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Time: March 17, 2010 at 8am to March 19, 2010 at 4pm
Location: Caesars Palace
City/Town: Las Vegas
Website or Map: http://javasymposium.com
Event Type: conference
Organized By: Kait O'Neal
Latest Activity: Nov 5, 2009
TheServerSide.com’s 6th annual Java Symposium features 40+ sessions that explore:
-Architecture and SOA: Examine approaches to architecture that perform and scale, including SOA, REST, JMS and OSGi.
-Frameworks: Dive deep into the latest features of Spring, Struts, Google Web Toolkit, Wicket and more frameworks.
-Cloud: Independent experts reveal innovative application architectures for development using cloud approaches.
-Language: Hear expert recommendations on the use of Java and complimentary languages in practicle, including Groovy, Scala and JRuby, and new Java language standards like JavaFX and EJB 3.1.
-Tools & Techniques: Dissect the latest tools to design and build high-quality applications, including Eclipse, Maven and Lucene.
And new for 2010, TheServerSide Presents TheClientSide, which is a unique mini-conference offering sessions geared specifically towards client-side development, covering Ajax, JSF, Flash/Flex, JavaFX and more to address the needs of advanced developers.
Keynote speakers include Dave Chappell, who is Chief Technologist for SOA at Oracle Corporation and creator of the ESB, as well as Bob Brewin, CTO of Sun Microsystems.
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