Spread the Word: 2008 Nonprofit Software Dev Summit

My good friend Gunner of Aspiration Tech is putting together what should be a great event. Gunner is one of the best session facilitators, activist trainers and geek wranglers I’ve ever had the pleasure of working with and learning from. Hope to see you there…

Aspiration is organizing an extremely exciting event in November, and we’re trying to get the most diverse audience we can possibly get together.

The 2008 Nonprofit Software Development Summit is shaping up to be a magical convergence of folks creating technology for social change. I invite you and anyone you know who might be interested to join us.

And please help us spread the word!

Details: http://www.aspirationtech.org/events/devsummit08

Sessions: http://devsummit08.aspirationtech.org/index.php?title=Sessions_List

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=32187241823

I hope to see lots of you there!

thanks & peace,
gunner

Android User Interface Code is Not Easily Reusable

I’m ideally looking for someone to correct or enlighten me here, so please do!

The basic premise I want to put forward is that user interface components and libraries developed for the Android platform are not as easily reusable as standard Java Swing-based UIs. As opposed to simply linking a JAR file as you would in a J2SE or J2ME application, an Android developer must deal with the following files:

  • An XML layout definition
  • An entry in the R.java resource file
  • The class definition(s)

It isn’t just the variety of files, but the process of integrating the third-party code into your application in a clean way that I am concerned with.

Am I missing something here? Is there an easy to just import a JAR into your lib, and load all of this up at once, possibly referencing a resource file and a separate set of layout XMLs within that JAR?

Maybe I need to go back and re-read the Building Custom Components section of the Android Developer Guide. Hmm.

links for 2008-10-19

  • OpenIntents
    We collect, design, and implement open intents and interfaces to make Android mobile applications work more closely together. We provide samples and free applications to demonstrate their usage.
    (tags: android phone)
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links for 2008-10-18

  • PSD to XHTML/CSS service on-demand
    By converting your Adobe Illustrator, Fireworks or Photoshop artwork into CSS / (X)HTML code and optionally implementing so you don't have to! We handle it all: AJAX / JavaScript, CSS, (X)HTML, CSS drop-downs / flyouts, mouseovers, file optimization saving you time and headaches at a fair price.
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