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New Java Champion: Michael Levin

Welcome Michael Levin to Java Champion community! Michael is a JUG leader involved with Orlando, FL OrlandoJUG, the Gainesville, FL GatorJUG, the West African...

Welcome Michael Levin to Java Champion community! Michael is a JUG leader involved with Orlando, FL OrlandoJUG, the Gainesville, FL GatorJUG, the West African JUG SeneJUG and the New Orleans, LA CajunJUG. Michael is based in the USA. He is a business owner, and his business, Cambridge Web Design, Inc., specializes in custom software and Web2.0 website development (www.cambridgeweb.ie). He recently provided JCertif Java Training in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo. He also...

Blog Buzz - Devoxx 2011

Some day I will make it to Devoxx – for now, I’m content to vicariously follow the blogs of attendees and pick up on what’s happening. I’ve been doing more blog...

Some day I will make it to Devoxx – for now, I’m content to vicariously follow the blogs of attendees and pick up on what’s happening. I’ve been doing more blog "fishing," looking for the best commentary on 2011 Devoxx. There’s plenty of food for thought – and the ideas are not half-baked.The bloggers are out in full, offering useful summaries and commentary on Devoxx goings-on.Constantin Partac, a Java developer and a member of Transylvania JUG, a community from...

The Big Announcement, This Year, at Devoxx 2011!

Stephan Janssen started the developer conference with his traditional "Welcome and Announcements" and this year announced Devoxx France, the new and only Devoxx...

Stephan Janssen started the developer conference with his traditional "Welcome and Announcements" and this year announced Devoxx France, the new and only Devoxx conference outside of Belgium. It will take place in Paris, April 18 to 20, 2012. The Paris Java user group is organizing the 3 day conference. The conference is designed after Devoxx with Tools in Action, Labs, BOFs and Quickies and with one university day and 2 conference days. The model works well since Stephan...

Devoxx 2011 Started Today

Devoxx 2011, organized by Java user group in Belgium, is the biggest Java conference in Europe. The first two University Days set the tone for the weeklong...

Devoxx 2011, organized by Java user group in Belgium, is the biggest Java conference in Europe. The first two University Days set the tone for the weeklong conference with its in-depth technical sessions lead by luminaries from the Java community and industry experts. Each day is a great mix of 3 hour sessions and hands-on labs, 30 minute Tools-in-Action sessions giving tips for faster and better application development and the traditional Birds-of-a-Feather sessions in the...

Technical Questions for Java Experts

The "Oracle Technology Network" (meaning me) will be at Devoxx next week doing interviews with Java experts. Do you have technical questions about Project...

The "Oracle Technology Network" (meaning me) will be at Devoxx next week doing interviews with Java experts. Do you have technical questions about Project Jigsaw, JavaFX or Java on MacOS? Take a look at the list below of experts and topics. Leave your questions as a comment on this blog and I'll do my best to include them. Most of the interviews happen Tuesday, so get you questions in quickly. Thanks! Interviewee InterviewTopic Arun Gupta and Alexis Moussine-Pouchkine Java EE...

Wanted: Java Code Brainteasers

The Jan/Feb Java Magazine will go out next week. It's full of great Java stories, interviews and technical articles. It also includes a Fix This section; the...

The Jan/Feb Java Magazine will go out next week. It's full of great Java stories, interviews and technical articles. It also includes a Fix This section; the idea of this section is challenging a Java developer's coding skills. It's a multiple-choice brainteaser that includes code and possible answers. The answer is provided in the next issue. For an example, check out Fix This in the Java Magazine premier issue. We are looking for community submissions to Fix This. Do you...

Devoxx for Java Developers

The Devoxx conference for Java developers is in Antwerp, Belgium next week. Again this year, Devoxx is sold out. But if you can't attended, don't despair,...

The Devoxx conference for Java developers is in Antwerp, Belgium next week. Again this year, Devoxx is sold out. But if you can't attended, don't despair, Parleys.com will stream the conference LIVE from Wednesday until Friday (subscription required). I'll also be there, representing Oracle Technology Network and interviewing the Java experts during breaks. Don't miss it! Also, Devoxx is asking the community to submit and vote on (technical) questions for the Fireside chat on...

Adopt A JSR!

JUG Leaders have started an 'Adopt a JSR' program for Java User Groups! This program is intended to encourage JUG members to get involved in a Java...

JUG Leaders have started an 'Adopt a JSR' program for Java User Groups! This program is intended to encourage JUG members to get involved in a Java Specification Request (JSR) and to evangelize that JSR to their JUG and the wider Java community, in order to increase grass roots participation. JSRs cover all aspects of the Java ecosystem, such as the new Date and Time API coming into Java 8 and the latest JEE7 APIs for the cloud. Martjin Verburg, London Java Community(LJC) JUG...

Spring to Java EE Migration

In a new article up on otn/java, the first of a series, titled “Spring to Java EE Migration, Part 1,” CTO and Java EE expert David Heffelfinger demonstrates how...

In a new article up on otn/java, the first of a series, titled “Spring to Java EE Migration, Part 1,” CTO and Java EE expert David Heffelfinger demonstrates how easy it is to develop the data layer of an application using Java EE, JPA, and the NetBeans IDE instead of the Spring Framework.Heffelfinger observes that, “Every time I work on a Spring project, I start mumbling under my breath. I know I will have to go through long and convoluted XML files to determine what is going...