Rik Arends
Rik Arends is co-founder of Javeline, the organization behind Ajax.org and pushing the limits for online application development. As a C++ developer with over 15 years of experience in 3D, computer vision and video, Rik has developed software engines behind browser based video mixing, large stage projections and multitouch tabletop computing used by Coca Cola, Nokia and Tiesto. Well versed in declarative techniques as well as having a strong focus on performance and pushing the boundaries, Rik has a unique perspective on the web environment from both JavaScript and C++ angles.
Track abstract - WEB
Ajax.org HTML5 and Developing collaborative applications in the cloud.
The new wave of Collaborative have a huge domain of possible UX and scalability requirements.
How can developer tooling support exploring the world of collaborative UX effectively?
What value can an integrated developer environment in the cloud have for you?
How can we push the browser platform to explore new ways of interacting with the user and the outside world?
In this talk we will try to answer these questions and look at some of the projects
we are doing at ajax.org to push these boundaries.
Track abstract - WEB
Real-time 3D Ajax Charts Across All Browsers
One of the most significant limitations of Web browsers as an application platform is the difficulty in rendering and displaying graphics in real time, especially across different browsers. For the Ajax.org charting engine Rik has developed a way to render 3D vector graphics, across different Web browsers. With flash being absent, this approach is also currently the only route for realtime web-charts on the iPhone and iPad, and it even runs fast in Internet Explorer. This session covers development methods on achieving this level of performance and how to leverage the technology in applications. We unveil several remarkable performance differences between browsers and their versions and look at the future of high performance Javascript driven graphics. All ajax.org technology is available under LGPL opensource license.
Track abstract - Conversation Corner
In conversation
Thomas Nilsson, Lieke Arends, Rik Arends and Humayun Rashid - available in conversation corner.
This is your chance to talk to selected conference speakers and raise all the burning questions you have following their presentations. Do you have feedback, positive or negative? Take this opportunity to share your ideas in a relaxed, informal chat.
