Event Overview
Join us Saturday, December 1st, 2012 for the first ever Big Corona Meetup where presenters from across the United States will be talking exclusively about mobile app development using the Corona SDK.
This online event will span 6 hours in total and will be broken up into 2 hour sessions. Each session will focus on a key area of app development as presenters walk through examples and answer questions via live chat. If you've ever wanted to develop apps for iPhone, iPad, Android, Kindle Fire, or Nook, then this an online event designed especially for you.
How much does it cost?
There's no cost to attend this live online event. You can come and go as needed.
When: Saturday, December 1st, 2012
Where: Google+ Hangout
Duration: 6 hours ( 2pm EST - 8pm EST )
Cost: Free
Session Information:
Information for each session is listed below, so you can attend the session that interests you most or just hangout and attend them all. Be sure to RSVP for the event so you will get a reminder before the event starts. Contact us directly if you have any questions about the event.
How will chat be handled?
Questions will be curated during the event directly on the live Google+ page and TweetChat using the hashtag #CoronaSDK.
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Getting Started with Corona SDK
Presenter: Jen Looper, Boston Corona Ambassador
Duration: 1 hour 50 minutes
Start time: 2pm EST - 3:50pm EST
What will be covered:
- Introduction to Corona SDK
- Graphic Design for Mobile Devices using Corona
- Sprite artwork creation
Presenter Bio:
Jen Looper
Jen Looper is the Boston CoronaSDK Ambassador and is happy to share her enthusiasm for building mobile apps of all types. As founder of LadeezFirstMedia. Jen specializes in educational apps and tools for families, including iZhongWen, a kickstarter-funded app live in the App store which teaches conversational Mandarin Chinese, and several ePublications for various platforms.
Jen has experience teaching beginning students at venues such as the Wellesley Code Academy and will be presenting an overview of CoronaSDK in the first section of the BigCoronaMeetup.
When not working at her day job or her moonlighting gigs, Jen is the mom of two teenage daughters and is an aficionado of Arabic music and dance styles. She will be joined by Adam Russell, also a successful app developer, who will join us from Connecticut to discuss graphic design for mobile screens and how to create spritesheets. Follow Jen on Twitter
Corona Labs Team Talk
Presenter: Walter Luh, CEO Corona Labs
Duration: 30 minutes
Start time: 3:50pm EST - 4:20pm EST
Walter Luh
What will be covered:
The Corona Labs team is always hard at work to make a truly cross platform mobile development platform a reality. So, Walter Luh will be sharing insights into where the platform has been, were it is today, and where it's headed tomorrow. Walter is an inspiring speaker and always has something great to share, so be sure to catch this short session.
Presenter Bio:
Walter is the CEO and co-founder of Corona Labs and the creator of Corona SDK.
Prior to Corona Labs, he led the Adobe Flash Lite engineering team. As Lead Architect, he achieved technical breakthroughs, pioneered advanced mobile research, and jump-started strategic relationships with Texas Instruments and Cisco. With over a decade of R&D experience, he has a proven track record of shipping successful products from mobile runtimes like Flash Lite to industry-standard desktop products such as Adobe Illustrator and Apple’s Final Cut Pro.
Walter holds an undergraduate degree in Physics from Swarthmore College, and a master’s degree in computer science from Stanford University. Follow Corona Labs on Twitter
“Mobile Game Creation” Basics
Presenter: Brian Gene Burton, Ed.D, Corona Ambassador, Abilene Texas
Duration: 1 hour 50 minutes
Start time: 4:20pm EST - 6:10pm EST
What will be covered:
Will be covering how to make a top-down, physics based game from concept to beta (you would want to add some additional levels before publishing).
- Development of an asteroids style game app
- Working with sprite sheets
- Corona Certification process
- Question and answer discussion
Presenter Bio:
Brian Burton
Brian Gene Burton, Ed.D. is a teacher, author, and game developer. Besides authoring “Beginning Mobile App Development with Corona” and contributing to several academic books on serious games and learning in virtual worlds, Dr. Burton has created game development degrees at two universities and enjoys researching and playing virtual environments.
Dr. Burton presents and publishes internationally on his research and enjoys sharing what he has learned about game and mobile development. When not traveling or teaching, he can be found at his home in the Ozark Mountains of Missouri with his beautiful wife of over 25 years, Rosemary. Follow Brian on Twitter
Beyond Basics
Presenter: Richard Darling, Corona Ambassador, Hawaii
Duration: 1 hour 50 minutes
Start time: 6:10pm EST - 8:00pm EST
What will be covered:
- Social Media Integration
- Improving The User Experience
- Mobile App Marketing
Presenter Bio:
Richard Darling
Richard enjoys speaking and sharing development techniques with others. There is a certain amount of satisfaction he obtains while sharing what he has learned. As a web developer and mobile app developer, he spends his days building websites & utility apps and his nights are spent developing games for his daughters. Follow Richard on Twitter
Event Moderators
Charles McKeever
Charles McKeever is a Corona Amabassador, developer, marathon runner and founding geek at Corona Geek, a Corona news site and weekly Google+ Hangout dedicated to mobile development using the Corona SDK. Charles owns and operate an online marketing business that designs, builds, and markets business websites. Follow Corona Geek on Twitter
Christopher Ward
Christopher Ward is a programmer, mud runner, web developer, biker, Jeeper, mobile app developer, and part time electronics tinkerer, who is willing to try just about anything once (twice if its fun). He is co-owner of a web-development studio and has enjoyed the benefits of Corona SDK and likes being a part of the Corona community. Follow Christopher on Twitter.
Share with a friend
Share this event with your friends on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and any other social network you like to share mobile news. Also, bring a friend to this online event so you both can take notes and get as much out of the event as possible.
Contact us directly if you have any questions about the event.
