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Time: September 14, 2009 from 6pm to 9pm
Location: The Community Foundation of Sarasota County
Street: 2635 Fruitville Rd,
City/Town: Sarasota
Website or Map: https://www.cfsarasota.org/
Event Type: meeting
Organized By: David Moskowitz
Latest Activity: Jul 31, 2010
The Sunjug kicks off its Fall 2009 series with a presentation by Steve Goldsmith on "Rich Internet Applications".
Steve will to compare and contrast JavaFX, OpenLaszlo and JSF with AJAX for creating RIAs.
Presentation Materials
Links discussed
http://today.java.net/pub/a/today/2009/06/30/javafx-javaee-spring-hessian.html
http://www.javaworld.com/community/node/1179
How not to do it (1990s style 2 tier client app):
http://blogs.sun.com/NetBeansSupport/entry/populating_table_from_database_using
http://jfx.wikia.com/wiki/Database
NetBeans Project:
NetBeansProjects.tar.gz (22 MB)
Steve Goldsmith is a Sr. Software Architect at
WAZAGUA in Bradenton Florida.
The event will be hosted by Community Foundation of Sarasota, located at 2635
Fruitville Rd, Sarasota, FL 34237, which is west of exit 210 off I75.
Food and refreshments will be provided by T2
Software Services
Meeting Schedule:
6-6:45 PM: Food and Networking
6:45 - 8:30 PM: Presentation
All are welcome to attend. Please RSVP through Codetown.
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