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Orlando Java User Group
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Java, Spring, Groovy, Reactive, Web, AWS, Architecture
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http://adamldavis.com

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Book Giveaway

Posted on November 5, 2018 at 9:30pm 0 Comments

Hi! Is anyone interested in one of these books? If so please follow/retweet and tell me which book. Thanx!…

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Learning Groovy and Self-publishing

Posted on May 25, 2016 at 3:00pm 0 Comments

What is Groovy and why should I care?

Hello again, it's me, Adam. Earlier this year, I finished my self-published book, Learning Groovy,…

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Java 7 EOL

Posted on March 4, 2015 at 10:22pm 0 Comments

Just a reminder: Oracle plans to stop updating Java 7 in April of this year (next month).

As outlined in the Oracle JDK Support Roadmap, after April 2015, Oracle will not post further updates of Java SE 7 to its public download sites.

This might be a good time to read …

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Hot New Language (Groovy)

Posted on February 28, 2015 at 3:00pm 3 Comments

Slightly modified from original post: http://adamldavis.com/

There’s a hot new programming language that I’m excited about. It can be used dynamically or statically-typed, your choice. It supports functional programming constructs, including first-class functions, currying, and more. It has multiple-inheritance, type inference, and meta-programming. It also integrates really well…

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At 2:08pm on August 18, 2009, Michael Levin said…
Hi Adam and welcome to Codetown!

All the best,

Mike
 
 
 

Happy 10th year, JCertif!

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