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Past Events (418)
January 1Friday
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CodeChef January '10 Algorithm Challenge
January 1, 2010 to January 15, 2010 – http://codechef.com/JAN10/ The CodeChef January Challenge begins on 1st January and will be on through 15th January. Participants from India will win cash prizes up to Rs.55k and global participants can win cash worth up to $… Organized by CodeChef | Type: online, coding, competition
December 17Thursday
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Sarasota Java Users Group: Cigar Night at Woody's
December 17, 2009 from 6pm to 10pm – Woody's River Roo Pub & Grill Its the Christmas 2009 edition of Cigar Night at the Sunjug. Come out and enjoy the cool weather and river breezes at Woody's River Roo on the Manatee River in Ellenton. No presentations. No sponso… Organized by David Moskowitz | Type: cigar, night
December 10Thursday
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Coding Dojo
December 10, 2009 from 7pm to 9pm – CoLab Orlando The first Orlando Code Dojo will be held one week from today, Thursday, December 10th, 7 PM at CoLab Orlando (http://www.colabusa.com/). Are you up for the challenge? Here is what to expect: 7:00… Organized by Gregg Pollack | Type: dojo
December 1Tuesday
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CodeChef December '09 Algorithm Challenge
December 1, 2009 to December 10, 2009 – Online http://www.codechef.com/DEC09 The CodeChef December Challenge begins on 1st December and will be on through 11th December. Participants from India ill win cash prizes up to Rs.55k and now for the FIRST TIME, GLOBAL PARTICIPANTS… Organized by CodeChef | Type: online, competition
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The Rich Web Experience
December 1, 2009 to December 4, 2009 – Loews Portofino Hotel No Fluff Just Stuff is pleased to announce The 2009 Rich Web Experience. RWE 2009 will cover the hot areas of interest in the web space today: JavaScript, Ajax frameworks, CSS, Flex, Design, securit… Organized by No Fluff Just Stuff and JSFCentral | Type: conference
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JSF Summit
December 1, 2009 to December 4, 2009 – Loew's Portofino Hotel No Fluff Just Stuff and JSFCentral are teaming up again to bring you JSF Summit. JavaServer Faces has come a long way in the past few years. Everyone from small startups to large financial instituti… Organized by No Fluff Just Stuff and JSFCentral | Type: conference
November 24Tuesday
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Sunjug: November 24, 2009- The Reluctant Client-side Developer
November 24, 2009 from 6pm to 9pm – Community Foundation of Sarasota Most Java developers are quite happy to focus their efforts on server-side code; they view the browser as an untamed world that is plagued by cross-browser incompatibilities, cryptic markup, and sub… Organized by Dave Moskowitz | Type: jug, meeting
November 16Monday
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Devoxx
November 16, 2009 at 6pm to November 20, 2009 at 7pm – Antwerp Devoxx is a Java community conference. It's right around the corner timewise and located in beautiful Antwerp, Belgium! Organized by Devoxx | Type: conference
November 11Wednesday
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Oracle 11g R2 Event - Today at Disney!
November 11, 2009 from 9am to 3:15pm – Disney Yacht and Beach Club Oracle Database 11g has helped organizations across the world use grid computing to make the most of their IT resources. Now Oracle is ready to make grid computing even more accessible. With the intr… Organized by Oracle | Type: meeting
November 2Monday
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SocialWebCamp Santa Clara
November 2, 2009 all day – The Auditorium at Sun's Campus in Santa Clara What? An open BarCamp style event that will explore topics related to the rise of the Social Web. See the Topics for discussion section. Who? * the W3C's Social Web Incubator group * Sun Microsyste… Organized by Social Web Org | Type: conference
Happy 10th year, JCertif!
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