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All Events in Community Foundation of Sarasota (13)
June 11Thursday
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Sarasota Jug: Introduction to Java Concurrency
June 11, 2009 from 6pm to 8:30pm – Community Foundation of Sarasota Concurrency involves running multiple tasks simultaneously. Java has been designed from the start support multi threading. However, using Java concurrency comes at a price of vigilance, as effects of… Organized by David Moskowitz | Type: meeting
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
February 24Wednesday
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Sarasota Java Users Group: Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)
February 24, 2010 from 6pm to 8:30pm – Community Foundation of Sarasota The Sunjug kicks off 2010 on Febraury 24th, with a presentation by Steve Goldsmith on Security Assertion Markup Language(SAML). SAML is an XML-based standard for exchanging authentication and author… Organized by David Moskowitz | Type: meeting
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