Inaugural30 June 2011

Hosted By

Meetup OrganizersJoe D’Andrea

@jdandrea

James Warren@jameswarren

Maritza Liemlie@mcdpartners.com

“Wot’s All This Then?”

Welcome

Charter and Direction

Questionnaire Summary

Developer Conferences

Open Discussion

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NY MAD Membership

~70 Registered as of 29 June 2011

88% New York

9% New Jersey

3% Florida and Pennsylvania

Charter and Direction

“At the New York MAD Meetup, iOS and Android app developers get together to talk shop, share tips and tricks, help each other tackle development problems, and enjoy tech talks by featured speakers.”

Administrivia

We meet at MCD Partners in New York City (W 25 St, between 6 and 7 Av, 4th Floor), typically on the last Thursday of each month.

NY MAD is always on the lookout forfeatured speakers. If you'd like to volunteer a development-related presentation, or you have suggestions for future meetups, let us know!

A Show Of Hands How many of you are (or expect to be):

• Native Mobile App Developers?

• Mobile Web App Developers?

• Looking for Mobile App Developers?(Keep Your Hands Raised, Please)

• Developers: See those with theirhands raised AFTER the meetup!

No Meetup Is An IslandMAD Meetup is geared toward app development.

Plenty of mobile meetups in NY. Check them out!

Mix and match, see what works best for you.

Keep an open mind, listen carefully, ask questions.

Take time to experiment. One step at a time.

“Enjoy life. This is not a dress rehearsal.”

“Be Excellent to Each Other!”

Srsly.

Questionnaire ResultsTallied on Tuesday, 28 June 2011

Weigh in @NYCMobileAppDev on Meetup

Helps Provide Future Direction for Meetups

Warning: Unscientific Measurements Ahead!

(YMMV.)

Which Mobile Operating Systems and Form Factors Do You Develop For?

34% iOS (41% Phone, 41% Tablet)

27% Android OS (24% Phone, 24% Tablet)

6% Windows Phone 7 OS

6% WebKit 6% “All” 3% PhoneGap

18%: Facebook, Flash, Flex, “Games”,HTML, JavaScript, “None”, HP webOS,PHP, REST APIs, Samsung bada

What aspect of creating mobile apps do you enjoy the most?

9% User Experience 7%: Social Networks

5% Apple Xcode 2% Developer Tools

5% Brainstorming 5% High Visibility

5% “Unsure” ???

2% Android SDK 2% “SDKs”

2% Cocoa Touch 2% .NET

What aspect of creating mobile apps do you enjoy the most?

Technologies (16%): JavaScript, MongoDB,PhoneGap, Ruby/RoR, Ubiquity Mobile, Unity 3D,Windows Communication Foundation Services

Topics (37%): App Mashups, Audiovisual Design,Augmented Reality, Desktop/Mobile Coexistence, Education, “Everything”, Form Factor, Geolocation, Graphics Algorithms, Income Opportunity,Music Composition, Physics Modeling,“Positive Reviews”, Product Development,Sensory Input, Touchscreen Constraints

What have you found to be the single greatest challenge or roadblock to

developing mobile apps?20% Learning Curve

14% Platform and Hardware Fragmentation

9% Unclear or Lacking Documentation

6% App Provisioning and Distribution

6% Finding Qualified Developer Talent

6% Lack of Real-World Examples

6% Learning Java 3% Learning Objective-C 3% MVC

What have you found to be the single greatest challenge or roadblock to

developing mobile apps?

More (34%): Creating Great User Experiences, Eclipse IDE, Framework Let-Downs,Getting Management Dedication, Graphics, Inattention to Performance and Scalability, Integrating Libraries and Frameworks,Keeping Things Simple, New Technologies,Not Enough Defections to Android OS, Outsourcing Nightmares, Testing with Emulators and Simulators

Would you ever be interested in giving a presentation to the group?

54% Yes

38% Unsure

8% No, Thanks

Attn. 54%: See @jdandrea afterward

What benefit would you most like to gain from being a part of this group?

44% Learn/Share Tips, Best Practices, Lessons

28% Meeting With Peers

9% Offering Help and Troubleshooting

6% Learning How To Get Started

6% Moral Support

3% Looking for Developer Talent

3% Project Walkthroughs and Case Studies

Developer Conferences

EXTENDED

Contributed by Bryce Barrand (Thanks Bryce!)

Big things from the March 2011 inaugural conference were:

• Number of Android Activations

• ADK. This is going to be a big deal.http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/usb/adk.html

• Next versions of Android OS will include hardware acceleration.

• NFC is also going to be big as well. Certain players will require all phones to be NFC capable.http://www.telecomasia.net/content/s-korea-require-nfc-chips-smartphoneshttp://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/first_NFC_apps_for_Android_show_up_in_market.phphttp://developer.android.com/guide/topics/nfc/index.html

25M iPads sold in 14 Months

425K apps in the App Store, 90K+ for iPad

14B apps downloaded

$2.5B+ paid to developers

225M+ accounts with 1-click purchasing

Chartsengrafs

“The hardware is the brains.The software is the soul.”

Developer-Facing Features Announced At Keynote:

New Developer Tools, Backlight Level Setting, Dictionary Popover,Newsstand Kit, Full Page Curl Transition, OpenGL ES Debugger, GL Kit,

OpenGL ES Game Extensions, Access to LED Flash, Storyboarding,Forward and Reverse Geocoding, GameKit Achievement Notification Banners,

Automatic Reference Counting, AirPlay from AV Foundation Apps,New View Animations, Data Protection for Core Data,

Fast Forward and Rewind Streaming Content, Page View Controller,vForce and vImage Libraries, Core Image, Improved PDF Support,

Customize UI, Location Support in iOS Simulator

1,500+ New API Methodsin iOS 5

Open DiscussionIt’s time to “talk shop!” The floor’s open.

Here’s what’s fair game:

• Relevant Developer Industry News

• Frameworks/APIs, Libraries, IDEs

• Programming Language Questions

• Specific Development Challenges & Problems

http://meetup.com/NYCMobileAppDev

Thank You!