Developing and Deploying Android Apps
Wednesday May 30th, 2012
6:30 - 8:30 PM
Presented by Allen Halsted and Daniel Solano Gómez
Deploying Your Android Application
There are a lot of options and obstacles to both consider and deal with when deploying an Android application. In the last nine months, Allen has developed and now supports six such applications. From that, Allen will share his experiences and results with the various app stores. In addition, Allen will offer some ideas and show a few 3rd party tools to help you support your applications with analytics and error handling.
Developing Android Apps with Alternate JVM Languages
Java is the primary language for Android development. However, it's not your only choice. Daniel will mix talking about his experiences using alternative languages with giving live demonstrations of these techniques in action. His primary emphasis will be on two hot JVM languages: Scala and Clojure.Allen Halsted is an independent game developer who has been in the game industry for over twelve years, starting with Digital Tome in 1999. He has several published titles on the PC, Facebook and most recently he has been developing games for Android phones and tablets. He currently has four games and two live wallpapers available on the Android and is actively developing a fifth game for the platform.
Daniel Solano Gómez is an independent software developer in Houston with over ten years of professional experience. He has worked in the telecommunications and oil services industries, primarily using object-oriented technologies such as Java and C++.
Daniel has developed Android applications using Java, Clojure, Scala, and C++, including the Clojure REPL for Android, available from the Play Store. He has presented about alternative Android development at conferences and user groups and is writing a book about C and C++ Android development for O'Reilly Media. Daniel is also a Google Summer of Code 2012 mentor for a student working on improving the Clojure/Android development experience.
Please RSVP
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Meeting Location: CTREC Hilton IT Academy - NEW VENUE
6200 Savoy Dr. Map
Suite 1000 (10th floor)
Houston, TX 77036
Driving directions and parking
Suggested Parking:
Park in the parking garage in a CTREC parking spot in the parking garage across from the building on levels 2, 3, or 4.
Meeting Sponsor: TEKsystems
Sponsor Website: http://www.teksystems.com
About TEKsystems
Ranked #1 in the industry by IT Services Business Report for ten consecutive years, TEKsystems is a flagship company of Allegis Group, a $5.6 billion enterprise with positive annual growth since its founding.
In a single year, TEKsystems provides over 70,000 technical professionals to support critical IT engagements at more than 5,500 client sites, including 82% of the Fortune 500. With 90 offices and over 2,200 recruiters throughout North America and Europe, our reach grants us access to 81% of the technical professional workforce. It also enables us to speak with over 10,000 technical professionals a week and meet with more than 2,600 of them face to face when recruiting top talent.
Our size speaks to our experience and success in helping our customers meet business goals. However, being big is not necessarily what makes us great. Our proven process to understand our customers' specific needs and deliver the right solutions supported by the absolute best match of talent sets us apart.
We are committed to our clients' utmost satisfaction – and this commitment shows in the results of our annual customer surveys. In terms of overall satisfaction, TEKsystems' customers rated us nearly 30% points higher than our competition. Moreover, TEKsystems' customers' likelihood to recommend our services to a friend or colleague is ranked 35% points higher. We are confident that we can bring this superior level of satisfaction to your organization.
About our venue sponsor: CTREC Hilton
CTREC Hilton IT Academy is a premier training provider strategically positioned to facilitate and educate professionals in the Information Technology field and beyond.Our mission is to offer an esteemed level of quality IT training by using real world solutions, supported by a dynamic, energized team focused on providing excellence in and outside the classroom.
Headquartered in Houston, TX, CTREC Hilton IT Academy specializes in Microsoft, CISCO, CompTIA, Citrix, ITIL, PMP, and VMWare training. A Prometric Testing Center is onsite as well.
Web site: www.ctrechilton.com
Door Prizes and Giveaways! - must have Eventbrite RSVP printout to win
- JetBrains has donated one IntelliJ license to be raffled off at this month's HJUG meeting if we have 30 attendees
- Hello2Morrow has donated a SonarGraph Personal license to be raffled off at this month's HJUG meeting
- ZeroTurnaround has donated a license of JavaRebel to be raffled off this month
- Headway Software has donated a license of Structure101 and a license of Restructure101
Meeting sponsored by Structure101 for Tangle free software.
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