RALPH WHITBECK
Fluent Conference 2012
appendTo Training Consulting
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ABOUT
LEARN MORE ABOUT APPENDTO
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SERVICES
• Remote and Onsite Trainings
• Consulting
• Experience across the full stack
• Focus on the front-end
• Support
• On demand issue resolution
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HISTORY
• appendTo was founded in October 2009
• Founded by former jQuery Team members
• Currently two jQuery Board members employed
• Currently employ
• 17 full time
• 1 part-time
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OUR TEAM
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VIRTUAL COMPANY
• Main Office is in Evergreen, CO
• No one works there
• Everyone works from home
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EXPERTS IN OUR FIELD
• jQuery Conference
• Front-End Design Conference
• Fluent Conference
• DevLNK
• MIX
• BlackBerry JAM
• .toster{javascript} (Moscow, Russia)
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OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE
• Contribute to a number of projects:
• jQuery
• jQuery UI
• jQuery Mobile
• AmplifyJS
• Juice UI
• jQuery Mockjax plugin
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COMMUNITY
• jQuery Mobile Cookbook
• Organizing the collaboration
• 75+ Authors
• Publisher: O’Reilly
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TRAINING
ONSITE OR ONLINE TRAINING THRU APPENDTO
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TYPES OF TRAINING
Onsite Remote
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ONSITE TRAINING
• appendTo trainer will travel to your location
• Up to 20 people per trainer
• 3-day lesson plans
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REMOTE TRAINING
• Lessons provided virtually (live) over web
conferencing software
• Up to 20 people
• 3-5 day lesson plans
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STARTING THE PROCESS
• We’ll learn more about your team and roadmap
• Custom curriculum plan developed tailored to your
requirements
• Schedule a time to do the training
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CONSULTING
APPENDTO HAS THE FRONT-END DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE
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WHAT WE OFFER
• HTML5 Consulting
• JavaScript Consulting
• Remote Staff Augmentation
• Custom Development
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BUSINESS IMPACT
• Gain better control of your projects through
leadership and technical skills
• Meet deadlines
• Satisfy production mandates
• Create better customer web-experiences across a
wide range of devices, including mobile
• Gain access to world-class talent, available at your
fingertips
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OUR PROCESS
• Needs Analysis
• Up Front Estimate
• Implementation & Account/Project Management
• QA & Testing
• Delivery
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STARTING THE PROCESS
• We’ll learn more about your requirements
• We’ll identify your business goals
• We’ll give you an estimate
• We’ll empower you throughout the project
• You’ll get access to real people on our team
• We’ll deliver on time
• We’ll make you look like a rockstar
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SUPPORT
• We’ll support the building blocks you depend on
jQuery, jQuery UI, jQuery Mobile, Modernizr & more!
• We’ll support your front-end code
• We’ll support your team