Codetown ::: a software developer's community
Time: September 24, 2015 from 6pm to 8pm
Location: Canvs
City/Town: Orlando
Website or Map: http://www.canvs.org
Phone: 321-252-9322 @mikelevin @codetown
Event Type: meeting
Organized By: Michael Levin
Latest Activity: Sep 18, 2015
This month we'll have a presentation on the Google Web Toolkit! Google Web Toolkit (GWT), used by Google internally on some of their biggest applications, is growing and quite good. Learn about the technology, and plans for GWT to become a singular development platform on web and beyond.
Speaker:
Co-founder of www.diy.fund, an online investment platform
Recently moved to Orlando, FL from NY, spent his career on wall street developing and managing technology for multi-billion dollar hedge funds. Has been using Java most of his career, and specifically GWT which he loves evangelizing.
This meeting is sponsored by Cambridge ::: Working Software Developers ::: www.cambridgeweb.ie
Codetown is a social network. It's got blogs, forums, groups, personal pages and more! You might think of Codetown as a funky camper van with lots of compartments for your stuff and a great multimedia system, too! Best of all, Codetown has room for all of your friends.
Created by Michael Levin Dec 18, 2008 at 6:56pm. Last updated by Michael Levin May 4, 2018.
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