A Real Blog?

As MeNext progresses into a new era of user experience, it's only natural that our blog follows. Before the semester ends, we will have a much more suitable WordPress blog up, designed to fit the UI changes as well as possible.

As for the UI itself, the home page is the main focus and then additional changes will follow. A unique color palette needs to be chosen and implemented throughout the site, and then again through the mobile apps, so it's important that decisions are made carefully before implementation.

Thank you for checking in on MeNext, expect some really cool changes, announcements, and surprises in the near future!

iOS

iOS is chugging along, doing a huge refactor and getting things going without a storyboard.  Most of the hard work is done and most of what is left is a lot easier.  I'm redesigning login at the same time and after that, I'll be adding local database support to improve offline and low-service functionality.

Hopefully I can finish login this break.

This whole group has been doing fantastic.  Expect to see great changes to Web this break as well.

Exciting semester so far!
-Jim

Android App

I am taking over the android app after josh got it up and running. I have been changing the GUI to better fit google's material design outlines to give the app a more professional look and intuitive user experience. I also just added the functionality for creating a party on the app itself, which is helping us move away from needing to use the website.

UI progress

This week I finished up making a UI, resolved some problems I was having with page navigation and started working on using the Youtube data API.

MeNext - Windows Phone

Hello! I'm currently working on MeNext for Windows Phone. I have spent the first couple of weeks setting up a proper development environment on my computer and just generally educating myself on app development basics. I'm working in C# and xaml and using (obviously) Visual Studio to develop in. As of right now, I have created a dummy frame for the "parties" screen and played around with some of the development tools and features in VS.

iOS Update 2-21-15

The first iOS changes I'll be making are refactoring login and adding Realm support to give a more fluid UX.  I'm learning a bunch about making a more professional application and doing things the "right" way.  I'm happy to actually start using git as I should have been all along.

Short and sweet this time,

-Jim

Back in the saddle: Spring 2015

Hey guys,

MeNext is back and we've already started working for this coming semester.  We've taken on two new members, Dennis and Kit, and we're really excited to give big updates on all of our platforms this semester.  New features will be coming soon, so keep an eye out and it'll be a great semester.

Thus far on iOS, I've cleaned up a bunch of code and cleaned the file structure up a whole bunch.  Android will be passed off to Dennis Fogerty who will be adding features and improving design.  Kit will be heading up the Windows Phone app for us.  Josh will be on back-end, without the distraction of Android and Justin will be on web front end, making a better landing page and a "Welcome to MeNext here's how to get started" page.

We're really excited for this semester.

-Jim