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Gabriel Dayley

Web Warrior

I am a software developer, innovator, father and husband. I didn't invent the web, HTTP, JavaScript or even rounded corners. I haven't written a book (yet) or any draft specifications but I do enjoy the challenge of pushing the limits of technology. I am passionate about spending time with my family, learning everything, messing with technology and evangelizing America's pastime.

I currently work as a Software Architect for the LDS Church where I have been influential in pushing the web as a strong platform for building applications. I am the founder and current manager of the Utah Google Developer Group where I enjoy interacting with other individuals who are passionate about learning technology. I have over a decade of experience as a developer and a B.S in Computer Science from Utah Valley University.

I am grateful to those many who have shared their knowledge, experience and criticism with me along the way. I believe the Web is incredibly successful because it is an open platform and learning should follow in that same spirit. I look forward to sharing what I have learned with you, but most of all I look forward to learning from you.

Presentations

My web app beat up your 5 star native app - a WebAPI rundown

The WebAPI is an effort by Mozilla, Apple and Google to bring many of the features and API's that are often thought only possible to do in native apps, to the web. This effort, which promises to deliver APIs to web developers that allow access to device hardware and features such as the camera, microphone, telephone, SMS, geolocation, storage, NFC, power management and much more. The gap between the capabilities of native apps and web apps is quickly closing and no longer should you feel second class to those native poster-childs.

Come learn more about what your browser can do that you didn't know it could. Stand up for the web and deliver a body blow (figuratively, of course) the next time someone tells you your web app can't compete with their native one.

Featured Sessions

Neo4j Workshop - Getting started with a graph database

by Peter Bell
Neo4j is a NoSQL, graph database built specifically for enterprise Java projects (although you can also use the RESTful API from any language). In thi

NoSQL data modeling with Mongo and Neo4j

by Peter Bell
With NoSQL data stores you need to completely rethink how to model your data.

NoSQL Smackdown 2012

by Tim Berglund
Alternative databases continue to establish their role in the technology stack of the future—and for many, the technology stack of the present. Making

Apponomics

by Pratik Patel
You've got a great idea for a mobile app. You have a team together. You're building the killer app. Do you know enough about the various app stores to

Mobile Development Options 2013

by Pratik Patel
There's a bevy of options for developing mobile apps. If you're looking at cross-platform solutions, there's a multitude of options to choose from. In

Advanced JavaScript for Java Devs

by Pratik Patel
So you think you've picked up enough JavaScript to be dangerous, but feel like the whole prototypical language thing is still a mystery. In this sessi

Mobile Design Workshop

by Nathaniel Schutta
The word just came down from the VP - you need a mobile app and you need it yesterday. Wait, you've never built a mobile app...it's pretty much the sa

Backbone Workshop

by Nathaniel Schutta
You may have noticed today's web applications involve more than a few lines of JavaScript. You've probably also figured out JavaScript lacks certain..

Spock - Unit Test and Prosper

by Ken Sipe
Spock is a groovy based testing framework that leverages all the "best practices" of the last several years taking advantage of many of the developmen

MongoDB: Scaling Web Applications

by Ken Sipe
Google “MongoDB is Web Scale” and prepare to laugh your tail off. With such satire, it easy to pass off MongoDB as a passing joke… but that would be

Introduction to Google's Closure Tools

by Matt Stine
Closure Tools represents the open-sourcing of many of the tools used to build many of Google's rich web applications such as Gmail, Docs, Maps and Goo

Featured Speakers

John Brinnand

Lead Architect @ Netflix

I am currently working at Netflix as a Lead Architect where I build applications which are deployed in the cloud. I have also worked at eBay as an Application Architect designing applications at scale and at Sun where I helped build a TMN platform used by high-end mobile vendors such as Motorola, Siemens, Qualcomm, etc. My passion is building systems and over my 20+ years in Software development, I have built many sy..More »

Nathaniel Schutta

Author, speaker, software engineer focused on user interface design.

Nathaniel T. Schutta is a senior software engineer focussed on making usable applications. A proponent of polyglot programming, Nate has written two books on Ajax and speaks regularly at various worldwide conferences, No Fluff Just Stuff symposia, universities, and Java user groups. In addition to his day job, Nate is an adjunct professor at the University of Minnesota where he teaches students to embrace dynamic lan..More »

Aaron Frost

Front End Junkie, Wannabe Author, Aspiring Designer

I've spent the last several years swimming (at times sinking) in the Front End waters. Finding JS and CSS/HTML was the best thing that could have happened to me. By day I am a project member on a team that is building a mobile web app for over 50,000 servicemen and servicewomen worldwide. By night I am working with O'Reilly Media and Steve Olson, and we are writing the book 'JS.Next: ES6', which should be out towards..More »

Kenneth Kousen

Author of "Making Java Groovy"

Ken Kousen is the President of Kousen IT, Inc., through which he does technical training, mentoring, and consulting in all areas of Java and XML. He is the author of the O'Reilly screencast "Up and Running Groovy", and the upcoming Manning book about Java/Groovy integration, entitled "Making Java Groovy". He has been a tech reviewer for several books on software development. Over the past decade he's taught thou..More »

Nancy Lyons

Co-author Interactive Project Management

Nancy works at the intersection of technology, community, and people. As a leader and technologist, she creates solutions that further community and business goals by meeting the needs of individuals. Her guiding philosophy is that a human-centered approach to technology is the only way to get results that make a difference. Problem solving is about empowerment: motivated people create good products. Nancy supports c..More »

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