Johnny Wey and David Geary on HTML5
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Johnny Wey: Introduction to WebSockets: All the Bi-Directional Duplexing You Can Handle
One of the most exciting new additions to the suite of technology collectively known as "HTML 5" is an official WebSocket standard. This finally allows full duplex bi-directional communication between a client and server over HTTP.
However, the technology is still new and rapidly changing. In this talk, Johnny will explain what a WebSocket is, how it works, how to implement it on browsers that don't natively support it, and how it relates to other technologies and platforms such as HTTP long polling, Comet, Flash Sockets, mobile, and JSONP. He'll also discuss the different types of server implementations, scaling strategies, and how a it can be integrated into an existing application..
About Johnny Wey
Johnny Wey currently works at Time Warner Cable as a senior engineer in the web services group. His work and experience include all layers of a software application including web properties that see millions of visitors per month. Other than programming, he enjoys spending time with his wife and 20 month old son, riding his bicycle, and playing various musical instruments. He can be found on twitter @johnnywey as well as on his blog at johnnywey.com.
David Geary: HTML 5 Canvas
Before the web, software developers implemented what we now refer to as desktop applications, using powerful graphics APIs that gave them the ability to program pretty much anything they could imagine. Then along came browsers with virtually no standard graphics support at all. Enter boring web applications, and dull work for developers.
But now, with HTML5 Canvas, developers have a powerful graphics API that lets them develop mind-blowing applications. Now you can implement desktop-like applications that run in a browser. Tonight, we'll see how.
This talk is a demo-fueled, fast-paced introduction to HTML5 Canvas. You'll get an overview of the Canvas API, and see how you can use it to draw, manipulate images, and implement sprite-based animation. You will get a feel for what you can do with this powerful API, and you'll get a basic understanding of how to harness that power.
About David Geary:
David is the founder of Clarity Training, where he teaches software developers to implement web applications using HTML5, JavaServer Faces, and Google Web Toolkit.
A prominent author, speaker, and consultant, David is the author of 6 Java books, four of which are best-sellers in their respective categories, including one of the best-selling Java book series of all time, Graphic Java. David is currently writing Core HTML5 for Prentice-Hall.
David has worked on several open-source projects, and was the second committer for the venerable Struts web application framework. David served on Sun expert groups, helping to define technologies such as the JSP tag library, and JavaServer Faces. David is also a prolific speaker who has spoken at hundreds of conferences, and is a three-time JavaOne Rock Star.
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