I’m Now A Corona SDK Ambassador

By Charles McKeever, on April 26th, 2012

I have great news to share with you. I’m pleased to announce that I am now a Corona SDK Ambassador. What that means to you is that you’ll be hearing a lot more about mobile development on Open Source Marketer and I’ll be letting you know about upcoming Corona SDK events in the Dallas area.

What is the Corona SDK?

Well, essentially Mobile development is clearly the future of computing and it’s where the eyeballs are going. The Corona SDK makes it possible to rapidly prototype and develop mobile apps on iOS, Android, Nook, and Kindle devices without needing to learn a complicated programming language. That means you can spend more time being creative.

Last year I joined the Corona community after doing a lot of research on how to develop mobile applications for iOS, Kindle, and Android devices. Ansca Mobile’s Corona SDK was the most attractive solution I found because it uses the Lua programming language which shares a lot the the same syntax and programming style as PHP and JavaScript does, while still maintaining a high level of user experience for the end user. As a WordPress developer, the Corona SDK has allowed me to enter the mobile space without needing to completely retrain or retool. I’m able to reference Ansca Mobile’s documentation during development and use the same development tool that I’m already comfortable using.

So what does it mean to be a Corona SDK Ambassador?

To me being a Corona SDK Ambassador means that I’ll be doing my part to help promote the Corona SDK and build a strong community of both mobile developers and non-techies. I believe anyone can be a creative person with great ideas and the Corona Community will help connect story tellers, writers, artists, programmers, business types, and others together so we can all use our individual skills to create great things together.

So, if you’re in the Dallas area, be sure to join the first ever Dallas Corona SDK Meetup group. The group is brand new and fully supported by the great folks at Ansca Mobile. Right now there are 19 Corona SDK Meetup Groups and growing. If you can’t join the Dallas Corona SDK Meetup Group, consider joining one close to you or contact Ansca Mobile directly to help them start a group in your area.