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All Events in Sarasota (3)
October 15Wednesday
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Sarasota JUG - JRuby
October 15, 2008 at 6pm – Sarasota Can the Java and Ruby camps finally get together and feel the love? We may find out at the next meeting of the Sarasota Java Users group. Steve Goldsmith will discuss JRuby and using the Java Api.… Organized by Dave Moskowitz | Type: meeting
January 21Wednesday
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Sunjug: Building and Profiling an Application with Skyway, Netbeans, and JPA
January 21, 2009 at 6pm – Sarasota In this presentation, Joel Fradkin will describe useful several tools for building web applications. First, Joel will present a JPA backed application built using Netbeans. He will create an entity… Organized by David Moskowitz | Type: Meeting
December 11Wednesday
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OrlandoJUG
December 11, 2013 from 6pm to 9pm – Sarasota The SUNJug is having a brew night 12/11/. Consider driving out to Sarasota and meeting some like minded people. I hear Chris is a brew master. http://www.sunjug.org/2013/december Rideshare. Here a… Organized by Michael Levin | Type: meeting
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