Hello everybody,
App development for Ubuntu is a hot topic and many have blogged and
talked about this in the past months. Still I’d like to point out two
things which never cease to amaze me:
- Writing the code of the app once and have it work on everything from
a phone to a TV.
- It’s easy. We had people join the Ubuntu Core Apps team, who had
never written apps using QML or HTML5. These people now delivered
some of the apps which will come preinstalled with Ubuntu phones in
stores [1] this year. Getting their feet wet and initial drafts of
the apps up and running was a matter of days only.
This is just fantastic and something we should share.
[1]
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2014/02/bq-meizu-ubuntu-smartphones-confirmed-for-2014-release
Ubuntu App Dev Schools?
At UDS we had a really nice discussion [2] about how to bring more App
Development training events to our Ubuntu community. We came up with a
number of work items [3], focusing on
- improving our presentation materials,
- making it easier for newcomers to step in, learn and present,
- reaching out to app developer communities and our LoCo teams at
the same time.
With the Ubuntu Global Jam [4] coming up in just 3 weeks and soon
followed by the 14.04 release [5] and its release parties, we have to
move fast to make this happen. To coordinate this better, David [6] and
I decided to have a daily standup meeting on Google Hangout at 9:30 UTC.
Let us know (maybe on #ubuntu-locoteams [7]) if you want to join the
conversation.
[2]
http://summit.ubuntu.com/uds-1403/meeting/22160/community-1403-appdev-schools/
[3]
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/community-1403-appdev-schools
[4] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGlobalJam
[5] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TrustyTahr/ReleaseSchedule
[6] http://davidplanella.org/
[7] http://loco.ubuntu.com/irc/
We need help.
Obviously we need teams to organise events, but we need other help as well:
- Planning. Join our planning events mentioned above.
- Hosting. If you are interested in running an event, you should check
our docs [8] and see if there’s anything missing in there.
- Collaborating. Talk to your LoCo team and see if you can host an
Ubuntu App Dev School [8] for Ubuntu Global Jam [9] or your local
14.04 release party. Give us feedback on how it’s going.
- Slightly unrelated. Help me with a VirtualBox question: I set up a
VirtualBox image using Trusty, so we can have an up-to-date image
with the newest SDK preinstalled, so we’re prepared if Mac or
Windows users turn up to an event. Unfortunately the resolution is
just up to 640×480, even with the Guest Additions loaded. Can anyone
help me out?
If you are preparing to run the event, please check our Materials [10]
section, review what we have and give us feedback. Either leave a
comment on this page, or…
On the following days we are going to have some Feedback / Q&A sessions
on Ubuntu on Air [11]:
- 26 March 2014, 09:00 UTC [12]
- 27 March 2014, 18:00 UTC [13]
There you will not only have the opportunity to ask questions about
organising your event, but also all the technical questions you should
have for running your presentations.
Another opportunity to find out more, is the LoCo Teams Update on Air
[14] on Saturday at 19 UTC.
Bringing more apps to Ubuntu is lots of fun and will make Ubuntu for
phones/tablets/laptops/desktops/TVs/everything else a lot more
interesting! :-)
[8] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoRunningAppDevSchool
[9] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGlobalJam
[10] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoRunningAppDevSchool#Materials
[11] http://ubuntuonair.com/
[12] http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20140326T0900
[13] http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20140327T1800
[14] http://lococouncil.ubuntu.com/2014/02/28/loco-teams-update-on-air/
Thanks a lot and keep up the good work everyone!
Have a great day,
Daniel
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