Can you introduce yourselves ?
What is Parleys ?
How do you do the sync'ing, is that a manual process ?
Tell us a bit about the new version you've shown this morning.
Ben, are you a long time Flex developer ?
Are you using Flex 3 ?
What are the good things about doing Flex on this project ?
What are some of the cool features ?
So you can use AIR also for non-visual functionality ?
What are the next future features ?
What are you using on the backend ?
What are you using for hosting these video's ?
Any new features you would like to see in AIR ?
So finally at JavaPolis 2007 we announced the next generation of Parleys.com. Ben and I have been working on this for almost half a year, so during the keynote we were very excited to demo our new RIA baby... a 30 min. joy ride. In this interview with Dion Almaer you get some more information about the development and future plans.
Stephan Janssen is the founder and chairman of the Belgian Java User Group since 1996 and founder of JavaPolis in 2002. He has been using Java since its early releases in 1995 with experience of developing and implementing real world Java solutions in the finance and manufacturing industries. He also founder and managing director of JCS Int. a Sun authorized Java Center with an exclusive focus on J2ME, J2SE and J2EE since 1997. JCS is also the very first Belgian Java company to speak at JavaOne 2003. He was selected by BEA Systems as the first European (independant) BEA Technical Director. He has also been recognized by the Server Side as one of the 54 Who is Who in Enterprise Java 2004. Sun has recognized in 2005 his efforts for the Java Community and has engaged me in the Java Champion project. He has spoken at numerous Java and JUG conferences including Java '98 (UK), JAOO '99 (Denmark), JavaDays 2000 (Norway), TMAB (Belgium), JavaPolis 2002-04-05, JavaOne 2003, SpringOne 2006, JavaZone 2007, SAI, IT Works etc.
Benjamin Dobler is a 27 year old Flash-Platform Expert living in Berlin (Germany). He first picked up Flash in 1999 and since then tries to convince his environment that Flash is more than a toy. In his daily job he used to build advertising sites and in his free time he maintains the blog http://www.richapps.de were he showcases what in his eyes Flash was made for. Taking the beauty of advertising sites and the functionality from real applications is a real passion for him. In 2007 Benjamin quit his job to go freelance, making his hobby his job and coding Flex/AIR apps all night long.