About

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I am an independent web-developer from Germany, currently living in Hamburg. I have two Masters in Computer Science (from TU-BS, Germany and UTEP, TX), and a lot of experience developing in different languages/environments.

I am a registered freelancer in Germany, and did all kinds of different projects over time, a full listing of which can be found under the tab ‘Portfolio’. If you are interested in collaborating with me, or having a website done, shoot me an email to derdoc-at-gmx.de.

Not long ago I got interested in RIAs/web-applications while deciding which to use for my next project and found GWT. I am of the opinion that current web-development lacks a certain measure of ease/elegantivity and am simply trying to raise awareness of that – in the hopes that someday there will be a better way to do (develop) things for the web. I think, GWT is a big step in the right direction – all we need is to keep stepping.

Since then node has happened to the world, and with it a whole eco-system of server-side js tools and frameworks have sprung up.
Especially interesting are developments that go in the direction the I am interested in exploring, namely same client and server-side API, like Meteor.
I would like to get back into research, and am considering of going back to work for the University of Hamburg or another research institute in the area.