Kevin Read

This is the sample application (Ejecta-v8-sample-master.zip) for a library I wrote for a client. It embeds the V8 JavaScript interpreter into an Android app and exposes powerful bridges between JavaScript, C++, and Java/Kotlin. The library and sample are open source; I've updated the sample for you.

To run, a simple ./gradlew assembleDebug or opening in Android Studio will be enough.

I added a fragment (ag.boersego.bgjs.sample.NativeSampleFragment) onto the barebones two-pane view that exists. It shows a simple Termin-style log interface and four buttons that interface directly with the JavaScript file residing in assets/js/native_sample.js. In ag.boersego.bgjs.sample, you can find TTSModule.kt, which is a nice way to add new native modules to the V8 instance.

Stock3 gives you real-time financial market data, analyses, and access to a community of pro traders. I created this app and its predecessors and have worked on it for many years.

A technical highlight is the use of real-time stock data and the powerful stock chart analysis package the client also uses on the web. It is driven by ejecta-v8, my project that embeds Google's v8 JavaScript engine into Android apps, similar to how Node.js works.

To reuse the existing code that was written in JavaScript, a client commissioned me to write a library similar to Ejecta.js for Android.

With the help of colleagues, I wrapped Google's v8, added Canvas, AJAX, and WebSocket APIs, and created a layer for the easy wrapping of both C++ and Java/Kotlin functions to be used by JavaScript.

I co-founded Om7Sense, a startup focusing on energy management. Using IoT technologies and an intuitive front-end written in React, energy usage can be easily quantified. The back-end was developed in high-availability Java EE using Eclipse Kura and communicates via the MQTT protocol standard.