Andrew Lombardi
Andrew Lombardi is one of a new breed of businessmen: the enlightened entrepreneur. He has been writing code since he was a 5-year old, sitting at his dad’s knee at their Apple II computer. Having such a deep affinity for the computer model, it is no surprise that at the age of 17 he began to delve deeply into the inner workings of the human mind. He became a student of Neuro Linguistic Programming and other mind technologies, and then went on to study metaphysics. He is certified as an NLP Trainer, Master Hypnotherapist and Time Line Therapy practitioner.
Using all of his accumulated skills, at the age of 24, Andrew began his consulting business, Mystic Coders, LLC. Since the inception of Mystic in 2000, Andrew has been building the business and studying finance and economics as he stays on the cutting edge of computer technology. He has authored many articles for online magazines, and is the author of a DZone Refcard on Apache Wicket.
Andrew lives in Orange County, California with his son.
Track abstract - Java
Rapid Application Development with Apache Wicket
The model supplied by Java Web Frameworks is broken. As software engineers break away from the shackles of Struts and the false promises of JSF, a new model based on object oriented programming and a clean separation of concerns has emerged with Apache Wicket. The framework has a simple component hierarchy allowing for reusability without pain.
This session looks at the core aspects that Wicket provides. Walk through the basic components and concepts and peer into an example app built using Wicket. Get insights into the differences between it and two other popular Java frameworks: JSF and GWT. Learn how Wicket embraces the object oriented concepts you haven't been able to use in web frameworks in the past, and have fun in the process.
Track abstract - Web
Using Javascript to Build Native iOS Applications
It's no secret that the iOS platform has completely changed the mobile landscape. The App Store is approaching its 10 billionth download, and up until several open source projects showed up, the only possibility for building an application used on an iOS device was either learn Objective-C, or serve up a non-native web application.
Enter Appcelerator Titanium, a framework for building native applications using web technologies. If you know how to build a website using Javascript, you can build a native application using the Titanium API. This session will take you through the basics of Titanium. We'll set up a project together and pull in native iOS functions such as the camera, geolocation, and compass. and all from a few simple lines of Javascript.
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