Re: [ANN] talk in London 6 September

[Michal Kottman <k0mpjut0r@...>]

On 30 August 2012 09:51, Justin Cormack <justin@specialbusservice.com> wrote:
> Steve Donovan, who many of you on this list will know is giving a talk
> on 6 September in London. Hope to see some of you there!
>
> Lua with Android using AndroLua
>
> AndroLua is a demonstration project by Michal Kottman which bundles
> Lua 5.1 and LuaJava as an application you can run on your phone or an
> emulator. The version I will demonstrate implements a simple TCP
> server so that one can open an interactive session on a host machine.
> Only weighing in at 260Kb, AndroLua provides access to most Android
> APIs directly through Java reflection. It is a good way to learn the
> capabilities of this OS without a time-consuming compile-upload-launch
> cycle, and Lua modules and other assets can be uploaded to a running
> program. I will show how the dynamic nature of Lua and its support for
> first-class functions makes Android application development more
> pleasant and productive.
>
> Talk will be available on video after, please see
> http://www.londonlua.org/ where past talks are also available.

Since I cannot attend in person, I am really looking forward to see
the video online. I have never thought that my experiment in "can this
be done?" will become an inspiration for a talk :)