Building an API with Visual Studio Code and Node.js At the April Austin Microsoft Developer Meetup, I gave a talk about using Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code to build web applications and API’s with Node.js. I also showed everyone how to quickly and easily deploy those Node.js web applications to Microsoft Azure’s App Services. We used both Express and Hapi to build web applications –… Read More
Running in all 50 States – 50 States, 50 Marathons Earlier this month, my wife Cheri and I finished running a marathon (or longer) distance in each of the fifty states of the US by finishing the Maui Oceanfront Marathon in Hawaii. It was a goal I’d worked on since my first marathon, in Maine, in October 2008. I gave a talk on running in… Read More
Developing a Student Media App Presentation I had the opportunity to give a talk about developing mobile apps for college student media publications today at the ACP/CMA College Media Convention here in Austin today. We had a great discussion about pitfalls around developing in-house native apps for college newspapers and magazines.… Read More
Twilio Signal 2015: Video of my Talk My Talk at Twilio’s Signal 2015 Conference, Using your web development skills to build Twilio-powered apps for Android and iOS, is now up as a video. If you’re interested in adding voice to your mobile apps using the Twilio Client Plugin for PhoneGap, this video is a short intro to the topic. If you have… Read More