David W Davis

I'm a software engineer that specializes in rich front-end applications and scalable back-end servers.
I have a special interest in Comet, WebSockets and various other emerging technologies.

I currently work for Sencha (Formerly Ext JS).
I am not available for full time employment, contract or consulting gigs.
Resume: HTML, PDF, Word Doc

Currently working on a rewrite of Comet Desktop over at Github: Comet Desktop v2

The photos above were taken by me in San Francisco, CA. Copyright 2008 (c) David Davis, All rights reserved.

• Comet Desktop - My tech demo site. (web desktop, javascript desktop, webos, webtop, whatever)
• rTerm - A multi-window capable frontend to Ajaxterm using Ext JS
• Ext.ux.WindowSnap.DD - Ext JS Window Edge Snapping
• Ext.ux.CssProxy - Cross-domain ajax with CSS, based on CSSHttpRequest
• Ext User Extensions - Some Ext JS extensions I'm working on
• Cometd - The Scalable Comet Framework. I co-founded Cometd with Alex Russell and Greg Wilkins
• Inter window communication - Communicate with other browser windows/tabs on the same domain
• Sprocket - My Perl Networking Framework (Event based)
• svn.xantus.org - Source code for my projects (There are more projects here)
• poe.perl.org - Sprocket is based on POE. I'm a co-maintainer
• Jemplate - Real JavaScript Templating. I helped with development and tests
• CPAN Tools - Suggest CPAN packages as you type
• Xantus at Github - My projects over at Github (new)

David Wayne Davis

• .Tel: Xantus - My contact info at .tel
• Email: xantus@xant.us
• Aim: xantus77
• MSN: xantus@hotmail.com (I do not read emails to this address)
• Jabber/GTalk: david.davis@gmail.com
• Facebook: David Davis
• LinkedIn: David Davis
• Blog: Xantus - David Davis
• Flickr: Xantus
• Twitter: Xantus

My internet nickname is xantus, and I can be found idling in #poe on irc.perl.org ( as @xantus[] )

• WebSockets - I was the first to create what is now called WebSockets...before co-founding Cometd
• xantus.tumblr.com - My Tumblr blog
• xantus.vox.com - My old blog
• Ubuntu Linux - My desktop OS (+compiz)
• Ext JS - JavaScript Toolkit. My site is made using Ext JS.
• Sound Manager 2 - The best flash based sound manager for the web
• Hulu - TV (US Only)
• Fancast - TV from various sources
• Brit Xbox - Animated image switcher