Codetown ::: a software developer's community
15 members Latest Activity: May 6, 2018 Ever wonder how Google Translate works? It's computational linguistics! Join us here and learn all about it and more. Jim White will be our guide.…
13 members Latest Activity: Mar 16, 2015 Object relational mapping, Hibernate, container managed persistence. Do you eat, breath and sleep databases? We do! This is the place to share what…
14 members Latest Activity: Jun 26, 2019 This group focuses on the Java SE environment. It's the core Java group. Questions? Answers? Musings? This is the place for you!
28 members Latest Activity: Dec 11, 2012 Here's your Java Enterprise Edition group. JEE powers distributed software.
9 members Latest Activity: Feb 28, 2015 Love Jython? Can't get enough JRuby? Groovy? Dynamic languages on the JVM can set you free! Scala? Sure! Let us know what you think here in the Other…
4 members Latest Activity: Jul 30, 2012 Are you interested in community development and social networking? Have you got a website you'd like to enhance with social features? Join us here at…
4 members Latest Activity: Apr 3, 2011 Have a great idea? If you have a great idea, tell the world!
Codetown is a social network. It's got blogs, forums, groups, personal pages and more! You might think of Codetown as a funky camper van with lots of compartments for your stuff and a great multimedia system, too! Best of all, Codetown has room for all of your friends.
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