Doris Chen
Developer Evangelist, Microsoft
Dr. Doris Chen is a Senior Technology Evangelist at Microsoft specialized in web technologies.
Silicon Valley Code Camp : October 11th and 12th 2014Session
Angular or Backbone: Go Mobile!
This talk will take an intimate look at two of today’s most popular frameworks, Angular and Backbone and explore their differences. We will demonstrate a “To Do” mobile app using Angular and Backbone, with access to native device capabilities.
About This Session
Angular or Backbone, which one you will use in your mobile app? How could you develop a mobile app across iOS, Android or windows devices? This talk will take an intimate look at two of today’s most popular frameworks, Angular and Backbone and explore their differences. We’ll show how Apache Cordova opens the world of mobile app development to web developers. In the session, we will demonstrate a “To Do” app using Angular and Backbone, with access to native device capabilities. We’ll compare the frameworks when transported to the world of mobile app development. Along the way, you'll also learn what kind of apps are best-suited for the hybrid architecture and when to make the switch from web app to mobile app.
The Speaker(s)
Ryan Salva
Principal Program Manager Lead, Microsoft
Ryan is a Principal Program Manager on the Visual Studio Client Tools team at Microsoft where he looks after HTML, CSS and JavaScript development. Today, he focuses primarily on mobile app development using web technologies and Apache Cordova. However, he comes from a 14 year career in web standards development & advocacy as an entrepreneur, developer and graphic designer.