Learn to Create Mobile Apps for iOS and Android in Seven Weeks with LiveCode Academy

Edinburgh, Scotland (PRWEB) September 01, 2011

The difficult economy is pushing employees and job seekers to get more resourceful in both the value they bring to their organizations and in acquiring skills that are easy to learn and in hot demand, which is driving them to the mobile app development space. RunRev, makers of the LiveCode cross-platform development environment, has created the LiveCode Academy to teach anyone how to create mobile apps in just seven weeks. The free online course begins Monday, September 12 and runs through October 28. Registration is available now.

With global mobile app sales forecasted to hit $ 4 billion this year , the thirst for app development skills is obvious from daily job openings for mobile app developers, to educators looking for new ways to further engage students or teach highly marketable skills, and job seekers looking for more effective ways to enter the workforce. Coursework for LiveCode Academy appeals to a broad range of students and professionals who can learn with like-minded individuals through simple lesson plans and software that focuses specifically on turning an idea into a marketable app from start to finish.

For individuals looking to tap into commercial development opportunities, LiveCode lets developers create high quality, multimedia apps without the need to learn traditional, complex programming languages, such as Java or Objective-C. The first LiveCode Academy took place in the spring, with nearly 400 participants signing up and voicing unanimous support. Academy participant Alan Gandy said, The lessons are great for those who may be completely new to programming yet enough detail is included to satisfy an experienced coder. Continued participant Caio Siebel, This was a great experience. I started without any background whatsoever, other then how to search on Google, and now I have a app ready to deploy.

About LiveCode Academy

The Academy is an accelerated course in the principles of programming. LiveCode Academy supports both seasoned and new developers in their goals to master the fundamental techniques needed to create stunning mobile apps. In seven weeks, attendees will learn how to build and deploy their own app from beginning to end. LiveCode Academy is free to join and comes with a free trial version of LiveCode. Participants pay only for LiveCode if they complete the course and wish to continue their development work.

The coursework includes a series of straightforward, live, interactive sessions led by experienced RunRev staff. With lesson plans, sample codes, example stacks and a dedicated forum area, LiveCode Academy is structured around the following curriculum:

Etelos Announces the Release of Etelos Server for Google Apps and Etelos Projects for Google Apps

Renton, WA (PRWEB) October 17, 2007

Etelos announces that Etelos Server for the Google Apps Platform is now available for public download in the Etelos Marketplace. Etelos also announces the delivery of the second Etelos application for Google Apps: a project management application called Etelos Projects for Google Apps.

Etelos Server for Google Apps is a platform that enables developers to focus on building a successful application, while solving critical business system and distribution problems for them. By doing the heavy lifting for developers, Etelos makes it easy to bring existing applications or build new applications that instantly work with the Google Apps platform.

"Combining Etelos Server for Google Apps with Etelos' CRM and new project management applications gives our enterprise customers applications they need to grow their businesses," said Vic Gundotra, Google VP of Engineering. "This also gives our developer partners the ability to develop and distribute an application that works with Google Apps easily and efficiently."

Etelos Server for Google Apps also gives developers direct access to the Etelos Marketplace to help them distribute and host the applications they've built. The Etelos Marketplace allows developers to control licensing, hosting, billing and support with an easy-to-use application, avoiding the need to build their own distribution functionality.

"Etelos is delighted to provide developers with the Etelos Server for Google Apps," Etelos Founder & CTO Danny Kolke said. "This development platform shortens developers' time to market by allowing Google Apps developers direct access to the Etelos Marketplace - giving them more time to focus on innovating the next great application. Using our own platform has allowed us to release our second major base application that works with Google Apps in record time."

Etelos Projects for Google Apps gives users an intuitive interface for managing complex projects and their teams. With time logging, advanced reporting, automated messaging and task management functionality, Etelos Projects is fully integrated with the Etelos CRM for Google Apps product. These two Etelos products extend the number of enterprise applications that work with Google Apps.

Google Apps brings simple, powerful communication and collaboration tools to organizations. With Google Apps, users can use tools such as Gmail web services, Google Calendar shared calendaring, and Google Docs on their own domain to work together more effectively. Etelos is giving third-party developers tools to create applications that work with the Google Apps tools.

For more information and to download the Etelos Server for Google Apps and Etelos Projects for Google Apps, please visit http://www.etelos.com/marketplace.

About Etelos

Etelos provides on-demand, customizable browser-based applications on the hosting environment that you choose. Etelos' technology for developing and deploying on-demand applications is revolutionizing the world of software distribution. The Etelos Marketplace gives developers an easy way to license, distribute and host their applications and businesses a wide selection of fully customizable, on-demand applications to buy. Etelos, the Etelos Ecosystem and the Etelos Marketplace are trademarks of Etelos, Incorporated; other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. For more information about Etelos, please visit http://www.etelos.com.

Google, Google Apps, Google Calendar, Google Docs and Gmail are trademarks of Google Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. Other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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