The free-to-attend Developer Zone returns to Apps World Europe again this year, offering tons of expert advice and practical instruction on many practical and strategic aspects of making a living from building apps. Each year, Developer Zone attendees hear from leading developers, platform providers and developer community evangelists from some of the leading industry brands, all keen to share their expertise and connect with talented up and coming developer professionals. These sessions aim not only to equip you with the technical skills you need to be successful, but also cover some of the business and strategic issues developers need to be able to negotiate the highly competitive industry.
Platforms covered include:
Key issues covered on day one include:
- What’s new on leading developer platforms, and how to take advantage of these technologies in your applications and products?
- Going Self Employed as App Developer: tips on managing projects, how to build income, giving product support and managing workflow
- Examining the latest toolsets available for building apps and their ease of use functions.
- What impact do different tools have on workflow, navigation and editing source code functions?
- Turning concepts into reality, implementing latest app features Getting your app ready for the app store Deploying HTML5 apps, Boosting downloads in HTML5, and being cloud hosted Bridge frameworks from HTML5 to other platforms
- How to take advantage of the latest HTML5 and CSS3 innovations to deliver compelling websites, discover best practices and new techniques for using these technologies Learn to code more quickly and efficiently, gain practical advice for integrating new technologies in real-world scenario
- Which apps and app stores generate the most revenue ? Which users are willing to pay for apps?
- Tailoring Apps for different regions – multi-region app strategiesm Asia, versus Europe, versus US, etc.
- Premium versus Freemium - Monetisation strategies for different models, app versus web monitization
- App conversion rates – why conversion rates are important, and how to increase them ?
- Understanding the impulsive nature of in-app purchase and how to tap into these as a developer?
- Marketing and app discoverability
- Cross platform app development – the challenges and pitfalls of building cross platform apps
- Learn how to build mobile apps using cloud services
- How to use frameworks like location, motion and in-app purchasing
- Creating rich feature rich apps, multi-touch screens and animations
Key issues covered on day two include-
