Practical Palm Pre Webos Projects

Introduction When I was but a wee lass, my school-the first on Long Island, New York, I remember being told-got this thing called a computer. I vaguely remember hearing about such a contraption in sci-fi shows like Star Trek, but I didn't really know what it was. At that time, one of the teachers who had taken the lead there, a great guy by the name of Mr. Mincio, asked the five best students in the school, of which I was one at the time (I didn't keep that up for much longer, but I digress), to join the fledgling "computer club." Four of us said yes. I'm very glad I did because that decision has charted the course for much of my life. Interestingly, three weeks later, I was the only student who stuck around. Everyone else wanted out. Later that year, my parents bought me my first computer for Christmas: a Timex Sinclair 1000. That was, by any standard of almost any day, decidedly not a great piece of hardware. That didn't matter to me, though; I couldn't be happier with it, and I learned more than I can recount with it.
About the Author: Frank W. Zammetti is a web architect specialist for a leading worldwide financial company by day, and a PocketPC and open-source developer by night. He is the founder and chief software architect of Omnytex Technologies, a PocketPC development house.He has over 12 years of professional experience in the information technology field, and over 12 more of amateur experience. He began his nearly life-long love of computers at age 7, when he became one of four students chosen to take part in his school district's pilot computer program. A year later, he was the only participant left! The first computer Frank owned was a Timex Sinclair 1000 in 1982, on which he wrote a program to look up movie times for all of Long Island (and without the 16k expansion module!). After that, he moved on to a Commodore 64 and spent about 4 years doing nothing but assembly programming (games mostly). He finally got his first IBM-compatible PC in 1987, and began learning the finer points of programming (as they existed at that time!).Frank has primarily developed web-based applications for about 8 years. Before that, he developed Windows-based client/server applications in a variety of languages. Frank holds numerous certifications including SCJP, MCSD, CNA, i-Net+, A+, CIW, MCP, and numerous BrainBench certifications. He is a contributor to a number of open source projects, including DataVision, Struts, PocketFrog, and Jakarta Commons. In addition, Frank has started two projects: Java Web Parts and The Struts Web Services Enablement Project. He also was one of the founding members of a project that created the first fully functioning Commodore 64 emulator for PocketPC devices (PocketHobbit).Frank has authored various articles on topics that range from integrating DataVision into web apps, to using Ajax in Struts-based applications. He is working on a new application framework specifically geared to creating next-generation web applications.