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Why Ruby? An introduction to JRuby

April 16, 2008 in AAJUG Meetings

Ann Arbor Java Users Group Meeting

Speaker: Joe OBrien

Topic: Why Ruby? An Introduction to JRuby

We will have giveaways such as T-Shirts, Pens, etc. as well as a raffle for a free license of JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA Version 7.0.

Also, we plan on serving Pizza and Soft Drinks, so if you plan to attend, please send an RSVP to:
rsvp@data-masters.com

Meeting Location:

Washtenaw Community College, WCC BE 260

Presentation Summary

Why Ruby? An introduction to JRuby

You’ve probably heard of the JRuby initiative to bring Ruby to the JVM. This open source project was started several years ago and has gained momentum ever since Sun hired two of the lead developers on the project. Now that it is fully production ready you might be asking yourself several key questions.

What does Ruby give me?
How do I run it?
What can I do with it?

I will walk through an introduction to JRuby while answering these questions, as well as dispelling several of the myths that are out there about it.

Presenter BIO:

Joe is a father, speaker, author and developer. Before helping found EdgeCase, LLC, Joe was a developer with ThoughtWorks and spent much of his time working with large J2EE and .NET systems for Fortune 500 companies. He has spent his career as a developer, project manager, and everything in between. Joe is a passionate member of the open source community. He co-founded the Columbus Ruby Brigade and helped organize the Chicago Area Ruby Users Group. His passions are Agile Development in the Enterprise, Ruby, and demonstrating to the Fortune 500 the elegance and power of this incredible language.

Thanks for your support!!
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by drron

Penguincon 6.0, Science Fiction and Open Source Software Convention

April 14, 2008 in AAJUG Meetings

About Penguincon:

To those of you familiar with the Linux and Free/Open Source community
Think of a weekend long Linux Users Group meeting with hundreds of other geeks, which also just happens to have nationally acclaimed guests, a LAN party, its own wireless network, hotel room parties, lots of folks talking about Science Fiction and Fantasy, a place to buy cool t-shirts and buttons and such, amateur singing, anime, a costume contest, and free caffeine and snacks always available.

To those of you familiar with Science Fiction conventions
Imagine all the convention features you know and love, with the addition of wireless internet access, computer game tournaments, people who know about online publishing / books on demand / digital art, a programming track involving computing topics and another one focusing on the crossover between Science Fiction and computing. Imagine seeing your favorite creative visionaries meet the innovators who are creating the future you read about in SF.

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by David Evennou

"JBoss Seam and the Red Hat Developer Studio"

November 13, 2007 in AAJUG Meetings

Nov. 27, 2007
6:30 pm	to	9:30 pm

Come join the Ann Arbor Java Users Group as David Ward of JBoss speaks to us on “JBoss Seam and the Red Hat Developer Studio”.

Date: Tuesday, November 27th, 2007
Time: 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM EST

Note: If you plan to attend, please RSVP to:
jsyang@zattoo.com

Meeting Location:
Zattoo (a local IPTV startup in the Ann Arbor area) is hosting the event and will be serving food and beverages.

Open networking will begin at 6:00 PM, food will be served at 6:30 PM, and the presentation will start at 7:15 PM.

Map to Zattoo:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=zattoo,+Ann+Arbor,+MI&ie=UTF8&ll=42.290644,-83.74835&spn=0.045778,0.097504&z=14&iwloc=A&om=1

You can learn more about Zattoo at http://zattoo.com/

Meeting Information:

Presentation:
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“JBoss Seam and the Red Hat Developer Studio” – JBoss Seam is a modern enterprise Java application framework, integrating the best practices learned from past frameworks, and innovating in areas where they have been deficient. Using JBoss Seam, developers are more productive as they leverage Seam’s powerful yet simple component model, state management facilities, presentation and business tier integration, and more. The Red Hat Developer Studio (RHDS) is a set of Eclipse-based tools that are pre-configured for JBoss Enterprise Middleware, offering significant time-savings and value to developers. A summary of JBoss Seam and RHDS features will be presented during this technical session, followed by a detailed demonstration of creating a Seam application using RHDS.

Presenter BIO:
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David Ward is a Solutions Architect within the JBoss division of Red Hat. He has over 12 years experience designing and developing enterprise systems across various fields such as online commerce, payroll services, pharmaceutical applications, real estate, printing, document management, inventory management and more. He has authored numerous Java related articles and whitepapers. David is a longtime JBoss evangelist and joined Red Hat in October 2006.

Thanks for your support!!
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by David Evennou

JSR 223: Scripting for the Java Platform

October 29, 2007 in AAJUG Meetings

Nov. 6, 2007
7:00 pm	to	9:00 pm

(Please note that we had planned to hold the JUG meeting on the last Tuesday in October, but we encountered some difficulties in scheduling.)

Please join us at the Ann Arbor Java Users Group as Kirsten Henderson speaks to us on:

“JSR 223: Scripting for the Java Platform”

Date: Tuesday, November 6th, 2007
Time: 7:00PM – 9:00PM EDT

Open Networking starts at 7 PM.

We will have giveaways such as T-Shirts, Pens, etc. as well as a raffle for a free license of JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA Version 7.0.

Meeting Location:
Washtenaw Community College, WCC BE250
www.wccnet.org/search/roomlocator/

PRESENTATION:
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JSR 223: Scripting for the Java Platform: The Java Scripting API (JSR-223) consists of a script language independent framework that provides developers with the power to leverage the strengths of a scripting language (JavaScript, Ruby, Python, etc.) from within their Java applications. This presentation will focus on demonstrating how the Java Scripting API empowers Java developers to choose the best tool for a given task rather than having to work within the confines of a given language. Emphasis will be placed on the interface itself and the usage of third-party scripting engines to execute scripts rather than the intricacies of implementing a scripting engine.

Speaker BIO:
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Kirsten Henderson is a Software Developer on iDashboards, a Business Intelligence enterprise dashboard application.

Thanks your supporting your local JUG!!

AAJUG

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by David Evennou

"Developing Real-World Flex Applications"

August 28, 2007 in AAJUG Meetings

Jan. 15, 2008
6:00 pm	to	9:00 pm

Please join us at a special meeting sponsored jointly by the Ann Arbor Java Users Group and the Ann Arbor Computer

Society as Bruce Eckel and James Ward speaks to us on:

“Connecting Java with Flex using Open Source Blaze”

Date: Tuesday, January 15th, 2008
Time: 6:00PM – 9:00PM EDT

Meeting Location:
SRT Solutions, 206 S. Fifth Ave, Suite 200.
Ann Arbor, MI

Map to SRT Solutions:

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Pizza will be served by the AACS, the meeting is free and open to the public!

Thanks your supporting your local JUG!!

AAJUG

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by David Evennou

Google Tech Talk

July 28, 2007 in AAJUG Meetings

August 7, 2007
6:00 pm	to	9:00 pm

Google Ann Arbor is excited to host a special tech talk event in tandem with the Ann Arbor Java User Group. Join us for food, drinks, and a technical talk with Ashok Banerjee, Engineering Manager at Google.

When:
Tuesday, August 7, 2007
6:00 – 9:00 PM

Where:
Google Ann Arbor
201 S. Division St., Fl. 5
Ann Arbor, MI

Here is the link for the RSVP page:
http://services.google.com/events/annarbor_techtalk07_2

PRESENTATION: End to End Clustering
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Ashok will discuss enterprise-level clustering solutions for
production systems. He will explain how at each level one can avoid a
single point of failure. He will explore the mechanics, tips and
traps, and ramifications for performance and throughput at each level.

He will discuss clustering at the following tiers:

Global Load Balancing, Site Level Load, Balancing, Web Server Plugins, SSL Accelerators, J2EEâ„¢ Application Clustering, Caching HA Database, SAN/Veritas Volume Manager. He will also focus on some protocols like HTTP, HTTPS, RMI, Protocol Tunnelling etc.

Presenter BIO:
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Ashok Banerjee, Engineering Manager at Google, works on the Google Billing Server. Prior to Google, Ashok designed and implemented Clustering (Load Balancing and Failover) on the Oracle Application Server and worked on the internals of the WebLogic Server. His interests include distributed computing, distributed transactions, high performance messaging and persistence.
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