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OJUG on Maven this Thursday
We have an interesting meeting coming up this Thursday. We'll discuss Maven, an open source solution to keeping your versions in sync. In the past, Maven has been...well, let's say it's been a challenge to get working right. Join us this week at DeVry and see how to configure Maven painlessly. RSVP at the OJUG Event so we'll know how much pizza to order. Bring a… Continue
Added by Michael Levin on January 24, 2010 at 12:15pm — No Comments
Why Clojure?
Added by Michael Levin on January 16, 2010 at 11:00am — 2 Comments
GatorJUG Recap - January 2010
Here's a recap of last night's meeting.
Eric Lavigne won the first CodeTown Coding Contest using Clojure to develop a web based Wari game. Personally, I had an 'aha moment' during Eric's explanation of functional programming. His unbelievably good implementation of the game as a web app was done in only 100 lines of code.…
Added by Michael Levin on January 14, 2010 at 9:30am — No Comments
Java EE 6 "one-week" Online Codecamp (Jan. 12th-20th, 2010)
Conference below
http://www.sun.com/events/javaee6glassfishv3/virtualconferenc/index...
Alexis, Antonio, Arun, and Sang Shin would like invite
every Java developer to the free Java EE 6 "one-week" long
online codecamp, which is scheduled to occur during the period
of Jan. 12th (Tuesday) to Jan. 20th,… Continue
Added by Michael Levin on January 9, 2010 at 4:34pm — No Comments
Did you say JUG? Java User...What?
Isn’t the answer obvious ?
Well no ! It was the question I was asking myself three years ago, even though I had been working as a consultant and Java trainer for seven years. In 2007, my ex-colleague Éric Marcoux (Oracle ACE Director) suggested I join JUG Québec (Canada). I said JUG ? Java User…What ?
Several months later, I went to JavaOne 2008 and… Continue
Added by Max Bonbhel on January 9, 2010 at 12:30am — No Comments
Share Your Ideas ::: Folder URL Shortener
Have a great idea? Better keep it to yourself. Someone else will snatch it up and do it if you tell! On the other hand, how many great ideas go undone? So, do the right thing. If you have a great idea, tell the world. There's room for everyone. It's especially right to tell if you're not sure you can execute the idea. You can always build a better mousetrap later.
URL Shorteners are all the rage. Check out… Continue
Added by Michael Levin on January 5, 2010 at 11:00am — 1 Comment
Instant Runoff Voting - Contest #2
Instant Runoff Voting (IRV) is a fascinating way to run an election. The basic idea is that voters rank the candidates and the votes for the least popular candidate are automatically moved to the remaining candidates until one is selected winner.
Ready for the challenge? Read the… Continue
Added by Michael Levin on January 3, 2010 at 3:30pm — No Comments
Attending Campus Crusade's Midsouth Conference...
Added by Bradlee Sargent on December 31, 2009 at 5:47pm — 1 Comment
Happy New Year
Happy New Year! What a year 2009 has been. 2010 is surely looking like an exciting time to come.
What are your thoughts about CodeTown? Is it the software community you hope for? If you have comments or suggestions, please let me know. You can post them here as comments or send me a private message.
Thanks for your contributions to CodeTown this year. It's growing, and becoming more interesting with every post you make,… Continue
Added by Michael Levin on December 31, 2009 at 3:30pm — 6 Comments
Umbrella Java User Group AFRICA
Like Congo JUG, Togo JUG, RDC-JUG (Kinshasa) and Cameroon JUG are on the track to join JUG-AFRICA.
Why JUG-AFRICA ?
The idea behind JUG-AFRICA is to allow JUGs located within Africa to collaborate globally in ways that will ultimately benefit Java… Continue
Added by Max Bonbhel on December 30, 2009 at 5:03pm — No Comments
Amazon: Kindle Books Outsold Real Books This Christmas
Wired: "Happy Christmas. I got a coffee pot. You? If you got a book, it’s likely that it wasn’t made of paper. The succinct title of this Amazon press release tells the whole story: “On Christmas… Continue
Added by Michael Levin on December 29, 2009 at 12:30pm — No Comments
Contest Town Coding Contest #1 - Eric Lavigne using Clojure is Winner!
Codetown, we have a winner! Check out Eric Lavigne's winning entry to the first Codetown Coding Contest here...
Eric will describe his code at the next GatorJUG meeting. Eric tells us that he'll give a presentation on Clojure tomorrow at the next Gainesville Ruby User Group meeting (GRUG… Continue
Added by Michael Levin on December 28, 2009 at 1:07pm — No Comments
Delve into Dot Net Town
Yep, it was bound to happen. Curiosity set in and I looked to see how much this new Windows 7 thang is running. $29.95 ain't too bad. But, as we all know, that's just the beginning. The first gram is free. You and I both know that installing a new release leads to more serious drugs. I mean, apps. I mean...you know what I mean.
Anyhoo, last time I worked with Visual Studio it was pretty impressive. Visual Studio 2010 is out in beta,… Continue
Added by Michael Levin on December 25, 2009 at 3:00pm — No Comments
Looking for Java/Groovy developers for help with an Opensource Project
The other day I was on the beach wondering what to do next when I came up with an interesting idea, a social networking aggregator that could add content to a Wave document in real time(of course then I got extended). It now looks like I can make it happen and I am trying to start finding more people to help the project. Currently we could use someone to manage a JIRA server as well as other developers. Currently the project is in Java,… Continue
Added by Jackie Gleason on December 18, 2009 at 5:00pm — 4 Comments
Google releases Public DNS
Added by Michael Levin on December 4, 2009 at 11:00am — No Comments
What is Google Wave?
I've been nominated to be a beta user. Anyone working with the Wave yet?… Continue
Added by Michael Levin on December 4, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments
Java - Where to Begin...
I'm looking for suggestions on how I can get myself up to a reasonable level of
competence in Java. What would you recommend? I'm open to any ideas, from
self-taught methods to paid training and/or certification/degree paths.
The Jacksonville JUG mailing list has a… Continue
Added by Michael Levin on November 14, 2009 at 7:00am — No Comments
Java EE 6 and GlassFish v3: Paving the path for future
Arun Gupta of Sun recently gave a presentation on JEE and Glassfish at the Silicon Valley Codecamp '09. Read the rest here...in JEE Town.
Added by Michael Levin on November 4, 2009 at 3:40am — No Comments
Wikipedia Place
We just had Brion Vibber in town and he gave a talk for the OrlandoJUG - so many of you couldn't attend the talk. And, lots of questions resulted from the discussions. There's a group here on Codetown we're calling Wikipedia Place to capture this info. Join in!
Added by Michael Levin on November 2, 2009 at 5:29am — No Comments
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