This Thursday (Jul 28, ’16), we are hosting a MeetUp at 6pm at our location in downtown Palo Alto (Google Maps – MeetUp info). Mehfuz and Nic will show how to create native cross-platform Apps using NativeScript and CouchBase.
CouchBase is an open-source, distributed (shared-nothing architecture) multi-model NoSQL document-oriented database; NativeScript is an open source platform for building cross-platform Native mobile applications using JavaScript and CSS. NativeScript leverages a high performance bridge between any native platform API and JavaScript which can be used to create Plugins that extend the platform. Mehfuz and Nic will show how to use the CouchBase plugin in an app where information created by one user in one smartphone can automatically be shared with another user in another smartphone.
Mehfuz will also show how to use his Estimote plugin; combined with the CouchBase plugin, the iBeacon data read by one phone is automatically synchronized to the other.
We are sprinkling a slight IOT overlay on the MeetUp. We took some of the RFID configuration we used in a Conference App earlier this year and we now have them connected to a Raspberry Pi 3. UPS-willing, the plan is to add some RFID tags to the badges for the MeetUp and show you how a modern Data Speed Layer (like AMTech.Solutions) can be used to track an asset (you) on a space.
Following the Pokemon Go mania, I’ve ordered some Pokemon figures as prizes for the attendees. Raichu arrived yesterday, others to follow (update – All Pokemons are here; check the Flickr Album). See you on Thursday.
