Sneak peek of Devfest Venezia 2025 + Your app at a glance

Devfest Venezia 2025 is on the horizon, and we're starting the celebration early.
Join us for a relaxed evening where you can connect with other members of our tech community over a fantastic dinner.
Our lead Fabio will also tell us about how to make a Widget for Android using Jetpack Compose.
Abstract:

"Widgets have been a part of Android since its beginning, but their diffusion has often been kept back by a complex development process.

That has changed with Jetpack Glance, a modern framework powered by Jetpack Compose that significantly simplifies widget creation.

In this talk, we'll journey through widgets, understanding what they are, what the common use cases are and how they works under the hood.

We'll also dive deep into Jetpack Glance, exploring its features and benefits. But we won't stop at theory – we'll build a widget for an existing app, addressing real-world issues often overlooked in basic documentation."

But that's not all!
We'll be dropping some major spoilers and revealing some of the expert speakers who will be taking the stage at Devfest.
See you there!

Agenda

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Speaker

Fabio Catinella - Twinkly (Senior Android Developer @ Twinkly)

Fabio is an Android lover even before being an Android Developer, he studied in Pisa and now lives in Padua working as Senior Android Developer for Twinkly.
Former Flutter developer, in his spare time helps the Google Developer Group Venezia organising events.

Hosted By

Marco Gomiero, Android Engineer

Marco is an Android engineer, currently working at Airalo. He is a Google Developer Expert for Kotlin, he loves Kotlin and he has experience with native Android and native iOS development, as well as cross-platform development with Flutter and Kotlin Multiplatform.

In his spare time, he writes and maintains open-source code, he shares his dev experience by writing on his blog, speaking at confs and organizing events with the Google Developer Group Venezia and he plays basketball.

Andrea Maglie, Organizer

Simone Formica, Organizer

Android & AOSP Dev
Linux lovers,
IoT and Photo lover

Co-organizer of GdG Venezia - Mentor at Coderdojo ZeroBranco (TV)

Omar Al Bukhari, Organizer

Experienced Mobile Developer with a track record of optimizing development lifecycles and enhancing client satisfaction.Key highlights include:

-Proven expertise in Android, Outsystems development, and ongoing learning in Kotlin Multiplatform.
-Successfully reduced time-to-market by 30% through optimised development practices.
-Lead co-organizer at GDG Venice and GDG Italy, fostering collaboration within the tech community.
-Avid learner with a passion for exploring new technologies and contributing to the growth of the Google Developer Group community.

Fabio Catinella, Android Engineer

Giuseppe Sorce, Senior Mobile Developer

Complete your event RSVP here: https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-venezia-presents-sneak-peek-of-devfest-venezia-2025-your-app-at-a-glance/.