Mark your calendars!  Aaron Bartell is coming to NH

Aaron Bartell will be speaking to the NHMUG user group on March 7, 2012.

Mobile Dev for RPG Programmers

This power packed seminar is geared towards a half day (3.5hrs to 4hrs) of presenting. The focus is on mobile development for RPG programmers and dives into many areas including showing how to do the complete setup of a programmers desktop environment for Android development and producing a first Hello World program, all the way to doing HTML5 mobile development. After doing initial introduction I dive further into the technologies to show some real-world applications I have developed that show how one can leverage their RPG knowledge and take their company to the next level without leaving the IBM i platform. All tools and utilities are free and open source so all attendees can try them at no cost to their business!

Exploit the Power of Open Source Java from RPG

In this session you will learn how RPG's Java interface extensions can be used to exploit the wealth of Java Open Source applications. We will start by explaining the basic RPG syntax extensions and demonstrate how the interface works through practical examples. Examples will include:

• * Interfacing with the Twitter API to easily send tweets (a.k.a. status updates) from your RPG programs
• * Creating QR codes interfacing with Zxing API's from the community and Google
• * Building pie charts, bar graphs, and more buy interfacing to the JFree.org APIs

We will also discuss how the performance of such Java utilities can be improved through the use of server job and data queue interfaces.

Additional Session

In addtion to these two sessions, Aaron can present one more as well.  Vote for the session you'd like to see!

Biography

Aaron Bartell is a Senior Software Developer for Krengel Technology Inc. Aaron focuses much of his development in the area of creating modern applications using RPG and Java on the IBM i and Android platforms. He is the lead developer of RPG-XML Suite (www.rpg-xml.com) and the primary "pusher" of OpenRPGUI.com. He enjoys being part of the strong IBM i community through forum participation, article writing and providing open source software on his personal website - http://MowYourLawn.com. Aaron has most recently been pursuing how he can use his abilities to benefit those in need. He started the site www.SofwareSavesLives.com as a mechanism to raise money for digging clean water wells in Africa and feeding starving children. Aaron lives with his wife and five children in southern Minnesota and enjoys playing electric and bass guitar with the band he is in, Scattered Showers (www.ScatteredShowersMusic.com)