Dr. Allen will talk about his trip to the North America GDG Summit and challenge our GDG to plan and organize some local events. Particular attention will be devoted to DevArt, which has a looming deadline.
Meeting Time: 3/18/2014 - 6:00pm
Meeting Location: Mercer Computer Science Building - Get location details here.
Dr. Allen promises special "artistic food."
The Google Developer Group of Mercer University strives to teach web and mobile developers about the various tools Google has available to help create great products more efficiently. GDG Macon also helps technology students at Mercer University meet developers from the local community and provide community building for Middle Georgia IT professionals.
We have had a lot of fun building community and learning together in 2013 and 2014. Just in case you missed all the action, we've collected many of the lessons from our sessions. We hope the content serves you in growing your skills as a technology professional.
Fall 2013
Connecting Your Favorite Google Services Using Google App Script
Building Web Apps at Google Scale - Introduction To AppEngine
Review of Tools for Android Development
- Special thanks to John Robinson
- AndEngine
Ignite Talks on HTML5 - Lots of Learning in 5 minutes
- Code examples
- Programming Simple Animations Using HTML, Canvas, and JavaScript
- 10 Free Resources for Learning JavaScript and HTML5
- Creating Interactive Images with SVG
Easy Data Visualization with Google Charts and JavaScript
Backbone.js
- Special thanks to Chip Bell for introducing us to the MVC pattern in JavaScript
- Code Reviewed: https://github.com/chipbell4/backbone-gdg-talk-01_28
Avast, Ye Pirates: Write a Web App using Dart
Coming Soon to Mercer GDG in Spring 2014
- Data driven Android apps
- Augmented Reality Technology
- Freebase API
- Writing Apps for Glass
- NASA Space Apps Challenge
You can with Google Charts! It's a simple Javascript library for visualizing your data online. All you have to do is add some data and start putting up maps, charts, graphs, and other useful data visualization tools.
Sound like something you would like to use? Read on!
Through Google Documents, Google provides amazing web based tools for students, businesses, and educators. During a Google Developer Group meeting at Mercer University, I was introduced to a cool programming technology enabling developers to customize Google App experiences using JavaScript. Using Google App Script, you can automate tasks and connect Google products to together. You can also connect apps to third-party data sources and API's.
Hello everyone! I'm Stephen Finney. I'm a computer science student at Mercer University and I love technology. I'm glad that you're here.
At GDG, it's our hope that the tools and software we showcase every week will positively affect your experience as a developer. There's a lot of cool things going on in the world of technology, and it's our mission to share them with you.
As a developer, I get the most excited when my work is able to impact people in a meaningful way.