Chris Boyd at Platform Houston

Who am I?

● Chris Boyd, Founder at Apptitude.● We make apps for iPhone, iPad, Android,

and the Web.● Started company in 2012, NOLAbound.● Companies + orgs with large projects that

don't want or need full time developers.

apptitudenola.com@chrisboyddotnet@apptitudenola

Houston Zoo’s Mission

• Be a zoo for all• Deliver an outstanding guest experience• Promote conservation awareness and action• Inspire broad community support

houstonzoo.org

Houston Zoo Kids!

● 2D seek-and-find game for ages 4-10.● Cross-country team: Illustrator, designer,

developer, QA, stakeholders.● Required: Desktop support for classrooms.● 100% HTML5, CSS, JS.● Several awesome plugins:

○ Stellar.js○ jPlayer○ Spritely.net kids.houstonzoo.org

Stellar.js

● Super easy parallaxing. [demo]

● Just separate your layers, give them a background-ratio, and presto!

● This is the JS: $.stellar();

markdalgleish.com/projects/

jPlayer

● Probably my favorite jQuery plugin. [demo]

● Makes HTML5 audio programming super fun like jQuery: $(“#player”).jPlayer(“play”);

● Bind to events like start, stop, timestamp.● Very cross-platform, cross-browser, and

codec friendly.jplayer.org

Spritely

● Makes animating sprites dead simple. [demo]

● Cross-browser, mobile-friendly.● Lightweight, highly customizable.● $('#snake).sprite({fps: 12, frames: 8});

spritely.net

Thank [email protected]