Summary
Winning an Election with Django and jQuery Mobile
Tuesday 2:45 p.m.--3:30 p.m.
Audience level: Intermediate
Description
Eric Palakovich Carr will discuss how he leveraged Django and jQuery mobile to help run his wife's data driven political campaign. Abstract
Eric Palakovich Carr talks about building a mobile app to help his wife's political campaign for a city council seat. See how he integrated Django, AngularJS, and jQuery Mobile to build a canvasing (door knocking) and phone banking mobile app. See what's gone right, what's gone wrong, and a lot of code showing how it's done. Introduction (Very) short demo of Voter Pad Brief overview of jQuery Mobile Using Django and jQuery Mobile Using AngularJS and Django REST Framework Pitfalls in jQuery Mobile Challenges integrating Django, AngularJS, and jQuery Mobile together Pros and Cons of using Django and jQuery mobile vs. native mobile apps Q&A