Meeting Location and Map:

Washtenaw Community College, WCC BE 270

Date: Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
Time: 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM EDT

Note: If you plan to attend, please RSVP to:
rsvp@data-masters.com

Open Networking starts at 6:30 PM.

Note: We will have giveaways such as T-Shirts, Pens, etc. from Sun Microsystems.

Note: This just in from JetBrains:

We are also expanding our offer – each month, your speaker and winner can choose their prize:
a. IntelliJ IDEA Personal License
b. ReSharper Personal License
c. TeamCity Build Agent (for our Continuous Integration and Build Server)
d. Ruby IDE Personal License (not named yet, but we are working on that.

Introduction to Scala

Scala is a multi paradigm language, offering both object-oriented and functional programming that runs on the Java Virtual Machine. The proliferation of multi-core machines is driving interest in functional languages, as they offer a simplified approach toward concurrency. This talk discusses why you should care about Scala as an emerging language, describes unique features of the language, and uses programming examples to demonstrate its use.

Bio:
With nearly 2 decades’ experience in the software industry, Dianne Marsh is a specialist in providing coaching and project support in C++, Java, Python and object-oriented design. An entrepreneur, she has also assisted clients with securing Small Business Innovative Research grants, including prototype development. Dianne’s expertise is in scientific and technical programming, including manufacturing, genomics, decision support, and real-time processing on both Windows and UNIX operating systems. She has developed and architected distributed, database-driven decision support applications written in C++ and Java. Dianne’s principal strengths include large systems architecture, with emphasis on proper thread management, load balancing and fail-over in a distributed environment.