Firefly Developer Day

March 6th 2014 - Radley College

Clive Norman / @normansolutions

Follow Along: bit.ly/ffdemonstration

I'm

Not An Academic

I work

I blog and tweet

normansolutions.co.uk

@normansolutions

That's All!

for the time being

Two Aspects

Of Our Firefly Developer Experience

Client Side

HTML, CSS, JavaScript

'JavaScript is the assembly language of the web'

Server Side

C#, ASPX Pages

Post back data within the Firefly security model

Let's Go!

Firefly Components

BBM

(The Beg, Borrow, Manipulate princinple!)

...but understand what it does!

Grab Code



Upcoming Science and Nature Programmes


(function () {
	$.ajax({
		url: "http://www.bbc.co.uk/tv/programmes/genres/factual/scienceandnature/schedules/upcoming.json",
		dataType: "json",
		success: function (json) {
		for (var i = 0; i < json.broadcasts.length; i++) {
		var imagePath = '' + json.broadcasts[i].programme.display_titles.title + '

' + moment(json.broadcasts[i].start).format('MMMM Do YYYY, h:mm:ss a') + ' (' + moment(json.broadcasts[i].start).endOf('minutes').fromNow() + ')
' + json.broadcasts[i].programme.short_synopsis + '';
		$("#STMUpComingTest").append(imagePath);
		}
	   }
	});
})();
// JavaScript End

i.st-marys-shaftesbury.co.uk/developers-day

Client Side Demo

MIS Interaction

Server Side Demo

Registration
Parent Portal Logon

Example Plugins We Have Used

Example API's We Have Used

...pretty much anybody who is happy to send you some JSON over the wire!

Useful Podcasts I listen To

Many Thanks

Clive Norman

St Mary's School Shaftesbury

normansolutions.co.uk
@normansolutions