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REAL World 2005
Issue: 3.5 (May/June 2005)
Author: Marc Zeedar
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In the blink of an eye it's spring again and time for another REAL World conference. Unquestionably, this annual congregation of all things REALbasic is the high point of my year. What could be better than meeting living legends, email buddies, programming partners, invaluable teachers, and fellow RB fanatics in person? How about hours of intense REALbasic tutorials, lectures, and jaw-dropping demonstrations? Or perhaps the best thing about REAL World is being able to ask technical questions about the dark inner workings of RB to the very geniuses who wrote the code. Maybe it's just good times hanging out with friends eating Texas barbeque and listening to what amazing things others are doing -- or attempting to do -- with REALbasic. Whatever it is that makes REAL World so special, it's a wonderful experience you certainly won't ever forget, and a delicious way to recharge your batteries for the upcoming year and get inspired by the unlimited potential of what REALbasic will allow you to do.
There are so many terrific stories from this year's conference I hardly know where to begin. For those of you who couldn't make it, I'll do my best to be your fly on the wall and give you a glimpse into what it was like this year.
The Keynote
We begin with the keynote, an hour or so where REAL Software head Geoff Perlman dazzled us with exciting stories of REALbasic achievements. We heard about how the Associated Press used REALbasic to generate (from raw data) near real-time graphs in the 2004 U.S. presidential election; how Apple uses several REALbasic apps to remotely manage and control all the Apple Stores; how several NFL teams are using Stephen Tallent's RB apps to provide fans with statistics and other data; and we watched a video of DARPA Grand Challenge entrants Mike and Dave where they demonstrated their autonomous vehicle entirely programmed with REALbasic at a fraction of the time and cost of most other teams.
Then it was on to a demonstration of REALbasic 2005 (what once was known as RB 6) and the web-application technology known as Swordfish. This wasn't too different from last year's demo, though both technologies are obviously more robust by now.
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