Intel XDK | HTML5 Training: Enter a cross platform mobile app development world

Imagine an integrated system that enables a developer to develop, test, debug and deploy applications across multiple operating systems including iOS, Android, Windows 8 and Windows 8 Phone. Who wouldn’t love this? For a long time, designing a mobile applications has been a challenge for many organizations and developers as they need to work with different devices to design applications for them. There is no common language that is used to develop for all these devices. Apple have Objective C, Android have Java, Windows Mobile or Nokia have C# etc. Targeting one platform in mobile technology has always been a big mistake and most of the organizations that have attempted mobile solutions targeting a single platform has always failed. But with Intel XDK Cross-platform Development Tool, this is not the case, developers are able to deploy HTML5 web and hybrid apps across multiple app stores including Amazon App store, Apple App Store, Google Chrome Web Store, Google Play Store and Windows Phone Store and form factor devices using a simplified workflow from design to app store. You can also choose to be a desktop app. Even Facebook is a valid choice for target platforms.  

This undoubtedly helps developers to scale their apps to reach more users easily and faster, and cut down on overall multi-platform developmental costs.

 With XDK there is no need to install Emulators for different devices, or tediously prepare your development environment. All these components are built into the IDE. In fact there are more emulators than you can imagine

A developer may also jumpstart his/her mobile app development on top of existing templates where they can start with functional samples and still the XDK provides examples for both hybrid and web apps.

XDK also supports so many game engines in HTML5 standards. The most famous is ImapactJS which is integrated to XDK interface with the Weltmeister editor to create levels tile by tile inside the Game Dev mode. There are other tools like Scirra which provides drag and drop game creation who doesn’t have much programming experience. Other engines are like LimeJS, Box2DJS, and the Render engine.

The best part of it all is that Intel provides the IDE for free. To start using XDK you only need to download it from the official website http://xdk-software.intel.com.

On 24^th June, 2015, Intel at Dekut will give you an in-depth training covering the parts of the Intel XDK. This includes, developing a mobile app, emulating it, testing, debugging and deploying it.

HTML5 is a future trend in the world of app development. Intel believes it is important to help experienced developers transition to this cross-platform approach and aid new developers to quickly get up to speed with this exciting new approach.

That is why Intel at DeKUT will hold an Intel XDK/HTML5 Training at the Dedan Kimathi University of technology. On that day we will help you set up your development environment and ensure you are familiar with XDK, then help you create your next generation of HTML5 apps for the mobile world, from idea to app store.

Join us for a chance to learn how to create a cool mobile app for DeHUB Lab using Intel XDK HTML5 App Development platform. In the meantime send in your suggestions to your Intel Student Partner using this email address: marvinngesa@gmail.com on what you wish to see on that day.