SpringOne Platform 2016 Speaker: Mark Heckler; Principal Technologist, Pivotal

2. Mark Heckler
Developing for Pebble
Control cloud apps from your wrist

3. Developing for Pebble
Control cloud apps from your wrist
Mark Heckler
Developer, Developer Advocate, Java Champion, and
Really Hoopy Frood
@MkHeck

4. What is a Pebble?
Original model
2012/2013
ePaper screen
Low resolution
Android AND iOS
INSANE battery life!

5. History & models

6. Competitors

7. As a developer, why care?
Write once (sort of), run with Android or iOS phone
Write in C or JavaScript
Battery life key for resource-intensive apps

8. Pebble SDK
Desktop IDE support
Android Studio
Xcode
Cloud IDE
C code
Runs on the watch

9. Pebble.js
Desktop IDE support
Cloud IDE
Runs on the phone (accelerometer, GPS, storage)
JavaScript code
Full access to UI elements, animations, etc.
Sync & async HTTP requests, WebSocket, etc.

10. app.js

11. Main “objects”
UI framework
Accel
Voice
Window
Element
Vibe
Light
Timeline (app launch via Timeline interface)
Wakeup (scheduled app activation)

12. Window types
Window (dynamic): completely open to do your bidding
Card: displays a title, subtitle, banner image, & text
Menu: displays a menu ;)

13. XHR/Ajax/REST

14. WebSocket

15. Cloud Pebble

16. Code

17. Emulator, logs

18. Push to (actual) Pebble

19. App windows: a quick look

20. App menus: a quick look

21. Useful links
https://www.pebble.com/
https://cloudpebble.net/ide/
https://forums.pebble.com/
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference
http://www.slideshare.net/HecklerMark/developing-for-pebble-
control-cloud-apps-from-your-wrist

22. In conclusion…
IoT & cloud? Chocolate & peanut butter
Thank you for participating!
@MkHeck