Erik Meade

Programming in Java since 1996, I grok web applications. This deep understanding comes from implementing web servers, distributed application servers, object-relational db mapping tools, testing frameworks, and parsers. Java isn't all I know, it's just what I prefer. I have also programmed in Assembler, pascal, C, C++, and VB.

The first computer I used (5th grade) was a TRS80. Having grown up a computer user and programmer, the number of applications and systems I have used is long. Of course most of them are obsolete now!

Most of the interesting stuff I do is out there... on the web. Here you can find my Resume and some of my early work (see the nav bar to the left).

Out on the internet I am the editor of the award winning website Junit.org. I used to be a RecentChangesJunkie on Ward's Wiki. And have done a bit of work on Jakarta's Ant (back before it went big time). I also blog and LJ.

I got involved with Extreme Programming and my life has never been the same (a few others haven't been the same either). What can I say, with Design Principles in Test Driven Design and XP defining the Rules of the Game, writing software is but a dream.