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 am not available for full time employment, but I will consider contract or consulting gigs.
Resume: HTML, PDF, Word Doc

Currently working on: Comet Desktop. My tech demo. It has a live demo of a web based Jabber client that communicates over web sockets. I authored the web socket library and the cross domain comet server (Sprocket.Socket and Sprocket.Gateway).

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 Extjs
• Ext.ux.WindowSnap.DD - Extjs Window Edge Snapping
• Ext.ux.CssProxy - Cross-domain ajax with CSS, based on CSSHttpRequest
• Ext User Extensions - Some Extjs 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

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.vox.com - My blog
• Ubuntu Linux - My desktop OS (+compiz)
• Extjs - JavaScript Toolkit. This site is made with Extjs.
• 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