Responsive Web Design: Cutting Edge Technology Meets Ed-Tech

Here at Pathbrite, when we show off our technology, many people want to know how it works.  Our CTO, Mauvis Ledford recently did a presentation at the HTML5 Developers Conference in San Francisco and  a lightning talk at the Backbone Conference in Boston, MA on the topic of buidilng Responsive Web Design Applications.  Particularly with the open-source franework we use called Backbone.

As the number of students, and learnings of all ages, access their work product and credentials via mobile phones and tablets, smart Ed-Tech companies, will realize they must quickly find a way to meet their users needs for true portability.  Sites built for display on a PC, even if cross-browser support is included, still provide a limited experience mobile and tablet devices.

Responsive Web Design or RWD is the forward-thinking alternative to building out separate applications or relying on device-specific templates in your web application. But be careful, as organizing the many pieces of a modern RWD application can become just as unwieldy. In his presentation, Mauvis discusses the tools, tips, and tricks to organize a Backbone application gracefully without a sweat, and dispel common misunderstandings about RWD.

Check out his deck here.

- RC c/o ML