Max Katz

This past weekend I attended two events with hacking, APIs, mobile apps, and Appery.io platform. AT&T DevLab and AT&T Internet of Things Hackathon in New York City.

The first event actually started on Thursday, in Plano, TX. It was AT&T DevLab event: a one day training learning and using AT&T APIs such as SMS, In-app Messaging, and Speech. In the second half of the day, the students used Appery.io cloud platform to build a jQuery Mobile app with AT&T SMS API.

The morning started with Michale Pacholec explaining how to use SMS and In-app Messaging APIs with various examples:

AT&T #DevLab in Plano, TX pic.twitter.com/jTJLaDDgYQ

— Max Katz (@maxkatz) September 26, 2013

More API learning:

#DevLab is going strong. At 2:30, I’m going to show how to build a mobile app with #AT&T APIs and @apperyio pic.twitter.com/OVdhrhKKeM

— Max Katz (@maxkatz) September 26, 2013

DevLab under way in Dallas at the AT&T Foundry #attdeveloper #devlab pic.twitter.com/M7yxKOvfFU

— Michael Pacholec (@pacholec) September 26, 2013

Delicious lunch is served:

#DevLab #food #api @apperyio #att pic.twitter.com/QtHHKOEKDL

— Max Katz (@maxkatz) September 26, 2013

As I was walking around the Foundry, I saw someone using Appery.io platform:

@apperyio in action pic.twitter.com/NhKAgGL0lg — Max Katz (@maxkatz) September 26, 2013

Once all the APIs were covered, we spent the remaining of the day using Appery.io to build a jQuery Mobile app with AT&T SMS API. The app looked like this: It’s an excellent way to end the training, putting everything together and creating a real mobile app that talks to one of the APIs covered earlier in the day. In under an hour, over 40 students were able to build a jQuery Mobile app. That’s pretty amazing. The next day I flew to New York City to attend the AT&T Internet of Things Hackathon. As usual, the event started with a number of presentations showing various tools that can be used during the hackathon. Ben Nelson is launching the hackathon:

Ben is starting #atthack pic.twitter.com/4cAxUF3UJy

— Max Katz (@maxkatz) September 27, 2013

 

I’m showing how fast and easy it is to build app connected to APIs with Appery.io:

Great demo from @maxkatz of @apperyio! #IoTHack pic.twitter.com/AYYH3kRbEI

— IoT Hackathon Series (@IoTHackathon) September 28, 2013

Hacking:

Hacking in progress #atthack #iothack @apperyio pic.twitter.com/vvgHyJGFjC

— Max Katz (@maxkatz) September 28, 2013

 

This was the healthiest hackathon I ever attended. On Saturday morning they served oatmeal and egg whites sandwiches! Both items are gone in the picture:

I guess hackers were hungry #atthack #iothack @apperyio pic.twitter.com/wCiqeKkC7E

— Max Katz (@maxkatz) September 28, 2013

At 11am on Saturday, I has the privilege to teach high school kids about building mobile apps in Appery.io:

Students learning about @apperyio #atthack #iothack pic.twitter.com/0kWU8ir14l

— Max Katz (@maxkatz) September 28, 2013

 

Future mobile developers:

RT @IoTHackathon: Our #IoTHack LoFi Hackathon students are learning about @apperyio from @maxkatz: pic.twitter.com/r2pl2ZdSJ7

— Max Katz (@maxkatz) September 28, 2013

 

I couldn’t stay for final presentations as I had to fly back home but a good number of teams used Appery.io to build their apps with various cloud APIs.