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Past Events (418)
September 4Saturday
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DevCamp Bangalore
September 4, 2010 all day – Thoughtworks Office We're happy to announce the third edition of DevCamp Bangalore - DevCamp Bangalore 3 (http://bangalore.devcamp.in) on Saturday, 4th September 2010. The event will be sponsored & hosted by Though… Organized by Thoughtworks | Type: barcamp
August 26Thursday
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OrlandoJUG - Using Daisy Content Management System in your Java/Grails Applications
August 26, 2010 from 6pm to 9pm – DeVry University Room 106 - 106 - 106 This month, the OJUG welcomes Josh Davis for a talk about Using Daisy Content Management System in your Java/Grails Applications. Josh gave a talk for the OrlandoJUG on Grails in March. Details he… Organized by Michael Levin | Type: meeting
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Disney-Orlando Entrepreneur Center's Entrepreneur Fair
August 26, 2010 from 1pm to 7pm – Sheraton Orlando Free Parking at Amway Arena Google Map: http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=114423651205477840795.00048eac8ce33bd03c892&ll=28.547914,-81.385399&spn=0.004675,0… Organized by Disney Entrepreneur Center | Type: entrepreneur, small, business
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JCertif 2010 Conference : Web 2.0, Mobile Apps and Java University
August 26, 2010 at 9am to August 29, 2010 at 5pm – Brazzaville, Congo, Africa Come join us at one of the first conferences in Central Africa to teach developpers the Java programming and the basics of developing on mobile platforms. Given that a large majority of people on th… Organized by Max Bonbhel | Type: presentation, workshops, and, courses
August 19Thursday
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Sunjug Cigar Night
August 19, 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
August 14Saturday
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Code Retreat Orlando
August 14, 2010 from 8:30am to 6pm – Disney Do you love to code? Do you like practicing the art of coding and honing your craft? If so then you have to check out this event. Corey Haines (the journeyman programmer, http://twitter.com/coreyhai… Organized by Corey Haines | Type: code, retreat
August 11Wednesday
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GatorJUG - Cancelled!
August 11, 2010 from 6pm to 9pm – Cancelled Organized by Michael Levin | Type: meeting
July 12Monday
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OrlandoJug
July 12, 2010 from 6pm to 7pm – no location the July OrlandoJug meeting is canceled. Please keep an eye out and come to our August meeging. Organized by Dan Lackey | Type: meeting
July 1Thursday
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The CodeChef July 2010 Algorithm Challenge
July 1, 2010 to July 11, 2010 – http://www.codechef.com The CodeChef July Challenge begins on 1st July and will be on through to 11th July. Top 20 participants from India will win cash prizes up to Rs.55k and now the top 10 global participants will win c… Organized by CodeChef | Type: coding, competition
June 24Thursday
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OrlandoJUG
June 24, 2010 from 6pm to 9pm – DeVry University From IDE to Data Center - What Every Developer Should Know About Deploying Distributed Systems to Production Taking a distributed system from development into a working production environment is a c… Organized by Michael Levin | Type: meeting
Happy 10th year, JCertif!
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