Ben Galbraith
Salt Lake Software Symposium
Salt Lake City · June 16 - 17, 2006
Book author, Ajaxian-at-Large, and Consultant
Ben Galbraith is a frequent technical speaker, occasional consultant, and author of several Java-related books. He is a co-founder of Ajaxian.com, an experienced CTO and Java Architect, and is presently a consultant specializing in Java Swing and Ajax development. Ben wrote his first computer program when he was six years old, started his first business at ten, and entered the IT workforce just after turning twelve. For the past few years, he’s been professionally coding in Java. Ben has delivered hundreds of technical presentations world-wide at venues including JavaOne, The Ajax Experience, JavaPolis, and the No Fluff Just Stuff Java Symposium series; he was the top-rated speaker at JavaOne 2006.
Presentations
Introduction to Ajax
Ajax – called DHTML just a few months ago – has revolutionized (or “radically iterated”, if you like) web application development in the short few months since the term was coined.
What is it all about? Why are we excited about a set of capabilites that have been sitting in our browser for years? What can you do with it? And, how can you do it?
Ajaxian JavaScript Frameworks
In the “Introduction to Ajax” session, we discuss what Ajax is, how it works, and how others are using it.
This session goes deeper into Ajax by reviewing the existing JavaScript frameworks that aim to make it easier.
Eight Tips for Swing Development
Java's Swing GUI toolkit is one of the most powerful and flexible frameworks available for creating professional, high-quality desktop applications. Along with its considerable abilities, however, comes considerable complexity. Swing does not have a reputation for ease of use (despite being much easier than many of its competitors–but that's another story). If you could combine the Swings power with the productivity of easier, more restrictive tools, such as Microsoft's Visual Basic - you'd have an incredible tool for application development.