New Training Course From Blue Mango
Learn the Art of Creating Professional Applications with Revolution

by Trevor DeVore

I still remember the first program I started building with Revolution. I downloaded the free trial and jumped right in - designing my UI and adding features. As my program evolved it came time to share it with other people for testing. I also needed to get the program running properly and looking right on Windows. Then I wanted to allow the user to set preferences. Suddenly I was off in the weeds researching and writing code for handling these universal tasks.

When I finally shipped that first application I came to the realization that Revolution is an incredible cross-platform development tool, but creating a professional, polished application that is ready for release still requires a great deal of know-how and expertise.

In order to help other application developers my company Blue Mango Learning Systems released the free and open-source GLX Application Framework. Now, with the release of version 1.1 of the framework we are pleased to announce a new online course targeted at application developers: Professional Application Development With Revolution.

Course Overview
This course uses the GLX Application Framework as a foundation for teaching how to create great applications with Revolution. The GLX Application Framework provides the underlying infrastructure you need for creating professional-grade applications on Mac and Windows. This allows you to focus on making your application unique and valuable instead of wasting time setting up mundane features such as undo support. Using the framework saves you time and makes you more productive. This is the same framework that we use in our application ScreenSteps.

• Organize your application within the GLX Application Framework
• Utilize framework features, such as the preferences API, to remove unneeded headache from the development process
• Deal with cross-platform issues
• Establish a repeatable process for updating and distributing your application
  

The course will be presented by Trevor DeVore of Blue Mango Learning Systems. Trevor is the programmer behind ScreenSteps.

This course will be delivered via webinar and includes a 100% money back guarantee.

Course Topics

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This course will focus on the Mac OS X and Windows XP/Vista platforms when discussing cross-platform topics.

Day 1: August 6th

1. Organizing for Success: 11 AM to 12 PM EST (GMT -5)
2. Building Your App Part I: 1 PM to 2 PM EST (GMT -5)

Day 2: August 11th

1. Building Your App Part II: 11 AM to 12 PM EST (GMT -5)
2. Deploying and Distributing: 1 PM to 2 PM EST (GMT -5)

Day 3: August 18th

1. Premium Pass Question and Answer Session I: 11 AM to 12:30 PM EST (GMT -5)

Day 4: August 20th

1. Premium Pass Question and Answer Session II: 11 AM to 12:30 PM EST (GMT -5)

Cost

There are two different packages available for the course. The Standard Course Pass includes Day 1 and Day 2 presentations with accompanying questions and answers. The Premium Course Pass includes additional access to Day 3 and Day 4.

The sessions on days 3 and 4 will address specific questions submitted to Blue Mango Learning Systems by Premium Course attendees. In order to ensure that we can give each attendee the attention they deserve we are limiting the number of Premium Course passes to 10.

Standard Course Pass

Includes access to days 1 and 2.
Standard Course: $395 $295 Early Bird Price*

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Premium Course Pass

Additional access to days 3 and 4. Limited to 10 attendees.
Premium Course: $595 $495 Early Bird Price*

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* Early-Bird discount ends July 30th, 2009.

If you have any questions at all please contact bluemangolearning or call 866-275-7856.

About the Author Trevor DeVore is a partner in Blue Mango Learning Systems, creator of Screensteps and long time Revolution user.