Abstract:

Everybody wants a mobile presence but who has the time (or the money) to learn an ever-expanding set of development platforms?  Join us as Casey Watson provides a detailed introduction to Konnector, a mobile development framework that allows you to rapidly build native, cross-platform mobile applications while leveraging your existing web development assets.  We'll start by taking an in-depth look at the current state of mobile development options then move on to discussing the "how" and "why" of Konnector.  Finally, we'll dive right in and build a Konnector-powered mobile project from the ground up.

Bio:

Casey Watson is a Partner at Konverge Labs (http://konvergelabs.com/), Microsoft Certified Solution Developer, hopeless mobile development geek and proud father. For the last six years, Casey has been focused on helping customers realize business value through the development of quality software products, primarily on the Microsoft .NET platform. As a Certified Scrum Master, Casey is a firm proponent of agile practices and deeply believes in the value of product over process. Recently his focus has been on helping companies build solid mobile presences through the use of cross-platform development tools like Konnector. While not blogging, coding, or updating his Twitter status, Casey enjoys spending time with his family and never turns down an ice cold bottle of Blue Moon.