ggd roma #7 - johanna brewer - giving to get: the underestimated role of openness in development
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Johanna Brewer, co-Founder presso FreStyl Inc. presenta Giving to Get: The Underestimated Role of Openness in Development sulla startup Frestyl all’interno della quale hanno utilizzato piattaforme e framework aperti o open source che si sono rivelate essenziali per facilitare lo sviluppo del servizio web che stanno creando, confrontandosi anche con i limiti di piattaforme chiuse come l’iPhone.TRANSCRIPT
Giving to Get: The Underestimated Role of Openness in Development
Johanna Brewer
what is frestyl?
Oct. 23 ‘10Rome, Italyfrestyl.com
World-wide launch date
First target city
Live product
First temporal-geo-localized site for events
New, simple standard for creating live music events
Open platform & tools for pushing events to the social web
innovations:
Ruby on Rails
Large, very intelligent community
Rapid prototyping
Ideal for Behavior Driven Development
iOS (iPhone, iPod touch & iPad)
Objective-C is a powerful language
Devices are a geek’s dream
World-wide penetration
When RoR & iOS Collide
iOS still has little documentation
Rapid deployment not possible
Challenging for BDD & testing
...what can we do?
Giving to Get
Ask & answer (stackoverflow.com)
Share your experience (quora.com)
Share code (github.com)
Post solutions on your blog
