Description

Smartphones and other alternative computing devices are the future, but there’s so many platforms and specs to develop for. How can a developer build apps and websites for all of these different devices without breaking the budget or schedule? Simple: use technologies that span multiple platforms. At Palm we believe in cross platform technologies that let you target multiple devices at once. You should be able to target not only Palm’s great webOS devices, but also Android, iPhone, and other competing phone OSes.

In this session Josh will cover several ways Palm’s webOS supports targeting multiple platforms, including:

• Phonegap: an open source cross platform porting layer
• Sencha: a cross platform UI toolkit for desktop and web
• PDK: Palm’s toolset for direct unix level C programming
• Java EE webservices integration
• GCJ: an open source Java to native compiler

Speaker

Josh Marinacci first tried Java in 1995 at the request of his favorite Georgia Tech TA and never looked back. He is a blogger and co-author of Swing Hacks for O’Reilly. He is currently a Developer Advocate for the webOS at Palm, Inc. He previously worked on JavaFX, Swing, NetBeans, and client lead for the Java Store at Sun Microsystems. Josh lives in Eugene, Oregon and is passionate about open source technology & great user interfaces. He uses a Palm Pre, MacBook Pro, and Nikon D50 SLR to spread understanding of great design in software.

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