFreaky-Fast Full Stack with the FERN Stack
Presented by: Keith Kurak
Can you code, build, and deploy a full-stack app with a web, iOS, and Android front-end in four hours? If it's possible, you'll at least have a fighting chance with the FERN stack: Firebase, Expo, and React Native. This fast-paced session will walk you through writing a messaging app front-end in...
Format: PreCompilerLevel: Introductory and overviewHow to build an Android application with JetPack Compose and Kotlin
Presented by: Aaron LaBeau
The world of mobile development is constantly changing and evolving. Google's new JetPack Compose framework for Kotlin allows developers to write mobile applications quickly by using design principles from functional programming while keeping the learning curve down. In this session, Aaron LaBeau...
Format: General SessionLevel: Introductory and overviewLife in the Fastlane: App Store Deployments That Won't Make You Lose Your Mind
Presented by: Keith Kurak
Imagine deploying your shiny new app to the Apple App Store- creating certs, uploading your app to Testflight, adding testers, taking screenshots on four different devices, filling in dozens of fields on the store description, clicking through EULA’s, and resubmitting five times because the...
Format: General SessionLevel: IntermediateMaster All Frontends in Real-Time with React Native
Presented by: Stephen Shary
Front-end development is fragmented with many different stacks that are tailored to: web, Android, or iOS. We demonstrate live how React Native can be used to develop on all three platforms at the same time. We will show how to kick start a new project, make it run on all three platforms and then...
Format: General SessionLevel: IntermediateThe Case for GraphQL
Presented by: Kyle Schrade
We will be diving into why someone would want to use GraphQL and what are the benefits of using it. Starting from what is GraphQL and ending with how it can make your stack much more flexible and improve your day-to-day developer experience. We will look at many examples from our work at StockX that...
Format: General SessionLevel: Introductory and overviewUsing SVG to create responsive, interactive and animatable graphics
Presented by: Ben Hoffmann
A message is often best stated visually. Traditional methods of designing graphics, diagrams, and charts produce something that retains its aspect ratio, regardless of the size it is viewed. This may work fine for print and slide media, but fails to take advantage of viewing digital content on...
Format: General SessionLevel: AdvancedWho’s Afraid of the Big Bad Bluetooth?
Presented by: Leah Vogel
With the buzz around IoT devices, Bluetooth Low Energy technology has become increasingly popular. Apple's CoreBluetooth has been around since iOS 5, and offers a host of utility APIs. ...
Format: General SessionLevel: Intermediate