VanDev August Meetup: Web Services REST-Style - Universal Identifiers, Formats, & Protocols August 9, 2007

In August we have returning speaker Gerald Bauer presenting on Web Services, REST-Style. REST, or Representational State Transfer, was coined to describe a set of basic principles that underlie the World Wide Web. Join us to see what is being done with "RESTful" systems that follow these principles. Following the presentation we'll have a door prize draw, round-the-room introductions, and then open the floor for networking. This is a networking event so bring your business/contact cards and a story or two to share.

About the Presentation:

Gerald will explain the powerful yet simple architecture behind the stunning success of the World Wide Web - an open architecture built using universal identifiers, formats & protocols.

What are universal identifiers? What are universal formats? What are universal protocols? Who cares and why does it all matter?

Gerald will explain it all using popular RESTful web services that let you share, tag, and sort bookmarks, photos, blog stories, company profiles, and much much more.

About The Speaker:

Gerald has more than ten years of professional experience in the information industry as developer, team lead, and trainer and has worked for Google, Apple, Siemens, the French Embassy and others in Canada, the United States and Austria.

Gerald holds a Masters Degree in social and economic sciences from the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Austria and was chosen for the International Management Program at New York University's Stern Business School.

Gerald enjoys traveling and just recently returned from Mexico City where he studied Spanish at the National University for six months. Gerald eats, works and sleeps in Vancouver, British Columbia in Canada and you can find his blog at http://geraldbauer.wordpress.com

Gerald has also started a group for Ajax & Web 2.0 Developers in Vancouver. If you're interested in discussing, sharing or extending your knowledge on all things Ajax, Atom, Rest, Widgets, Canvas, UserScripts, Microformats, OpenID, Gears and more then join the discussion and stay tuned about upcoming events @ http://groups.google.com/group/vanajax

Official Website: http://softwaredev.meetup.com/17/calendar/5895564