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Past Events (418)
May 4Monday
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Railsconf
May 4, 2009 at 10am to May 9, 2009 at 10pm – Las Vegas Hilton Thanks to the Orlando Ruby User Group, there's a discount of 10% if you use the code "rc09usrg". Visit ORUG at www.orug.org Organized by O'Reilly | Type: conference
April 23Thursday
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Orlandojug - JavaFX
April 23, 2009 from 6pm to 9pm – DeVry Univ Room 114 JavaFX is a new RIA platform built on Java. Jim Clarke, the primary author of JavaFX - Developing Rich Internet Applications (June 2009), will demonstrate JavaFX development live, including sample RE… Organized by Michael Levin | Type: meeting
April 18Saturday
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BarCamp Orlando
April 18, 2009 all day – Orlando It’s BarCamp Time! Well, almost… It’s coming quick, and we need sponsors (as always), to make this a killer, free event for all the BarCampers in Central Florida. To be honest, though, BarCamp Orlan… Organized by Barcamp | Type: conference
April 16Thursday
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CajunJUG: Flex
April 16, 2009 from 6:30pm to 8pm – Celebration Church Fill out the form to rsvp at: https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=cFdQTjc1V1dzR2hlN2hTRlU0cGlhQXc6MA.. This month James Ward will speak Topic: Title: Sexier Software with Fl… Organized by Allan Davis | Type: meeting
April 15Wednesday
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GatorLUG
April 15, 2009 from 6pm to 9pm – Virtually Cuban 6:00 - 6:20 Announcements / General Discussion Still No Tax Software for Linux? | Hackerspaces | CodeTown 6:20 - 7:30 Presentation - MythTV - Now in HD MythTV is a free open source digital video r… Organized by Clint Collins | Type: meeting
April 8Wednesday
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GatorJUG - JavaFX
April 8, 2009 from 6pm to 9pm – Santa Fe College Room S327 JavaFX is a new RIA platform built on Java. Jim Clarke, the primary author of JavaFX - Developing Rich Internet Applications (June 2009), will demonstrate JavaFX development live, including sample RE… Organized by Michael Levin | Type: meeting
April 6Monday
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MySQL Meetup
April 6, 2009 from 7pm to 9pm – Orlando Learn about new features in the recent 5.1 release of MySQL, talk about any challenges you are facing with MySQL, and give feedback directly to developers. Discuss SQL generalities, or storage-engine… Organized by Chad Miller | Type: meetup
March 31Tuesday
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TampaJUG - Spring Framework and Dynamic Languages
March 31, 2009 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm – GCA Technologies Solutions Hello Java Enthusiasts! For March 2009, The Tampa Java User Group will hosts another great meeting investigating the use of the Spring Framework's dynamic language. With the growth in popularity lang… Organized by Vlad | Type: meeting
March 26Thursday
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OrlandoJUG - Developing Modular Web Applications with Spring 3.0
March 26, 2009 from 6pm to 9pm – DeVry University, Room 106 We'll have a presentation on Spring Web Flow with Keith Donald. Developing Modular Web Applications with Spring 3.0 Spring is a robust open-source technology for building and running sophisticated… Organized by Michael Levin | Type: meeting
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Oracle User Group - SFOUG
March 26, 2009 from 5:30pm to 9pm – Dave n Buster's The 1st Quarter SFOUG meeting is set for March 26th, 2009 at our usual meeting venue Dave & Busters in Hollywood, Fl. Our educational presentations will be an overview of the Oracle Exadata Platf… Organized by SFOUG | Type: meeting
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