Leicester, UK - June 15th 2012. Suffolk County Council is holding an open ‘hack day’ for mobile app developers, to encourage innovation and participation in developing mobile web technology.
Suffolk
Council recently subscribed to the 'Weejot' mobile app publishing
service from Jadu, using the Government's G-Cloud Cloudstore.
The Weejot Software as a Service (SaaS) solution enables both technical and non-technical users to create and publish apps in real-time, without the need for approval through App Stores or downloading to the user's device.
Developers can use their knowledge of JavaScript and HTML to create 'AppTemplates' which can then be used by non-technical users to publish apps to mobile devices in real-time.
With Weejot we have a platform that makes it easy to develop apps for both technical and non-technical users. We really want to make this an inclusive learning experience for local developers as well as any interested people in the Government web developer community.
We think the innovation for this technology comes as much, if not more, from developers and customers alike, as it does from an internal organisation. That's why we want to include everyone in developing this exciting technology. Weejot we have a platform that makes it easy to develop apps for both technical and non-technical users.
We really want to make this an inclusive learning experience for local developers as well as any interested people in the Government web developer community. We think the innovation for this technology comes as much, if not more, from developers and customers alike, as it does from an internal organisation. That's why we want to include everyone in developing this exciting technology.
Mark Adams-Wright, Chief Information Officer, Suffolk County Council
"There
are many more developers who understand web standards and web scripting
languages, as well as lower level programming languages," says Suraj
Kika, CEO of Jadu. "For Weejot, developers only need to know JavaScript
and HTML. That means that we have an order of magnitude more developers
who can write for the Weejot platform and our customers, like Suffolk
County Council, will have huge choice."
The team behind Weejot have recently launched a developer website dedicated to developers at http://docs.weejot.com. As a developer, you can sign up for the service (which is by invitation) without charge and begin developing applications.
"The
future of Government service delivery and of the web itself is on
devices," says Adams-Wright. "We need to invest in skills if the UK is
to become one of the best in the World at delivering mobile web
technology. Hack Days like this are a great opportunity to enable that
to happen."
The Hack Day will be held on Saturday 30th June 2012 at Suffolk County Council's offices in The Atrium at Endeavour House on Russell Road, Ipswich. Interested parties can sign-up for the event free of charge at http://mobilehackday.net, however spaces are limited to 50 people. Refreshments will be available at the venue.
Jadu
will be showcasing the Weejot Mobile app publishing network at Civil
Service Live on the 3rd - 5th of July, London Olympia followed by SOCITM Building the Perfect Council Website event at the National Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham on July 12th 2012.
