The International Faculty CITY College supports DEVit Conference

The 360° Web Development Conference

Sat 20 - Sun 21 May 2017
Thessaloniki, Greece

The University of Sheffield International Faculty, CITY College, is proud to support DEVit 2017 as a ‘Gold Partner’. This is the third consecutive year that the International Faculty supports the DEVit Conference, a major web development conference in Greece and the broader region. The event will take place at the Royal Theatre of Thessaloniki while DEVit Workshops will take place at our main campus (Sofou building).

Each year, DEVit brings together remarkable speakers and web developers from all over the world who share their knowledge, modern practices and techniques on Frontend, Backend, DevOps or Mobile.

Visit DEVit’s official website.

This year we have an extra reason to be happy to support DEVit. Our very own graduate, Ivo Nescovic, is among speakers and will deliver the following 2.5-hour workshop:

Android: From Zero to Hero
Sunday, 21 May 2017

Ivo Neskovic

Workshop Description: The workshop deals with the design and implementation of applications for mobile devices using the Android operating system. Participants work at all stages of the development life-cycle from inception to deployment, whilst considering usability and device capabilities for a mobile application capable of meeting a functional specification. Participants are introduced to the programming environment for application development and have a hands-on approach to programming using the appropriate programming languages.

The Workshop will cover:
Challenges of Mobile Development
Introduction to the Android development environment
Fundamental App components
Basic UI Widgets
Laying out UI components
Multi-screen Apps with Intents

Ivo graduated from CITY College, International Faculty of the University of Sheffield with the BSc (Hons) in Computer Science and the MSc in Software Engineering and Telecommunications.

More about Ivo Nescovic.