I am a big fan of software development processes and process management. In my startup we are thinking about trying out Kanban. I am thinking about setting up next SDG event about SW processes in startups. What do you think? Some people have been also asking about the next Mobile Dev Camp. We have started to talk about the next one and will have information about it soon

Please sign up for the event here : http://www.stubmatic.com/aes/event/937. We have limited amount of space so be quick and please only sign-up if you know that you will attend

Microsoft BizSpark

JavaFX is Sun’s new platform for expressive content and Rich Internet Applications that scale across the web browser, the desktop, and mobile (and soon, to entertainment as well). What makes JavaFX unique is the combination of the ubiquity and power of the Java platform with the domain-specific JavaFX Script language, optimized cross-platform media and graphics engines, and designer-oriented tools and workflows.

The talk will give an overview of the goals and technological aspects of the JavaFX platform, a brief run-through of some of the interesting features of JavaFX Script, as well as portability and deployment aspects of JavaFX, and a road map of upcoming JavaFX releases and features. A number of live demos across multiple platforms will be included.

This is very current topic since the JavaFX Coding Challenge is on right now. If you are experimenting or already using JavaFX and want to make $25k you should definitely check out the competition here.

Join Facebook group here

RSVP Facebook event here

Finaly I would like to thank our sponsor Sun Microsystem for supporting the event.

Here is the preliminary program for the Mobile Dev Camp

09.30 – 10.00 Doors open,Networking
10.00 – 10.15 Peter Vesterbacka, Somebazaar, Welcome and greetings from Mobile World Congress
10.15 – 11.00 Teemu Kurppa, Huikea, platform = stage – how to choose a mobile development platform
11.00 – 11.15 Break
11.15 – 12.00 Tomi Mickelsson, Idean, Android platform
12.00 – 12.45 Samuli Grohn, Valve Intro to Web Runtime for Nokia
12.45 – 13.45 Lunch
13.45 – 14.15 Niklas Wahrman, Developing Android/iPhone game
14.15 – 14.45 Harri Myllynen, Offscreen Technologies, Developing for Symbian using Offscreen Studio IDE
14.45 – 15.00 Break
15.00 – 18.00 Hackathon & BarCamp (more about this here and here

Join us for beers and networking in Korjaamo on 15th January 6pm. We have very interesting SDG coming up about web app security. Security is rarely the first thing in mind when building a new cool app in startup. Usually it pops up when some VC or a bigger partner asks about it. Security is very important specially when you grow user base and start implementing your revenue models. The subject of the next SDG is Web App security. We have Antti Laulajainen from Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) to talk about how startups could plan these things little bit earlier. Antti is the Chapter leader of OWASP project and he introduces us to the subject as follows.

Application security has become a business factor. Organisations and corporations buying software will be demanding proof of how security is integrated in products or services. Companies developing software may have difficulties responding to these demands. In general it is much cheaper to tackle problems early in the application’s lifecycle rather than later e.g. in the support phase. Where to start then? One good source of information is Open Web Application Security Project OWASP. OWASP provides free documentation to introduce application security in the development process and tools to measure it. Come and listen how OWASP can help you to develop more secure software.

Agenda

Introduction to OWASP

* What OWASP is

* Examples of useful Tools and Documents

* OWASP in Finland

I hope you can all join us for tech talks and beers in Korjaamo and Helmi on Monday 24th November.

Here is Slush Helsinki tech track program:

09.00-09.15      Welcome
09.15-09.45      Developing mobile services – Teemu Kurppa
09.45-10.15      iPhone development -  Kai Kankaala
10.15-10.45      Break
10.45-11.15      Symbian development – Lasse Mäki
11.15-11.45      Mobile developer panel moderated by Vesa-Matti Paananen. Panel members: Teemu Kurppa, Kai Kankaala and Lasse Mäki
11.45-13.15      Lunch
13.15-13.45      Nokia Touch UI development -  TBA
13.45-14.15      Implementing OpenSocial API – Slava Kurkov
14.15-14.45      Scala: Improving modularization for Scala-bility – Pietu Pohjalainen
14.45-15.15      Break
15.15-15.45      Video encoding with VLC – Rémi Denis-Courmont
15.45-16.15      Ruby development – Jarkko Laine
16.15-16.30      Summary

Slush party @ Helmi starting 7pm.

Full program and registration at www.slushhelsinki.com.

Google App Engine

App Engine looks like the dream platform for Python web developers. It makes deployment completely transparent. You press one button and the site goes live, and it scales indefinitely. No syncing and restarting servers, no load balancing, database replication, etc… And it’s free! Too good to be true?

I will cover:

• The Good Things: deployment, versioning, logs, data viewer, scalability, reliability, costs.
• The Bad Things (and how to live with them): quotas, profiling, limits on files, subdomains, custom error pages, data viewer, ssl, lock-in.
• Tips: data modeling, scheduled tasks, using versions, timezones, unit testing.
• Conclusions: when to use it, when not to use it?

Alternate object persistence systems

Relational databases are the de-facto standard persistence systems for modern applications written in object-oriented languages. The use of these tools is usually justified by the use of SQL, standardized toolsets and abstraction from the programming language. The usage of a relational database still creates a impedance mismatch problem between the relational data model and an object-oriented language, that is traditionally solved with ORM-tools or manual object-to-relational mapping. As an introduction to the SDG I’ll go through some of the alternatives for relational databases, mainly object databases. The idea of this session is to have a discussion about these alternative systems and the benefits they might offer.

The introduction will include the following topics:

-What is object persistence?
-What are object databases?
-What does an application benefit from an object database?
-Differences between object databases and ORM tools
-What other persistence solutions are available?
-Different use cases for persistence systems?