Sep 3, 2013 · Comments
The 2nd annual “That Conference” software development conference held in the Wisconsin Dells was a few weeks ago and I personally think it was even more successful than last year. I met a lot of great people and attended some fantastic sessions.
This year I was able to come up to the Dells the weekend before the conference for Midwest GiveCamp. I was fortunate enough to work with a great team on a web application for Humanitarian Toolbox, a newer charity focusing on disaster recovery via software solutions, building a system for tracking and assigning volunteers during disasters.
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Aug 9, 2013 · Comments
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Throughout the entire year I’ve been focusing heavily on web development, especially JavaScript. When I decided to create another mobile app a few months ago, building it with web technologies made sense! Here’s a breakdown of the tech used to build Fitwatchr:
HTML5, CSS3 - The entire app is a web based SPA (single page application). The only HTML consists of one main file, with divs for each tab. Knockout.js - for easy control of dynamic HTML views QUnit - for unit testing and practicing a TDD development approach.
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Aug 8, 2013 · Comments
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Connect your Fitbit account, calculate your daily activity points, then launch Weight Watchers mobile site to log them:
Update 2/23/2014: Fitwatchr has been updated to include an expanded focus - everyone, regardless of weight loss program, can enjoy the app. More background details:
A while ago I joined WeightWatchers. They have a pedometer you can buy that tracks steps and thus calculates earned activity points; neat, but I wasn’t thrilled that it was tied to their platform (plus a monthly sub fee!
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