Sessions

Android Things lets you build professional, mass-market products on a trusted platform without previous knowledge of embedded systems. It is estimated that by 2020 there will be 50 billion connected things. But what [...]

Have you heard of "death by PPT"? Are you sometimes guilty of making your presentation slides boring and uninspiring? PowerPoint gets a bad rep, but actually it's a tool that most people don't [...]

Conveying complex ideas to a non-technical audience is one of the hardest things for a tech expert to do. You can easily lose them once you start using jargon, showing reports or technical [...]

The creative brain and the logical brain: two sides of the same coin, at least when it comes to app development. The two are inextricably linked: a great app needs a well thought [...]

Chris gave us a nice interview with the thoughts he had on our mdevcon conference (now rebranded to appdevcon). There is also a video of Chris' mdevcon 2016 session, you can find it [...]

SwiftUI and Combine are two new frameworks that change…everything. Attend this session to get up to speed on using them in your existing or new iOS app projects. This session will focus on [...]

This session was recorded at Mdevcon 2016. Unfortunately, the audio for this session was recorded at a low volume, but we decided to release it anyway. Don't forget to turn your volume back [...]

Have you ever wanted to fix a bug in AOSP but found it daunting? Have you wanted to search the code in AOSP but found it difficult? We’ll dig into the tools like [...]

You are a subject matter expert. Not an expert in negotiation. In dealing with an experienced negotiation party there is a chance smart techniques are used that benefit them. To remain argumented it [...]

Respectfully dealing with your colleagues, customers and relatives has more effect than you think. Do you master the art of giving feedback so that everyone can work constructively? Giving feedback requires a number [...]

New technologies offer opportunities and solutions for businesses. They make our industry grow. Do you know how to present your vision enthusiastically so you'll bring in that investor or client? How to bring [...]

Join us as we talk with closing keynote speaker Paul Hudson about his keynote, diversity and his experience at conferences.

We interviewed Eliza Camber about her session at Appdevcon 2019. Check out what she has to say about building your own IoT device and what she thought of the conference!

At Appdevcon 2017 we interviewed Wiebe Elsinga. Hear his talk about his session, about his experience at Appdevcon and the state of app development in general.

Testing an app on your new Pixel 2 device under perfect network conditions works great, but you're getting reports of strange behavior from the wild and weird crashes that you can't reproduce. This [...]

Thanks to Apple, everyone now can create his own app with just a few lines of code. We build complex interfaces, great capabilities and shiny use cases. However when it comes to performance [...]

I bet you have had some amazing app ideas. Maybe you even build some. It might even be your hobby. If you did, most likely you had the same experience as most of [...]

You are ready to take the next step with your app, but unsure about what to do and what to do first. There are so many ideas and suggestions, but what is the smart [...]

Customer engagement is al jaren een uitdaging voor retail. De relatie met klant wordt steeds belangrijker, maar hoe bouw je die relatie op als je klant steeds ongrijpbaarder worden? We staan aan het [...]

Apple Search & Google App campaigns are two of the most popular channels to be used for user acquisition. They're both pretty easy to set up and manage in basic modus. However, there are [...]

Use technology to make the world a better place. Sounds good, right? But where to start and what good can we possibly do with very limited resources? At Hack The Planet, this is [...]

ROUND TABLE 1: Increasing App Visibility & Rankings in the App Stores through App Store Optimisation While SEO is considered essential for websites, the importance of ASO is less notorious within App Marketing. [...]

ROUND TABLE 1: Fail faster Are you curious about Clockwork’s ‘Fail Fast’ approach embraced by a.i. Rabobank, ANWB, Schiphol and the Dutch National Police? How do they figure out what to make (and [...]

Round table 1: Voice en chat(bots) & new tech within apps The use and adoption of messaging apps and voice interactions such as smart speaker is growing rapidly. During this roundtable we will [...]

ROUND TABLE 1: Employee participations Finding the right people is one thing, but more and more businesses are becoming concerned with keeping them. Employee participation is an increasingly popular way of binding employees [...]

The world is changing rapidly and we all have to change our behaviour. Be more aware of what we are doing with this planet and act to preserve this planet. There are a [...]

MVP is one of the most commonly misunderstood concepts in the lean entrepreneurship world. The word viable mean differently for different people, where as minimum if often understood as mean or cheap. In [...]

We talk wist visual designers, interaction designers, branding and communication specialists for this track. Host Zita bebenroth (YipYiP)

We talk with product owners, growth hackers & digital strategists for this track Host Wiebe (Egeniq)

We talk wist visual designers, interaction designers, branding and communication specialists for this track.Host: Anne-Marie Dröes

How to implement an app in a complex and commercial organization shifting focus quickly whilst developing? What bumps to take, which turns to make and where to stop and go. Let us explain [...]

The growing digitization brings organisations new possibilities regarding their business models. More and more organisations, but also individuals, are using apps because of the interesting opportunities they create. These opportunities also bring new [...]

Google recently announced Jetpack Compose, a new declarative style UI toolkit that will shape the future of app development. This talk will give you an overview of the toolkit, diving into the various [...]

Is your site or app backend prepared to handle viral traffic? Can it survive a Black Friday sale? Many developers know how to setup a basic web server, but not how to build [...]

Good architecture is crucial to the maintainability, testability, and consistency of an application. With the introduction of SwiftUI, Apple has taken a giant step towards Declarative UI which is quite appreciated in the [...]

Let's create a conversation between you and Google that helps you to retrieve information about what's on TV. At Google we provide assistance to our products for years. With the Google Assistant we [...]

Building awesome app sometimes differ from building secure app. Along with functional features of an app, building an awesome app means security assurance throughout the whole development lifecycle so that the app is [...]

An inclusive type of approach creates better  mobile apps because it aims to benefit all users, therefore also those who must cope with disabilities. Thinking in terms of accessibility throughout the entire process [...]

Have your heard? SwiftUI and Combine are two new frameworks that revolutionize how to build apps with less code in a more standardized way, that is also more robust and less error-prone. It’s [...]

When people think of chatbots, they often think of that little support popup on a website, not understanding what you actually mean. It shouldn't be like that. With AI powered chatbots, it doesn't [...]

We all know that rewrites are bad, but sometimes necessary. For example, imagine you "forgot" to publish an update for your app in last 4 years. This is exactly the case of one [...]

Developing a great mobile app is not an easy feat. You have to design your interfaces, implement your business logic, hook it all up to your own and/or a third party’s APIs, set [...]

Code review is a good method to maintain a high code quality. However, there are some concerns that are introduced when this method is used too often. For example, many members would request [...]

In this workshop you’ll learn how to get started with Vapor, the server-side Swift framework. This workshop will teach you everything you need to know to go from nothing to building a full [...]

Personal assistants haven't been exclusive to the Miranda Priestlys and Don Drapers of this world for a long time now. Everyone that owns a smart phone can get one for free. And for [...]

"Very few of the best apps and services in the world were created by a single person. So if we want to be a part of the next great product, why wouldn't we [...]

Let’s think about the decisions you make every day. How many came out of negotiations? In fact nine to ten were acts of negotiation. Negotiations are made all day; about the dinner in [...]

"Home Automation is taking off in popularity. Now smart home devices can be controlled with conversational voice commands providing unparalleled convenience. Smart displays, apps, and any device with a personal assistant can also [...]

The "Structured concurrency" paradigm promises to make concurrency, which is one of the most difficult and error-prone aspects of software, safer and more efficient. It's a new and intriguing concept which, nonetheless, already [...]

Flutter is all nice and fun, but you will probably run into these gotcha's regarding the native side of (using/building) Flutter apps. For example, how to handle that back button? How to deal [...]

When you write unit tests for your projects, there’s a fair chance that you do so by following the classical « Given-When-Then » paradigm, in which you set some input data, execute the [...]

Last year we've shipped a couple of features and improvements in our apps at Funda, with the goal to aid millions of searchers find their next dream home. Along the way we've learned [...]

There’s nothing more exciting than starting on a new project. But sometimes, there’s nothing scarier. You’re starting out with a clean slate, so now is your chance to do everything right. Perfect, even. [...]

TDD is a skill. It takes 5 mins to learn it, but a lifetime to master. The only way to master a skill is by practicing it. In this talk, we'll see why [...]

Mobile campaigns are a one-way means of communication with the users. If we fail to talk to them the right way, we will see a decrease in purchases, or worse, an increase in [...]

When an app is aimed to be a product that brings money, its development starts much earlier than we sketch first screens or write the first line of code. There are differences in [...]

Contact moments must also be attractive and interesting, otherwise they will disappear among the many daily stimuli that have no direct value for your target group. Zoom webinar: https://zoom.us/j/98657100483

Synchronizing design teams with engineering teams is a huge challenge. As teams scale, new growing pains start around how to properly align colors and other design details between teams, in a uniform way. [...]

The latest on how to improve ROI and conversion rates, both through bidding optimization as well as the best use of creatives. Apple Search & Google App campaigns are two of the most [...]

The era of brogramming is dead, and nothing of value was lost. In its place we're entering an era where developers must learn to accept ethical and moral responsibility for the software we [...]

The world in which we operate changes all the time, whether it is new technology, the market situation, client demands or indeed internal changes, new management, a merger etc. Continuously using the collective [...]

Course Description The SwiftUI and Combine frameworks will completely alter the way you write iOS, watchOS, and macOS apps. Join Daniel Steinberg for two jam packed, hands-on days which will introduce you to [...]

Course Description The SwiftUI and Combine frameworks will completely alter the way you write iOS, watchOS, and macOS apps. Join Daniel Steinberg for two jam packed, hands-on days which will introduce you to [...]

Parkmobile is the leading provider of parking solutions in The Netherlands. It is currently operating in 11 countries and our apps are used by more than 9 million of customers worldwide. During the [...]

Want to start building apps for people with disabilities but don’t know where to start? In this session we cover everything to start right now! There are many people with learning disabilities around [...]

Introducing Swift-Sprinter, an open-source library for Swift with AWS Serverless that allows mobile iOS developer to go full-stack. It'll explore the advantage of using the Serverless architecture for mobile app presenting a case [...]

Companies want to have consistent products, yet they still divide up their teams into each platform. Removing these silos between developers can result in a more engaged team, a more consistent product, and [...]

Are you suffering from traffic jam fatigue? Are you distressed by the mere idea of a fixed, open-plan office? Many developers are eschewing the traditional office in favour of remote work, including me. [...]

Nowadays, the mobile world has started to see larger adoption of the declarative style to build UI as opposed to the (not so) old imperative style. This pattern is borrowed from the web [...]

We’re all familiar with URLSession, and have probably at least heard of Alamofire. We probably know about http, https, POST and GET requests. But how does all of that stuff actually work? How [...]

Talk. Explore the declarative (what to accomplish) style of building UI compared with the imperative (how to accomplish) one. Zoom webinar: https://zoom.us/j/91736773861

Stepping up to lead a team, becoming a business owner, and hiring staff are big changes that will ask different skills and capacities than you have had to use before. Growth, both personally [...]

This video is part of a series of interviews at mdevcon 2013.

At appdevcon 2017 we interviewed Cesare Rocchi. Hear him talk about his session, about his experience at appdevcon and the state of app development in general.

At Appdevcon 2017 we interviewed Andrea Falcone. Hear her talk about her session, about her experience at Appdevcon and the state of app development in general.

At Appdevcon 2017 we interviewed Joe Birch. Hear his talk about his session, about his experience at Appdevcon and the state of app development in general.

At Appdevcon 2017 we interviewed Oliver Halligon. Hear his talk about his session, about his experience at Appdevcon and the state of app development in general.

In this hands-on workshop you will learn how to build ReactNative apps with GraphQL and Apollo. GraphQL is the successor technology to RESTful APIs. Step by step, you will build a fully-fledged application [...]

The idea of Aspect Oriented Programming has been around for 20 years. But even today, it’s seldom used in Android application development. AOP is a powerful tool and complement to OOP, to add [...]

You've read the blog post on how to use Rx to observe for a username and password combo and then enable a button. Let me tell you it's boring and a stupid post. [...]

Developers know that testing their apps is important. Quality increases, maintenance gets easier, and time is saved in the long run. Still, most developers don’t write tests for their apps. Why? Because testing [...]

Smaller houses require less heating. Smaller apps require less time to get aquainted with. In this talk we will walk together through the advantages of a small team, a small product, a small [...]

You’ve been on that big, complicated project where management is using one methodology or another to determine to decide what you’re working on. What if you were in charge? What if you had [...]

Developers love writing features--features are what your users see and enjoy. Security seems like an annoying afterthought not worth investing in. But ignore security at your peril--once a threat appears it is too [...]

NativeScript has opened up a whole new world to Angular developers: the ability to share code directly between your web and native iOS/Android applications. Which is awesome! But, just because you can share [...]

Sketching is a crucial skill that spans all job titles. It helps with brainstorming ideas, iterating through concepts, and communicating our ideas to others. Whether working individually or in a group, our ability [...]

We are on the verge of a great humanitarian crisis, an army of robots is coming and they are trying to be helpful, they can find your wallet, the can stop you from [...]

Isaac Newton, the father of modern software engineering, called it "Standing on the shoulders of giants". Modern development is exciting as it gets easier and easier, partly because of the wealth of resources [...]

Google Firebase is a great option if you are looking for a scalable MBAAS. With the demise of Parse.com, a lot of apps needed to start looking for an alternative. For those not [...]

Enabling your apps with Google Cast is getting easier and easier to make your app work on TVs. Millions of users press the Cast button every day to connect their mobile device with [...]

Today the parallel experience can be done in two ways: The augmented reality in which our physical environment is increased. Virtual reality where we are completely immersed in a new universe. These two [...]

Android Wear 2.0 brings a big update to smartwatch interactions. With new UI widgets, updated Material Theme for Android Wear, and standalone apps, this talk focuses on updating apps for a richer user [...]

Good use of animations can not only help make your app's UI more intuitive, but can also build emotional attachment with your users. Mark Allison (author of https://blog.stylingandroid.com) will explore the subtleties of [...]

Are you stuck in the Java world? I’ll share my story about convincing my team and the client of the benefits of Kotlin. Furthermore I’ll delve into how we migrated an existing Java [...]

Developing an iOS app that needs to interact with a custom wearable device via a Bluetooth Low Energy connection seems like an unusual experience, that couldn't possibly have anything to do with you. [...]

Dependency injection has been introduced as one of the modern best practices in WWDC 2016. The pattern significantly improves modularization of components for flexibility, maintainability and testability. However still only a few articles [...]