August 23, 2007

RIA, Mashups, Web 2.0: Explaining the Language of the Web

Presented by Aaron Nance, Security/Web Manager, Southwestern Illinois College

The web has become an essential business tool. As with many technical fields the web has developed its own language. While this eases communication between those in the field, it tends to make communication between web staff, executives, project managers, and other business stakeholders difficult. In this presentation we will explore web terminology and concepts in layman’s terms, giving examples to illustrate their application in order to facilitate better communication within the organization.

About Our Speakers

Aaron has been working with the Web and Internet technologies for 12 years, the last seven at Southwestern Illinois College. Before working at SWIC he worked with Edward Jones and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Aaron has a bachelors of science from the University of Phoenix specializing in Web Management. He teaches courses in JSP/Servlet development and Adobe Flash at SWIC. While his primary language is Java, web development requires a diverse set of technical skills. A few of the languages/technologies he has worked with include Flash, JavaScript, XML, Perl, C++, Visual Basic, ASP, and ColdFusion.