Fellowship One Developer Track

Attend the Developer Track at the Dynamic Church Conference for just $99! The Developer Track is geared specifically to application and web developers who are church staff members, lay leaders or 3rd party vendors.

The Developer Track, led by members of the Fellowship Technologies’ product development team, will run concurrently with the main conference and cover a wide range of topics with plenty of opportunities to grow, learn, and share.

Who Should Attend?

If you develop applications for your church as a staff member or volunteer, or you are a vendor / business partner interested in integrating your application with Fellowship One, then this is a can’t miss event. Basically, if you understand what any of the words on this page mean, you should plan to come. Plus we have Rock Star developers! 

Dev Track Session Schedule

Featured Speakers

Terry Storch Digerati Pastor at LifeChurch.tv
For the past decade, Terry has had a passion for building the local church, first at Fellowship Church and now at LifeChurch.tv. At LifeChurch.tv, a multi-site church based in Oklahoma, Terry is leading an initiative to further extend the reach of the local church using technology and the Internet. No walls, borders, or boundaries…no limits to how many people that can be touched with the life changing message of Jesus Christ. www.terrystorch.com

Stephen P Anderson Product Strategy and Design Consultant
Stephen helps large companies create valuable customer experiences. Prior to becoming an independent consultant, Stephen spent more than a decade growing and leading teams of information architects, interaction designers and UI developers in the creation of all types of interactive experiences. Stephen is passionate about elegant design, remarkable customer experiences and managing maverick teams– topics he loves to write and speak about. www.poetpainter.com

Session Descriptions

Developer State of the Union: Dev Track Kickoff
This talk will include an overview of the developer track and give a state of the union on development and product.

RESTful API Overview & Authentication
Protocol nerds unite! See how the REST API is doing it's part in the semantic web. Wrap your hands around a HTTP debugger and slam through some requests and see how this API can be a dynamic springboard for your applciations. Hear how patterns, protocols, and architecture played a role in opening up the data gates of Fellowship One.

Linux Server Administration
(distros, user accounts, sudo, web servers, all the essentials)
We know churches love open source and we love it too! Learn from Jesse Dearing the essentials of administering a web environment in a Linux based system.

Portal 2.0: Under the Hood
(HTML5, OO CSS, CSS3, JavaScript, progressive enrichment)
Get an n in-depth look at the architecture behind Portal 2.0. We'll discuss why we did what we did and what we'll be doing moving forward.

QA at Fellowship Tech: Automation and Testing
We will discuss our approach to QA panel-style.

An Agile Culture: Scrum at Fellowship Tech--Our Development Process
We will discuss our culture around Agile/Scrum and talk about the good, the bad, wins, and losses. This panel isn't for the faint of heart, development is hard and sometimes ugly but that doesn't mean developers can deliver solid software. We'll discuss the our dogmatic approach to agile and areas where we "bend." We will take questions from the audience...

Drupal Essentials
Learn the essentials for creating and maintaining a site with Drupal.

Register now for just $99

If you are only interested in the Developer track you can register for the conference at a reduced fee of just $99. Registration includes access to keynotes, developer track only, sponsor expo, reception, plus one meal. Click the button below to register for the Developer Track only.

Note: The Development Track is also available to everyone who registers for the main Dynamic Church Conference.