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The O'Reilly Open Source Convention is just a few weeks away and we have free expo plus passes available. OSCON is the best place to sharpen your skills and discover important new trends, making you better at what you do and rekindling your love of all things digital. The Expo Plus pass includes access to the expo hall, all evening events, sponsored sessions and…
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The Devoxx Poland call for papers closed!
es 3/31/16. Why should you submit your abstract? Devoxx Poland occurs in beautiful Krakow. June 22-24 are the dates. That's the most desirable time to be in central Europe. It's a global conference so you'll meet people from all over the world.
There were over 2000 participants last year. The…
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Open Source Enthusiasts: this is a great conference. I have been to OSB and I can vouch for it. It's well attended and the talks are top notch. Plus, it'll bring you back into touch with the Portland community this year. Here's some info:
Open Source Bridge: http://opensourcebridge.org
Open Source Bridge is a…
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What the heck are containers, microservices and Docker? Did I read somewhere that Docker has been downloaded 2 billion times? Two billion? That's insanely huge! Docker is a container. …
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Hello, OrlandoJUG!
We had a great meeting last week. Didn't come? You missed out on a great talk about Java Server Faces and Servlet by Ed Burns, but the good thing is his books are easy to find and he's local.…
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Open Source Bridge is a conference in Portland, Oregon. It's in June and that's a great time to be in Portland. This year, OSCON is going to be in Austin. OSB's call for papers is open now. There are lots of reasons to pick Open Source Bridge as a conference destination this year. Check out the …
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Introducing Java 8
by Raoul-Gabriel Urma
Offers a practical tutorial to some of the core Java 8 features and gets you programming quickly with Java 8.http://www.oreilly.com/programming/free/introducing-java-8.csp
Object Oriented vs Functional Programming
by Richard Warburton
Explains the similarities and differences…
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If you're learning JavaScript or just interested in how it's moving along, this survey has some nuggets to glean like what the most popular tools are these days. Have a look: https://ponyfoo.com/articles/javascript-developer-survey-results
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The new JUG Africa social group is live! Check it out here: https://community.oracle.com/groups/jug-africa-social-group
http://medianetwork.oracle.com/video/player/4640558532001
And more…
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Oracle Academy’s free program offers learning resources and technologies for individual students:
BIG DATA ONLINE TRAINING
The objective of trainings, developed by Dan McClary, the product manager of “Oracle Academy Big Data Science…
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Matt Raible just published the slide deck to his JHipster talk. What's JHipster? Check out Matt's talk here:…
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Java One 2015 happened this week. There were so many interesting sessions you could nearly throw a dart at a dartboard with topics and go to the one you selected at random. For starters, here's a link to descriptions of the keynotes. And, you can check out the session descriptions …
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AWS Transform Custom revolutionizes code modernization with AI-driven, out-of-the-box transformations for Java, Node.js, and Python. This enterprise-focused tool accelerates application upgrades by up to 5x while learning from organizational nuances to deliver high-quality, repeatable transformations.
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