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Droidcon UK 2012: Victor Palau on Using Ubunto to develop cloud-connected Android apps
Using Ubunto to develop cloud-connected Android apps
Most Android apps nowadays are a front or local client for online services, from backing up data to the cloud to providing a cross platform service. This requires developers to have access to not just an Android environment, but also to a staging server that they can mess with. This requires the app developer to either gain knowledge of how to set up this complex web, or wait for someone to do it for them.
Juju is a service orchestration tool that allows you to deploy cloud applications like WordPress or Mysql to live clouds such as Amazon Web Services (AWS). Juju Charms package the wisdom of experience Dev Ops so anyone can deploy a complex apps with few simple commands. This can first be done to a local environment running in your laptop, and once you are confident on the service, deploy it to a live cloud. Ubuntu ,the leading linux desktop distribution, brings together the best support for Android app development (used by the Google Android team) with an easy to use cloud deployment toolset.
This talk will explore the simplicity of developing an android app that needs to talk to a cloud service. The talk will be framed around an example of a “TODO list” android app that locally stores information into a SQLite database, and then backs-up user data to the cloud. The talk will show how a android developer can deploy, in his or her laptop, a complex web service with just a handful of commands, and then get the application talking to the service form within the android emulator. Join us to grasp how Ubuntu can provide android developers a full test environment in a box.
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Fun times were had at Droidcon London 2012! The Android community came out in full swing to present their latest apps, their niftiest solutions, and most innovative applications of Android. You can watch all the videos here as they become available. We're poised to repeat 2012's success in 2013. Over the next months, we'll be working to put together a bleeding edge programme for the next edition. For you proper devoted Droidcon fanatics out there, we're touting the first 50 tickets for just £50! That's a steal if we ever saw one for two days of the greatest Android event in Europe! Don't miss out and book your tickets now!
Introduction to Android
- Two-day Android training course for Busy Coders wanting a firm foundation in Android development.
- Learn the basics of getting Android applications and user interfaces up and running
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- Delivered by Kevin McDonagh, of Droidcon & Londroid fame
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Advanced Android
- Two day, intensive Android training course.
- Authored by Mark Murphy, founder of CommonsWare and keynote speaker at Droidcon 2012
- Learn the ins-and-outs of many powerful Android subsystems, from integrating WebKit browsers into your application, through integrating with Android events, searches, and home screens.
- Be confident to construct a rich Android application, blending data from multiple data sources (Web, GPS, maps, contacts).
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- Two-day, hands-on, practical workshop
- Learn how to enhance existing sites and create highly interactive web applications using HTML5.
- Covers all new features in HTML5 - with an eye towards practical apps, especially for mobile app development
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Matthew Baxter-Reynolds PhoneGap & Apache Cordova
- Two-day course where you build fully-functioning mobile Web applications using PhoneGap/Apache Cordova.
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- Manage multi-platform source code properly.
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ABOUT VICTOR PALAU
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Victor is the Commercial Engineering Director at Canonical. Prior to joining Canonical, Victor spent 8 years in the Mobile industry and he is currently involved in the Ubuntu for Android project.
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ABOUT THE LONDON ANDROID USER GROUP
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Founded after it's 2007 unveiling , the London Android User Group has since met monthly to discuss how the community can continually push the Android platform into it's interconnected future. We care about technology and Androids place in future technology, no OS wars here just constructive discussion on design, development, build systems & processes.
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PODCAST USING UBUNTO TO DEVELOP CLOUD-CONNECTED ANDROID APPS
This session took part at the Droidcon UK 2012. You can view the other 73 podcasts here.
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