Forum Nokia Champion Personal Introduction Page

Mr. Alessandro La Rosa
Master’s degree in Software Engineering
Italy

A mobile enthusiast, designer, and developer, I’m the CTO of FuelMobile, an Italian mobile-software house. I maintain www.jappit.com, a blog about mobile development, where I share technical knowledge with practical articles and tutorials.

As a software engineer, I specialize in software design, accessibility, and usability in both Web and mobile environments. I’m an active contributor to the Nokia community in areas related to Java™ Platform, Micro Edition (Java™ ME) and Flash Lite from Adobe, the technologies I use most in mobile development.

Development Areas of Interest

Mobile platforms

Java ME, Flash Lite, Series 40 platform, S60 platform, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Web Runtime widgets, Widsets

Application categories

Games, fun, music, imaging, communities, information services, messaging, streaming-media players, location-based services

Programming languages

Java™, ActionScript, PHP, Perl, C#, JavaScript™

Integrated development environments (IDEs)

Eclipse, NetBeans, Visual Studio, Flash Professional from Adobe, Carbide C++

Wireless device technologies

GSM, general packet radio service (GPRS), EDGE, universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS), High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA), Bluetooth, short message service (SMS), multimedia messaging service (MMS), Wi-Fi

Other areas of interest

Web development on Perl, PHP, Java, and .NET technologies. My main interest is in building rich user interfaces, using Asynchronous JavaScript™ and XML (Ajax) technologies to provide simple and effective tools (for example, www.stripegenerator.com)

My passions include (in random order) game development, biking, Japanese culture, and pizza.

Personal Competencies

Languages

Italian, English

Mobile competencies

Design and development of mobile applications, games, sites, and platforms for multiplayer game playing. Integration of existing Web services and resources into mobile applications. Knowledge sharing about mobile technologies zt both www.jappit.com and within the Forum Nokia developer community.

Forum Nokia Community activity areas

Wiki, Discussion Boards

Forum Nokia Discussion Board user name

jappit

Other competencies

Design and development of Ajax applications, games, widgets, and social tools. Wide experience with accessibility and usability topics in both Web and mobile development. Database management and Web security competencies.

Main Nokia Platform Related Achievements

Applications

FliKun: a KuneriLite-based Flash Lite photo uploader for Flickr. Available here:
http://www.jappit.com/blog/2008/06/25/flikun-kunerilite-based-flashlite-photo-uploader-for-flickr/
AnimaLogic: a casual logic game for demonstrating Web Runtime capabilities for games: http://www.jappit.com/blog/2008/04/16/animalogic-symbian-web-runtime-game/

Books and other publications

Articles about using mobile mapping:
http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.php/How_to_use_Google_Maps_data_in_mobile_applications
http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.php/Displaying_GPS_position_using_Google_Maps_images_in_Flash_Lite
http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.php/J2ME_Google_Maps_API

Java ME library for Image effects:
http://www.jappit.com/blog/2008/06/06/imagefx-j2me-image-effects-library/

Awards

Special Prize in Forum Nokia Wiki 2008 Code Example Challenge:
http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.php/2008_Code_Example_Challenge
2008 June Poster of the Month on Forum Nokia Discussion Boards:
http://discussion.forum.nokia.com/forum/showthread.php?p=435631

Hosted web pages

Mobile Development Blog: http://www.jappit.com

Mobile communities in which you are active

http://mobile.actionscript.it/
http://forum.kuneri.net
http://www.flashmobilegroup.org/

Personal Information

Personal web pages

http://www.jappit.com

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