Description:

At this Mobile MeetUp join representatives from Apple as they introduce two new programming tools: WatchKit and ResearchKit.

Apple Watch represents a new chapter in the relationship people have with technology. Now you can deliver innovative new experiences right to your wrist. By leveraging WatchKit, you can take your apps even further by extending and enhancing their functionality on Apple Watch. Discover how to use WatchKit to create Apple Watch apps that complement your iPhone app, enable fast and focused interactions, and deliver timely and relevant information to the wrist.

With ResearchKit, researchers can easily create apps that take advantage of iPhone features to gather new types of data on a scale never available before. Hundreds of millions of people around the world have an iPhone in their pocket. Each one is equipped with powerful processors and advanced sensors that can track movement, take measurements, and record information - functions that are perfect for medical studies. The sheer number of iPhones being used across the globe opens up new possibilities for researchers.

What You'll Learn

* How app notifications can easily show up on Apple Watch.
* How to use WatchKit to create Apple Watch apps that complement your iPhone.
* How developers can utilize the ResearchKit open source framework to create apps for medical research.

About the Presenters

Keith Mountin is the Higher Education System Engineer for Apple in Illinois and Wisconsin. His role within Apple Education is to consult with educational organizations on strategic and long-term implementations and to develop and facilitate technical demonstrations. With a long history in higher education, Keith can provide guidance on how to best implement and manage Apple technology and Apple programs on campus. Keith is a Certified Apple System Administrator, Certified Apple Trainer, and a Certified Wireless Network Administrator.

Bob Frank is a Senior Engineer working on internal software and utilities for Apple's Education division. He has had numerous engineering and software development roles at Apple over the past 17 years. He has a broad programing background and has worked on server, desktop, and iOS apps and in a large number of languages over the years including ObjectiveC, C, Ruby, and PHP, among others. He has used Xcode since it was called Project Builder. This year he also began working with Apple's new language, Swift. He is very active in the local developer community and runs the Chicago CocoaHeads user group which meets monthly. He lives in Deerfield, Illinois.

Register now to join NUIT and Apple to learn more about these two new programs and bring your questions for the Apple Engineers who will be presenting this material.

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