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David Delabassee, TweetSoftware Evangelist at Oracle
Biography: David Delabassee
David Delabassee is a Software Evangelist working for Oracle. Prior to Oracle, David spent a decade at Sun Microsystems focusing on Java end-to-end (from the smart card to the high end server), related technologies and developer tools. In his various roles, David has been involved in numerous Java projects since the early days of this technology. David lives in Belgium and in his spare time, he enjoy tinkering and playing with technologies such as Java, Arduino, Linux, Home Automation, etc.
Twitter: @delabassee
Presentation: TweetProject Avatar - Server-Side JavaScript on the Java Platform
Project Avatar is an open source platform for server-side JavaScript applications on the JVM, using the node programming model and its ecosystem. These Java/JavaScript hybrid applications can leverage capabilities of both environments—accessing the latest node frameworks while taking advantage of the Java platform's scalability, manageability, tools, and extensive collection of Java libraries. In this session, you will learn how to write hybrid applications that take advantage of both ecosystems.