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Pathfinder Development Sponsors midVentures25
(11 March 2010)
Pathfinder Development sponsors midVentures25, midVentures25 is the first Chicago-based startup demo day & conference.
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Pathfinder Development Sponsors Day of Mobile in Chicago
(6 March 2010)
Pathfinder Development sponsors Day of Mobile 2010, an all day event for mobile developers and enthusiasts that will take place at IIT on March 6, 2010.
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Pathfinder’s Noel Rappin and John McCaffrey to present at Windy City Rails 2009
(12 September 2009)
Rappin and McCaffrey will present tips and guidelines on PDF generation and testing at the second Windy City Rails conference, to be held at the Chicago Westin River North.
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Pathfinder’s Michael Walkden to Lead Experiential Workshop at Agile 2009 Conference
(24-28 August 2009)
Walkden’s hands-on workshop entitled “The Agile Game: An Experiential Workshop” involves participants in the whole Agile experience—no technology required.
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Pathfinder’s Michael Walkden to Lead Workshop at the Chicago Agile Project Management Meetup Group
(04 August 2009)
Michael will be presenting the hands-on workshop he will recreate at Agile 2009 later this month.
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Pathfinder’s Noel Rappin to be guest speaker at ChicagoRuby.org meeting
(23 June 2009)
Rappin will discuss his recently-published multimedia e-book “Rails Test Prescriptions”, and explore how to develop tests for existing software applications at the June 23 meeting of ChicagoRuby.org.
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Pathfinder’s Alice Toth Participating in Chicago IxDA Panel Discussion on Agile Design
(10 June 2009)
Senior User Experience Designer Alice Toth will be among the experts discussing the interaction of User Experience Design and the Agile Development Process in the “UX & Agile, Together at Last” panel discussion at Chicago IxDA’s meeting on June 10, 2009.
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Noel Rappin to Speak at Windy City Rails Conference
(September 20, 2008)
Noel’s presentation iPhone Web Development Using Rails will cover the best ways to leverage Rails on the iPhone and help developers leverage Mobile Safari’s new paradigm for web browsing that utilizes the iPhone’s popular touch screen display along with new styles of interactions that include tap, pinch and zoom for bringing content into view. He will also be presenting a session on test driven development.
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Dietrich Kappe to Speak at AjaxWORLD West 2008
(20-22 October 2008)
Saving Your Investment: Transforming J2EE Applications into Web 2.0 Using GWT
The pressure is on to keep pace with Web 2.0 entrants into the marketplace. Learn to analyze the service profile of your application, and leverage GWT to save you time and money.
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Pathfinder's Dietrich Kappe and Brian Dillard to Speak at The Ajax Experience
(September 29 – October 1, 2008)
Dietrich’s presentation Saving Your Investment: Transforming J2EE Applications into Web 2.0 using GWT discusses the pressures of keeping pace with Web 2.0 entrants into the marketplace. His presentation will cover how to stay competitive, control costs and reduce maintenance using the Google Web Toolkit (GWT).
Brian’s presentation Making Friends with the Browser: Ajax, Back Buttons and Bookmarks will focus on enabling bookmarks and the back button in Ajax applications. Much of his presentation will be based on his experience as the project lead on Really Simple History, a popular open-source Ajax history and bookmarking library.
Pathfinder in the News
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Pathfinder Development Named to Software Magazine's Software 500 for the 4th Straight Year
(07 October 2009)
Pathfinder Development today announced its inclusion on the Software Magazine’s Software 500 ranking of the world’s largest software and service providers for the fourth straight year.
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"Rails Test Prescriptions" by Noel Rappin to Be Published by Pragmatic Publishing
(24 August 2009)
Noel Rappin, Pathfinder’s Vice President of Rails Development, will publish his e-book “Rails Test Prescriptions” with Pragmatic later this year.
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Rapid Reporting Taps Pathfinder to Co-Create EmploymentChek, a First-of-Breed Tool in Employment Verification
(11 July 2009)
Rapid Reporting’s web application, developed with Pathfinder in Ruby on Rails, allows credit issuers to verify employment details on borrowers and run detailed reports to reinforce anti-fraud best practices.
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Pathfinder assists Kouba O’Reilly in launching Gatefeed Contractor Compliance Application
(01 June 2009)
Kouba’s web application, developed with Pathfinder, provides a single source for contractors and supervisors managing compliance.
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Pathfinder’s Matt Nolker to speak at AITP Spring Conference
(01 April 2009)
Pathfinder Development is pleased to announce that Matt Nolker, Director of User Experience Design, has been invited to speak on Agile development practices at the AITP Region 5 Spring Conference.
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Pathfinder’s Noel Rappin Publishes "Rails Test Prescriptions: Keeping your application healthy" E-Book
(27 March 2009)
Noel Rappin, Pathfinder’s Vice President of Rails Development, has published “Rails Test Prescriptions”, a comprehensive guide to the mechanics and style of writing tests for your Rails applications.
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Pathfinder’s Noel Rappin Selected to Speak at RailsConf 2009
(27 February 2009)
Pathfinder Development is pleased to announce that Noel Rappin, Pathfinder’s Vice President of Rails Development and author of “Professional Ruby on Rails” from Wrox Press, has been selected to speak at RailsConf 2009.
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Pathfinder Recognized by Software Magazine in 25th Annual Software 500
(17 December 2008)
Pathfinder Development, an agile development and user experience design consulting firm, has been recognized by Software Magazine, in the 25th Annual Software 500, which ranks the world’s largest software and service providers.
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Inc. 5,000 Recognizes Pathfinder as One of the Fastest Growing Private Companies in America
(05 December 2008)
Pathfinder Development, a leading software development and user experience design firm, announced its recent recognition by Inc. Magazine as one of the fastest growing private companies in America. Pathfinder is honored to place 814th on the Inc. 5,000 list, which is an extension of Inc. magazine’s annual Inc. 500 list, designed to recognize some of the fastest growing private companies in America.
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Pathfinder Development Launches Beer Hunter Rich Internet Application for DestinationBeer.com
(03 November 2008)
Pathfinder, a leading software development and user experience design firm, announces the successful development and launch of Destination Beer’s Beer Hunter Rich Internet Application.
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Pathfinder Announces Noel Rappin’s “Developing iPhone Applications using Ruby on Rails and Eclipse,” is Now Available on IBM’s developerWorks Site
(01 August 2008)
Pathfinder, a leading software development and user experience design firm, announced “Developing iPhone applications using Ruby on Rails and Eclipse, Part 3: Developing advanced views for iPhone” by Pathfinder’s Noel Rappin is now available at IBM’s developerWorks site.
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Pathfinder Announces Part 4 of Brian Dillard’s “Ajax Overhaul” Tutorial Series is Now Available from IBM’s developerWorks Site
(01 August 2008)
Pathfinder, a leading software development and user experience design firm, today announced the publication of ‘Ajax overhaul, Part 4: Ajax overhaul, Part 4: Retrofit existing sites with jQuery and Ajax forms’.
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Pathfinder Announces Noel Rappin’s Newest Installment of “Developing iPhone Applications using Ruby on Rails and Eclipse,” is Now Available on IBM’s developerWorks Site
(07/09/2008)
Pathfinder, a leading software development and user experience design firm, announced the second in a series of articles: “Developing iPhone applications using Ruby on Rails and Eclipse, Part 2: Displaying iPhone content to the client”.
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Pathfinder Announces Brian Dillard’s Part 3 of the “Ajax Overhaul” Tutorial Series is Now Available from IBM’s developerWorks Site
(07/08/2008)
Pathfinder, a leading software development and user experience design firm, today announced the publication of ‘Ajax overhaul, Part 3: Retrofit existing sites with jQuery, Ajax tabs, and photo carousels’.
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Pathfinder Development Helps Deliver PlantCollections.org
(25 June 2008)
Pathfinder, a leading software development and user experience design firm, announces the successful development and launch of PlantCollections.org, providing a wealth of data and information about plants worldwide.
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Pathfinder Development Celebrates 10th Anniversary
(12 June 2008)
Pathfinder, a leading software development and user experience design firm headquartered in Chicago, has recently reached a major milestone by celebrating its 10th anniversary.
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Pathfinder’s Noel Rappin Outlines How to Build Ruby on Rails Applications for the iPhone in Latest Article for IBM’s developerWorks Site
(06/06/2008)
Pathfinder, a leading software development and user experience design firm, announced the first in a series of articles by Pathfinder’s Noel Rappin is now available at IBM developerWorks.
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Pathfinder’s Matt Nolker Invited to Speak at Inaugural RIApalooza Conference
(05/26/2008)
Pathfinder Development, a leading user experience design and software development firm, is pleased to announce that Matt Nolker, Pathfinder’s Director of User Experience Design, has been invited to speak at RIApalooza, taking place in Chicago, May 30 & 31, 2008.
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Pathfinder’s Noel Rappin Unveils Rails Plug-In for iPhone Applications
(05/16/2008)
Pathfinder, a leading software development and user experience design firm, announced the initial release of rails_iui, an open source Rails Plug-In for the iPhone created by Noel Rappin.
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Pathfinder Announces Brian Dillard’s Latest Addition to the “Ajax Overhaul” Tutorial Series
(05/13/2008)
Pathfinder, a leading software development and user experience design firm, today announced the publication of “Ajax overhaul, Part 2: Retrofit existing sites with jQuery, Ajax, tooltips, and lightboxes.”
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