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- Java, SOA, Oracle
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Posted on March 11, 2010 at 11:18am 0 Comments 0 Likes
I have uploaded the presentation that I gave last night to the Gainesville Java Users Group on the Grails Portal Framework that I have been working on. You can download it using this link.
Presenting at GR8 Conference
Posted on February 26, 2010 at 11:25am 0 Comments 0 Likes
http://us.gr8conf.org/
Happy 10th year, JCertif!
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Josh, I read a reference to a Josh Davis of Wired Mag in this article and thought of you. We're putting together our 2013 JUG speaker schedule for GatorJUG, OrlandoJUG and Senejug - let me know if you have some interest in Florida or Africa!
Thanks for coming to Gainesville and speaking about the Grails Portal. Even without some prerequisite programming knowledge, the presentation was informative to me and generated some interesting discussions.
All the best,
Justin
Welcome to Codetown! Please feel free to contribute to the discussions and even create your own. If you can update your profile pic that would be great!
Regards,
Mike