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Community Corral
23 members Latest Activity: Aug 23, 2012 Are you interested in social networks? We're talking about virtual communities here. Community builders use tools and techniques. We'll discuss them…
iPhone Development
40 members Latest Activity: Jan 29, 2015 iPhone development is going nuts! All the apps, all the possibilities. Objective-C is the language. The SDK is out. Shops are springing up everywhere…
Database SIG
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…
JEE Town
28 members Latest Activity: Dec 11, 2012 Here's your Java Enterprise Edition group. JEE powers distributed software.
Spring Town
47 members Latest Activity: Sep 21, 2019 Dependency injection. It's a smart approach. Believe that? We do! Come on in and share what you know. Ask all your Spring questions here, too!
Other Languages on the JVM Village
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…
Web2.0 Town
19 members Latest Activity: Dec 22, 2013 Web2.0 is the dynamic web. It's social networking, tag clouds, metadata, geodata, and more. We love Web2.0. There's more out there than you can…
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Notes
Welcome to Codetown!
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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