Do you live in, or around, Manhattan and are interested in learning more about desktop and mobile application development? Then you're in luck. I'll be speaking to the New York ColdFusion User Group (NYCFUG) on June 8th at 6:30 at the New York Medical Center. I'll walk you through the steps to write applications that can be deployed to the web, desktop, and mobile devices from a single codebase. Learn the basics of jQuery, AIR, and Phonegap. Use existing skills in jQuery, HTML/JS/CSS, AIR, and ColdFusion, to compile applications that can truly be used anywhere.
I've just confirmed that I'll be presenting in person to NYCFUG, the New York ColdFusion User Group on June 8th. That in and of itself is exciting as it has some top notch members. Even better than that is that I'll be presenting IN PERSON! That's right...I'm coming all the way from Nashville, TN to the big city to talk about one of my favorite topics in programming these days...Adobe AIR.
So I've finally taken the plunge and started working on an honest to God iPhone application. Up until now it's just been reading about the process, dabbling with XCode, or talking to other like-minded individuals who were also in the same boat. The application I'm building will be a mobile version of Whiskerino, the bi-annual beard contest I've been a part of since 2001. It's not meant to be a replacement for the website, but more of a complement. It'll feature many of the same features, reading (and posting to) the chat window, and browsing photos, as well as being able to post your own photo. None of that is all that revolutionary. The big news is that I've decided to take the low(er) road and skip learning Objetive-C for now and use the PhoneGap framework.
