Hello,

My name is Ryan Williams and this my first blog post for Spring 2013 (CS401) Software Development Process Course.

For this semester long term project developing an iPad application for the Worcester Art Museum, I hope to learn and get a better understanding what it takes to create a application. I have had experience at work developing a section to the website we use for our performance testing, which allows people to compare test results for CPU & MEM results. That involved scripting in HTML, PHP, and (Bash & Perl) scripts to do the comparison called from the languages listed above. My expectations for this course are: I  hope writing theses applications in HTML and JavaScript helps increase my knowledge of what I know now for creating websites to developing my own app someday on the side. I am expecting the course to be very exciting building and seeing our class iOS application come to life! I think working as a team for the length of the semester will be a good way to prepare for future jobs. I am very curious on how Phone Gap works and looking forward to playing around with that. I have tried playing around with xCode on a Mac for iOS apps and I am curious how it compares to how we will develop this application.

Creating the blog was pretty straight forward. I have used blogs like this in the past for (CS472) Robotics. It will be good to blog about our progress and to see everything from the start to finish once the application is complete.

Looking forward to a fun semester.

Ryan

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Hello Everyone,

My name is Jason Hintlian and I am an aspiring app developer at Worcester State University.  This blog will chronicle my involvement in developing several interactive iPad apps for the Worcester Art Museum using Phone Gap.  I was born and raised in Worcester, now 29, I can remember an early childhood field trip to the Worcester Art Museum. We were going to see Walt Disney’s early work; back when Mickey Mouse smoked and drank.  Needless to say, I am very excited to get started on Monday the 28th and meet with my classmates as well as the Worcester Art Museum Staff.

I expect this class will be exciting and interesting as I have never worked with Phone Gap before.  Hopefully, It will provide the perfect atmosphere for expanding my knowledge in mobile development.  I am looking forward to seeing the versatility Phone Gap can offer in a market where developers are constantly looking for an edge.  One of my top reasons for going back to school in the summer of 2010 was my interest in mobile development.  I have finally reached the point where my ambitions might become reality, it will be an amazing experience being able to contribute to the development of these apps.

I have never blogged before today, I am so happy my experience will be made really easy thanks to WordPress.com.

Jason

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