Tim Messerschmidt
As a long time mobile and web developer, Tim channels his knowledge and experience as Braintree's Head of Developer Relations. He is passionate about startups and serves as a mentor at multiple incubators and accelerators.
Prior to joining PayPal, Tim worked with Neofonie Mobile and Samsung focusing on several mobile projects. In his spare time, he leads and creates training classes in all sorts of developer-oriented topics, contributes to Open Source projects and is one of the authors of the Mobile Developer’s Guide to the Galaxy. In addition, he authored numerous articles published in print magazines.
Previous talks:
Talks I've Given
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Death to Passwords
Featuring Tim Messerschmidt
User authentication in mobile apps is a very common and integral use case. Implementing regular passwords is an easy solution but comes with several pitfalls that impair user experience.
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Authentication for Droids
Featuring Tim Messerschmidt
Tim Messerschmidt sheds light on different techniques that help authenticate users in your service via methods such as Basic Authentication and more advanced technologies like OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect, as well as discussing best practices and(dis-)advantages.
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