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Past Events (418)
December 15Wednesday
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GatorLUG - Linux Users Group
December 15, 2010 from 6pm to 9pm – The Lab Greetings All, You are invited to join us at the next GatorLUG meeting in beautiful (but way too cold ) Gainesville, Florida. We'll end a long year with a relaxed social meeting at The Laboratory.… Organized by Clint Collins | Type: user, group, meeting
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Sunjug Cigar Night
December 15, 2010 from 6pm to 10pm – World of Beer - Sarasota Join us for the Sarasota Java Users Group Cigar Night at the World of Beer in Sarasota. Besides the excellent beer, World of Beer has cigars for sale as well. See http://wobsarasota.com for more in… Organized by David Moskowitz | Type: cigar, night
November 4Thursday
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GatorJUG - on vacation until 2011
November 4, 2010 from 6pm to 7pm – Civic Media Center Hi Juggies! This is GatorJUG. I'm taking a break down here in the Swamp until January. There are lots of things I want to do: get some sun, eat some frogs, and do some quality basking. So, I hope yo… Organized by Michael Levin and Dan Lackey | Type: meeting
October 28Thursday
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OrlandoJUG
October 28, 2010 from 6pm to 9pm – DeVry - room 106 (confirmed!) This month we'll have a meeting if enough people RSVP. I'll be in Dublin, Ireland so it's up to you! There are lots of new developments in the Java world to discuss: Oracle now owns Sun Java is tran… Organized by Michael Levin | Type: meeting
October 27Wednesday
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Google Maps in Depth: Geocoding and Rendering
October 27, 2010 from 6pm to 8:30pm – Community Foundation of Sarasota Our June 2010 presentation used Google maps as a sample platform to discuss jQuery and Ajax. Our presentation at the Sunjug this month will examine the Google Maps API in further detail. Steve Golds… Organized by David Moskowitz | Type: meeting
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ITSA Day 2010 - Free & Open to the Public
October 27, 2010 all day – Reitz Union Auditorium, 2nd Floor (Univ of Florida) The 2010 University of Florida Information Security Awareness Day (ITSA Day) is packed with powerhouse speakers from Damballa, InGuardians, Secure Ideas, GFI Software, and Verizon Business. This year… Organized by ITSA | Type: conference
October 14Thursday
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Strange Loop 2010
October 14, 2010 to October 15, 2010 – The Pageant Strange Loop is a developer-run software conference. Innovation, creativity, and the future happen in the magical nexus "between" established areas. Strange Loop eagerly promotes a mix of languages a… Organized by Alex Miller | Type: conference
October 13Wednesday
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GatorJUG - All About JClouds
October 13, 2010 from 6pm to 9pm – Civic Media Center This month we welcome Eric Lavigne with an evening focused on jclouds: jclouds is an open source framework that helps you get started in the cloud and reuse your java and clojure development skills.… Organized by Michael Levin | Type: meeting
September 28Tuesday
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Sarasota Jug: Unit Testing with Mock Objects
September 28, 2010 from 6pm to 8:30pm – Community Foundation of Sarasota This month at the Sunjug, we will learn how to incorporate mock object frameworks into our unit testing. Mock objects enables us to test components in isolation, without relying on classes outside of… Organized by David Moskowitz | Type: meeting
September 8Wednesday
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GatorJug - rescheduled for October!
September 8, 2010 from 6pm to 9pm – CMC - Civic Media Center Folks, I am still out of town. Let's reschedule for October. Organized by Mike Levin | Type: lecture
Happy 10th year, JCertif!
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