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All Events in Canvs (4)
May 28Thursday
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OrlandoJUG - Ken Krueger on Spring Boot
May 28, 2015 from 6pm to 9pm – Canvs This month, we welcome Ken Krueger for a talk on Spring Boot. Ken was here last year and that's the picture of our group that night. Meeting Overview: This session will introduce Spring Boot, discus… Organized by Michael Levin | Type: meeting
June 25Thursday
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OrlandoJUG June
June 25, 2015 from 6pm to 9pm – Canvs This month we'll meet again at Canvs. We had a fantastic time last month. Ken Krueger gave a great presentation on Spring Boot. Several new folks showed up. What a super venue. I wrote up a littl… Organized by Michael Levin | Type: meeting
September 24Thursday
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OrlandoJUG - Google Web Toolkit!
September 24, 2015 from 6pm to 8pm – Canvs This month we'll have a presentation on the Google Web Toolkit! Google Web Toolkit (GWT), used by Google internally on some of their biggest applications, is growing and quite good. Learn about the… Organized by Michael Levin | Type: meeting
October 22Thursday
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OrlandoJUG October Meetup - Distributed Caching with JCache and Beyond
October 22, 2015 from 6pm to 8pm – Canvs Hello OrlandoJUG! This month I will be in San Francisco for Java One, Oracle's annual Java conference. Fortunately, Alex Buckles and Gregg Groves will be here to lead the meeting. Thanks, guys! Our t… Organized by Alex Buckles & Greg Groves | Type: meeting
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