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Time: November 14, 2012 from 6pm to 9pm
Location: Santa Fe College Building S Room 317
City/Town: Gainesville
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Event Type: meeting
Organized By: Michael Levin
Latest Activity: Nov 14, 2012
Got CDI? Wonder what dependency injection and JEE6 are all about? What the heck is Spring? RSVP, por favor. This is an event you won't want to miss!
Please RSVP so we'll know how much pizza to order. Invite your friends!
Hang on to your seats! JEE and CDI are the November, 2012 GatorJUG topics with Curtis McMillen, ace developer.
Bio
Curtis McMillen is a Development Supervisor at Infinite Energy, Inc. in Gainesville, FL. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Florida and has over 5 years of experience developing Java EE based web applications. In addition to all things Java, he enjoys project automation and playing billiards.
Abstract
CDI: The new new()
Okay so new() hasn't actually gone anywhere, but I did get your attention right? With Contexts and Dependency Injection (CDI) you can still use new() but why would you want to? And what's so great about CDI, besides the DI? All patterned out and tired of FooFactory and BarObserver? Put the PowerPoint down and see answers to these questions and many more developed live using actual Java code.
Come join us as we dig deep into the Java Enterprise version 6 and dependency injection. Please pass the word and bring a friend.
Check out this great tutorial for insights into JEE6 and CDI:http://docs.oracle.com/javaee/6/tutorial/doc/giwhb.html
Come hungry, podnuh's...we'll have lots of pizza and drinks, courtesy of Mark Kilby and Rally Software, our sponsor. Thanks, Mark!
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