Eric Burke: Android At The JUG
Once upon a time, a blog post a couple of hours after a JUG talk was considered a fast news reporting.
Not anymore!
For Eric Burke's Android talk tonight at the St. Louis JUG, twitterers (@codetojoy @kylecordes @scottbale @MarioAquino @puredanger) were out in force. And tweets were flying during the talk.
Eric showed up with his signature "Angry Pitchfork Guy" T-shirt:
Tonight's talk is a follow up to the OCI Java lunch talk that Eric gave four months ago when Android 1.0 was just released. (Find it on YouTube: 1 of 3, 2 of 3, and 3 of 3.)
We had a big crowd today. Some people came just for the Android content. And Eric did not disappoint (well, maybe Kyle). He showed the Android app he wrote and put on the app store.
Like always, the pre- and post- talk chattering is just as interesting. I overheard:
- We are working on a JavaFX project.
- They started a long time ago, when JavaFX was called just JavaF
- They started so long ago when it was still called OakFX
- What's up with Google? They compile Java code to anything but the JVM
- JavaFX was demoed on Android in JavaOne 2008, but no one is talking about it
- I took out my G1 and scanned the bar code on a TV while talking with a sales person. He's not pleased
- We had Lambda Lounge last week, No Fluff Just Stuff last weekend, Matt Taylor's Griffon talk at Groovy Users Group yesterday, and Android today. A very geeky week
- "Force Closed", that's the opposite of "Use the Force"
I gave away a few coupons for a free copy of the "Pro JavaFX Platform" ebook that is available in Apress's alpha program now. I still have a few left, if you would like one, send a private email to weiqigao at speakeasy.net.