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Cool Java

Recently, DevOxx occurred and folks voted on cool Java things.

(photo from Ray)
There's a lot to talk about here. Go for it!

Added by Michael Levin on December 14, 2008 at 5:30am — No Comments

Mule, Codetown, Success

Last night's Mule talk was great. Thanks, Zemian. And, thanks to Signature Consultants for providing pizza and drinks.



We'll rely on Codetown for posting events and RSVPs, so please keep an eye on it and RSVP for upcoming events.



There's a Notes section that has some hints about using Codetown. Please look around and see what is here. I think you'll like it a lot!



In January, we have Carol McDonald of Sun coming with a great talk. Details in the Events… Continue

Added by Michael Levin on November 21, 2008 at 10:06am — 1 Comment

FYI -- the final version of NetBeans 6.5 was released this morning

FYI... The NetBeans team has released the final version of NetBeans 6.5. this morning... lots of new features...

Introduction to NetBeans IDE 6.5

http://www.netbeans.org/kb/docs/ide/nb65-intro-screencast.html

In this screencast, Sridhar Reddy shows new Java developers NetBeans IDE 6.5 editor features and gives a short introduction on how to edit, compile… Continue

Added by Michael Levin on November 19, 2008 at 5:11pm — No Comments

Øredev features Josh Marinacci on JavaFX

Malmo, Sweden: Josh Marinacci will present JavaFX at Øredev Nov 17-21.

Added by Michael Levin on November 16, 2008 at 5:00pm — No Comments

LA JUG looking for presentations

The Los Angeles JUG is looking for presenters. They have a nice way of presenting their wish-list.

Added by Michael Levin on November 16, 2008 at 4:30pm — 1 Comment

nbPython a go!

News Flash: (from Alley Davis of www.cajunjug.org)



http://codesnakes.blogspot.com/2008/11/python-in-netbeans-is-go.html



Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Python in Netbeans is a go!!!!



After a 6 months of development. nbPython has been given the green light to be release as the official python build for Netbeans. The EA release will be… Continue

Added by Michael Levin on November 13, 2008 at 8:00am — No Comments

Orlando Adobe User's Group November Meeting - Adobe AIR File I/O and Embedded SQLite

Great Meeting last night on Python's Turbogears and Flex. Thanks Fred!



On a topical note; ADOGO meets next Monday, November 3 at Devry as well.



This month, we are having a presentation on 'Adobe AIR File I/O and Embedded SQLite'. If you found Fred's topic interesting, you may want to drop by and check out Adobe's desktop flavor of a rich client. Should you be there? Why not check out the… Continue

Added by Mario Talavera on October 31, 2008 at 10:47am — 1 Comment

Free copy of WINE

This in from the Gainesville Linux Group:



Ars Technica is reporting that CodeWeavers the company behind the

commercial version of WINE, CrossOver is going to be giving it away for free

Tomorrow Oct. 28th. Head over to their website tomorrow if you want if you

want to get a copy for yourself.



It's… Continue

Added by Michael Levin on October 27, 2008 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Welcome to the new OrlandoJUG social network!



I've tried to bring this community together a variety of ways including putting the JUG on the map, revisions to the legacy OrlandoJUG website, starting various mailing lists and discussion groups, the blogs, podcasts and the…

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Added by Michael Levin on July 12, 2008 at 5:00pm — No Comments

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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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