Welcome to the Ultimate Developer Event!

VHS dominated for nearly 25 years. DVD for a decade. Today the entire collection at Netflix can be had for $8 a month. And if history is a good predictor of the future, all of this will be gone in a decade if not sooner! Same goes for all the latest technologies: Gesture control. Wearable technology. The Connected Home. Google Glass. Induction Charging. Smart health devices. Or does it? Technology gurus Cali Lewis and John P. from GeekBeat.TV give you a sneak peek into the future! What will the world look like in a decade? And most importantly, will there still be ice cream - or will the zombies eat it all?

There are millions of mobile applications saturating the market today, yet only a handful are successful. Some find short term success with novelty, but most apps are deleted shortly after they are downloaded, or go unused after a handful of uses. This session explores the ingredients of a great application and how to build meaningful experiences that will help make sure your app keeps getting used. While this session can't guarantee the next app store sensation -- that's up to you! -- it will help you avoid the product pitfalls that even the best developers will occasionally miss!

Tom has failed a bunch, he's also succeeded a few times. This talk will be geared towards how to know when it's time to kill a product and how to rebound efficiently after. Special consideration will be paid to how this works in the mobile atmosphere, and ways to avoid burning out before you fully ignite your ideas.

There are many pros and cons pertaining to native and hybrid mobile development; rightfully so, of course. Why not bring the best of both worlds into one product? With iOS 7 release on its way, this session will walk you through hybrid integration into your native development. Using Cordova (formerly PhoneGap) and its bridge between Web Views and a native app, we'll walk through how to build complex UI's that is reusable among other mobile platforms. We will also walk through an efficient way to determine what components should be developed in hybrid or native. If time allows, we will go over some tips and examples of how many successful applications use both native and hybrid development.

Attendees will obtain first-hand and practically proven examples of the disruptive effects that mobile barcode scanning solutions can bring to large small, medium and large organizations. More specifically, attendees, will learn:-How mobile barcode scanning can radically increase the number of stakeholders in enterprise-wide QA-Mobile barcode scanning and dedicated handheld scanners can be combined for seamless evolution across an organization’s lifecycle. Mobile barcode scanning can be combined with unprecedented, value-added services for tracking and managing millions of scans and devices.Cost and Technological Benefits of mobile barcode scanning over traditional approaches.

An informative and example filled discussion on how to create professional and adaptable user experience in mobile apps, through intelligent coding. Setting rules and conditions programmatically to create beautiful apps, without having to constantly contract out the front end. Basically... pro-tip design shortcut central.

What does a successful next-gen web developer look like and how do they achieve success and keep building on it? Russell Reeder, President and COO of web hosting and cloud services provider (mt) Media Temple, will share insightful business advice that will help web developers take charge to reach ultimate success. Reeder will talk about why “It Depends” is neither an acceptable answer nor a winning state of mind, and why developers should put their business hat on when they approach their work. He will then walk the audience through different scenarios to show that, when developers put blinders on, they are not aiming for success, but for failure. Through collaboration with all elements of the business, developers can be the key to sustainable success. Reeder will also explain how developers should look beyond the code and identify the problem they are addressing. How? By fully understanding their competitive advantage and the market they are targeting.

Welcome to Day Two!

Apps come in many forms - games, e-commerce platforms, educational tools and many other variations. But critical to any app is understanding how consumers engage with apps and the companies that create them. Jamie Turner will take you on an interesting and engaging exploration of how humans connect with businesses via apps and what makes some apps succeed while others fail, with special attention paid to monetizing apps and trends and strategies for creating business apps.

Is Google Glass the first drop of a tidal wave of wearable technologies or just a pair of goofy goggles? Robin Christopherson, of leading inclusive tech experts AbilityNet, will share (and more importantly - demonstrate) how tomorrow's wearables empower users beyond just taking photos and videos. Christopherson, who is blind, is an excellent first-hand example of how the choices developers make can provide for all users if they simply design for inclusion. Will you be part of the Everybody Technology future?

Responsive Web Design is now a prerequisite for creating websites that will survive and thrive on a multitude of devices. And while mobile platforms have introduced new design principles to support their delicate device-driven ecosystems, the Web is still King of the Jungle. So which design concepts and techniques should we consider when creating responsive web applications in such an unruly environment? In this session you’ll learn how to remain top of the food chain with the aid of reusable components, platform-agnostic controls and responsive patterns which can be adapted to your chosen MVC framework.

With iOS 7's new enhanced UI, this session will walk you through the steps of creating and delivering dynamic and intuitive UI using new features in UIKit. Ever thought a physics engine would only belong in the game development world? Think again! We will go through the new features of UITableView, UICollectionView, and, of course, the UIScrollView.

These pros have been there, done it, seen the pitfalls from the inside and climbed out for a successful app launch.

That's no controller in your hand! Your player hasn't already sunk $60 into your game! You want to wait how long, exactly, for that download? This talk goes over things you will need to know for making a mobile game. Topics covered will include tutorial design, touch screen controls, network limitations, and UI design. We will also go over the conventional wisdom for mobile games, and why it is usually wrong.

Automakers are re-thinking their structure and business models to move in-sync with the broader connected ecosystem and consumer trends. GM's dev kit will expand access to the infotainment environment, bringing developers new ways to make money on their apps. It's a flexible software framework that includes HTML5 and JavaScript. We don't want you to build apps for today's vehicle; we're looking for apps that will be fresh well into the future.