NEW! Developer Day

Technology is part of the DNA of RootsTech. As it has done in past years, this year’s RootsTech Developer Day will provide a collaborative environment in which developers can gather ideas and inspiration from technology end users. During RootsTech, developers can also discover available resources and industry trends that will help them impact future technological innovation within the family history industry. The new Developer Day format is a consolidated presence at the conference that provides a focused growth opportunity in a single, impactful day.

Developer Day Opportunities:

  • Participate in the Developer Challenge
  • Explore the latest development techniques using:
    • Crowdsourcing
    • Genealogy Workflow
    • Javascript apps
    • FamilySearch Platform and API's
  • Discover available resources and software development trends from industry leaders and pioneers
  • Understand and discuss difficult problems in a rapidly-growing market segment
  • Access sponsors, vendors, and exhibitors that provide tools and services to enable innovations

Developer Day Topics

Click here to see the full schedule and descriptions. (Sessions and schedules are subject to change.)

  • Beyond Wildcards: An Introduction To Regular Expressions
  • The FamilySearch Developer Platform
  • Building Apps in the Family History Market
  • Usability and Digital Newspapers: Envisioning User Needs for Engaging Online Newspapers
  • Web Analytics: Let's Install Google Analytics on Our Site
  • FamilySearch Certified Clients and Tools
  • The Genealogy Workflow Model
  • Building Genealogy Apps Using Clojure and Functional Programming
  • RootsDev: Programmer Community
  • Real-time Web Applications With Node.js
  • What Website Developers Need to Learn from Power Users
  • Build a Single-page Genealogy App Using Javascript
  • GedcomX
  • FamlySearch Authorization How-to
  • Ancestry.com and Big Data: Solving Family History Problems for Users
  • Crowdsourcing: When the Power of Many Benefits All