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#2093

From: Greg Ostravich <greg.ostravich@...>
Date: Tue Jun 9, 2009 6:36 am
Subject: DJUG 6/10/2009 How to stop waiting for build/deploy and enjoy coding again-Booth;CLIPC-Hobbie

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Wednesday June 10th, DENVER JAVA USERS GROUP Meeting
=======================================================

<http://www.denverjug.org>

Here's a link to the on-campus Map:
http://www.ahec.edu/parking/ParkingMap06color.jpg

*** Free Pizza @ 5:30 ***

Main Session Speaker: David Booth
"How to stop waiting for build/deploy and enjoy coding again"
7:15pm -8:30pm

BC Session Speaker: Clark Hobbie
"CLIPC"
6:00pm - 7:00pm
----------------------------------
Location: Auraria Campus-Tivoli Bldg; 320 Section AB - Baerresen Ballroom
Directions below

*** MAIN PRESENTATION ***

"How to stop waiting for build/deploy and enjoy coding again"
David Booth

25 percent of developers say that their JEE projects take
over two minutes to deploy, every time they want to see their
changes. Since on average we deploy five times an hour,
we are watching the logs roll by, or switching to email and
losing focus, for more than an hour every day.

In this talk, David Booth will highlight three key techniques
that you can start using immediately to drop the time from
hitting Ctrl+S to refresh your browser down to less than one
second. We will start by discussing exploded development and
some shortcuts you can take to eliminate the build scripts
from your everyday life. Then we will review some ways to
bypass or speed up redeployment. We will take a look at JEE
redeployment, OSGi modules, special framework support that
exists in Grails, Seam, Tapestry5 and RIFE, and JVM HotSwap.
We will cover what you can do for free, and introduce a class
reloading JVM plug-in called "JavaRebel", that solves the
problem for peanuts.

After this talk, you will leave with a clear idea of at
least three ways to reduce your turnaround, and measurably
save your team at least an hour per day.

Please note, the original speaker, Jevgeni Kabanov is ill,
and David Booth was kind enough to fill in for us at the
last minute.

*** BASIC CONCEPTS ***

"CLIPC"
Clark Hobbie

Description:

Java has open source libraries that do everything from
formatting HTML to making fries, but there are very few
choices when it comes to inter-process communications (IPC).
This talk introduces a new open source library called CLIPC
and also goes over the fundamentals of IPC with an eye
towards the Java environment.

*** AGENDA ***

5:30 - 6:00 p.m. Food, and Networking.
6:00 - 7:00 p.m. Basic Concepts
7:00 - 7:15 p.m. Announcements
7:15 - 8:30 p.m. Main Presentation
8:30 p.m. Door prizes

*** DIRECTIONS ***
We will be meeting at the Tivoli Building
which is closest to the Pepsi Center side
of the campus.

Here's a link to the Campus Map followed
by the link to the PDF:

http://www.ahec.edu/parking/index.htm
http://www.ahec.edu/parking/Campus%20Map%202005.pdf

Driving:
The closest parking is in the Tivoli Parking Structure.
The first time we were on-campus some of our
attendees were charged the same rate as the Pepsi Center
Events game parking. If you park in the garage, explain
that you are there for an on-campus event sponsored by
the Metro State Computer Science Department and CCD Life
and that you are to pay the same rate as students attending
other on-campus events.

Do not park in the NE lot - that is for students only.

If you are going to stay late (we often go to Old Chicago
nearby on Market Street after the meeting) you may want to
park in the uncovered parking lot just West of the Tivoli.

Light Rail:
You can take the Light Rail to either the Pepsi Center
or to the Colfax and Auraria Stop.

From the Pepsi Center Light Rail Stop:
Head South, cross Auraria Parkway at the Light.
The Tivoli is the first building as you get to the campus.

From the Auraria Colfax Station:
Head NW on Main Street, past the Library and Media Center.
Continue North until you get to the Tivoli building.

*** SPONSORS ***

Thanks to our Denver JUG sponsors for supporting the Java community:

- TekSystems for providing food and drink at the meeting
http://www.TekSystems.com/

- K*FORCE for sponsoring our books for door prizes.
http://www.kforce.com/

- Modis Consulting for sponsoring the room
http://www.modis.com/

- VACO Technologies for sponsoring some food at
Old Chicago after the meeting.
http://www.vaco.com/Technology/About/index.cfm

- Auraria Community College of Denver Student Life
for the Tivoli room so we can be considered
an "on-campus" event and receive a discount rate.
http://www.ccd.edu/main.aspx?CID=70

- EvolutionHosting for providing web hosting
http://www.evolutionhosting.com

Doorprize sponsors:
- SoftPro for a Gift certificate towards the purchase of a book
http://softpro.stores.yahoo.net/index.html

- SourceBeat (2 "live" books)
http://www.sourcebeat.com/

- JetBrains (1 IntelliJ IDE)
http://www.jetbrains.com/

- O'Reilly Media (sent books to give away)
http://oreilly.com/

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#2094

From: Scott Davis <scott@...>
Date: Wed Jun 10, 2009 3:03 pm
Subject: Denver/Boulder Groovy Code Camp, July 28-29

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Hey All,

Don't forget that the Denver/Boulder Groovy Code Camp
<http://www.groovycodecamp.com/
  > will be here before you know it -- July 28-29.

You've seen Scott Davis (and others) give Groovy demonstrations at the
Denver JUG. You've been reading about Groovy in "Groovy Recipes"
<http://www.pragprog.com/titles/sdgrvr/groovy-recipes
  > and the ongoing "Practically Groovy" series at IBM developerWorks
<http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/views/java/libraryview.jsp?search_by=practica\
lly+groovy:
  >

But how much time have you spent actually programming in Groovy
yourself? The Groovy Code Camp is your chance to build that muscle
memory by hands-on, lab-driven training. Bring your laptop, and we'll
make sure that you have Groovy installed and configured. After that,
it's two intense nights of *you* doing the typing, *you* doing the
learning, and *you* jump-starting your Groovy programming skills in
the quickest, easiest way possible. There is no better way to learn a
new technology than rolling up your sleeves and digging in with an
expert or two hanging around to help out if you get stuck.

I know how hard it is to get time off of work for training from your
company. And taking weekend time away from your family is just as
hard. That's why the Groovy Code Camp is two nights -- Tuesday and
Wednesday, from 6pm - 10pm. It's like the DenverJUG on steroids, only
just a wee bit North. (The Groovy Code Camp is being held on the CU
campus in Boulder, the same place as the regular BJUG meetings.)

At $250, Groovy Code Camp is affordable enough for you to take control
of your knowledge portfolio. In this down economy, you need to ensure
that you have *tomorrow's* technology on your resume, not yesterday's.

Use the discount code "DJUG", and we'll take an additional $50 off.
That's $200 for two nights of hands-on training from recognized
experts in the field, like Scott Davis.

Visit us at GroovyCodeCamp.com for all of the details.

See you there,
Scott Davis
scott@...

ThirstyHead: training done right
http://thirstyhead.com

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#2095

From: Jay Zimmerman <jzimmerman@...>
Date: Mon Jun 15, 2009 1:39 pm
Subject: Registration Open...Mastering Maven 2.0 Training with Matthew McCullough comes to Denver (NFJS Pass Included!)

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Greetings!

Make sure and register for this excellent Mastering Maven 2.0 training course led by Matthew McCullough coming to Denver on August 5-6th.

Bundled in the registration fee of this Mastering Maven 2.0 Training course is a complimentary pass to the 2009 Rocky Mountain Software Symposium - a $800 value! This offer is limited to 15 registrants so don't delay, register today!

Training Session: Mastering Maven 2.0 Training by Matthew McCullough
Dates: August 5-6, 2009 - early bird rate is good thru July 24th
Time: 9:00 - 5:00 PM Wednesday - Thursday
URL: http://www.nfjsone.com/training/home?id=9
Location: Englewood, CO
Venue: Hyatt Place - Denver Tech Center
Pricing: $1,750/person thru 7/24/09, after $1,950 (Note: JUG Members receive a $50 discount by using promo code: nfjsone50UG)
Registration Fee: Includes 2 Day Training class, wireless internet, beverages & lunch daily
Requirement: You will need to provide your own laptop for the course.
Sponsored by: NFJSOne (www.nfjsone.com) & No Fluff Just Stuff Symposium Series (www.nofluffjuststuff.com)

Summary:
Maven is a comprehensive project info and build tool, often referred to as the next generation version of Ant. It introduces the beneficial "Convention over Configuration" mantra to the build-script world, allowing build scripts just 5 lines long to compile .java files, build standardized JARs, and produce a comprehensive project web site with change logs, cross referenced HTML source code, and more.
Maven has been on the Java build tools scene for quite a number of years, but the adoption rate in enterprises is now going through the roof. Maven can seem daunting, but this presentation will equip you with efficient techniques and tools to overcome hurdles and troubleshoot build issues with ease.

We'll examine tools to find artifacts in central repositories, manage your corporation's internal Maven artifacts with a proxy tool such as Nexus, view and override dependency graphs, implement multi-module best practices, create OS specific profiles, and leverage the latest Maven plugins for the top Java IDEs.

Topping it off, we will review migration paths from Ant, and why Maven is a perfect blend with your company's use of the ever growing web of open source libraries.

Topics Covered:
-Using Maven in an Ant world.
-Ant to Maven migration strategies.
-How Maven lowers the lines of build scripts you write.
-Convention over Configuration benefits.
-Achieving library reuse.
-Effective use of Maven in the enterprise.
-Understanding error messages.
-Efficient troubleshooting.

Day One:
-Installation and setup of Maven
-The project object model (POM) and lifecycle
-The Maven directory structure
-Using and creating archetypes
-Maven in IDEs (Eclipse, IntelliJ, NetBeans)
-Multi-module projects for EARs
-Module and directory structure best practices
-SCM integration and manageable component versioning

Day Two:
-Continuous integration with Maven
-Repositories and repository managers
-Automatic website generation
-Debugging plugins and JUnit tests
-Writing Maven plugins
-OS specific build tasks with profiles
-Maven 3.0 overview

Bio:
Matthew McCullough is an energetic 12 year veteran of enterprise software development, open source education, and co-founder of Ambient Ideas, LLC, a Denver consultancy. He is an outspoken advocate for the use of open source libraries in enterprise applications. Matthew currently is a member of the JCP, referenced in the O'Reilly Maven book, author of the DZone Maven RefCard, reviewer for the top technology book publishers, President of the Denver Open Source Users Group, and speaker on the No Fluff Just Stuff 2009 tour.

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#2096

From: Tim Berglund <tlberglund@...>
Date: Mon Jun 15, 2009 1:48 pm
Subject: Agile Database Development with Liquibase at IASA Denver

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Tonight (Monday, June 15) at IASA Denver, board member Tim Berglund will be presenting on Agile Database Development with Liquibase (see below for details).

After Tim's presentation we will have an open discussion on the challenges of achieving database agility, then adjourn to the Baker Street Pub at 8:30 for beers. Note: the first round of beers will be covered by IASA Denver!
�
Email us at events@... to RSVP, or go to www.iasadenver.org.
�
Thanks again to our awesome founding sponsors Solution Partners and Modis for their support of our monthly chapter events.

Agile Database Development With Liquibase

Your team has built a flexible, expressive, performant database schema for a new appliation that's ready to face the world�but nobody gets it right on launch day. You've got a toolbelt full of methods for managing code change, but if you aren't just as adept at managing changes to your database, it will soon become mummified, cursing your application with declining performance and ugly hacks for the rest of its life.

Or maybe you've been saddled with a legacy database that looks like it was designed by the High School DBA Club on the last day of the semester, then filled with ten years of critical business data. You can't throw it away, but you can't build the next-gen application on it either. With conventional source code control and the right set of refactoring practices, you can build an application you love from a database you'd just as soon do without.

Liquibase is an open-source tool that helps bridge the gap between database schemas and source control. Inspired by Refactoring Databases by Amber and Sadalage, it provides a well-structured and disciplined set of refactorings that can be expressed in a text file and played back repeatably against development, test, and production instances of your database.�

Speaker Bio

Tim Berglund runs a software consulting firm called the August Technology Group, which provides training and development services to customers building web applications on the JVM. His technology interests span web applications, business integration, data architecture, agile processes, and software architecture, but his greatest passion is to help developers improve in their craft. He is a frequent speaker at local user groups, and is a board member of IASA Denver and The Denver Open Source User Group (www.denveropensource.org). He loves open-source software and the rapidly diversifying world of the Java platform. He has been writing software since he was a boy, but only started brewing his own beer a few years ago. He lives in Littleton with his wife and three children who, despite being the homeschooled children of a programmer father, don't write as much code as you might think.

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#2097

From: Alex Viggio <aviggio@...>
Date: Fri Jun 26, 2009 9:29 pm
Subject: REMINDER: Meeting this Monday 6/29 "What is Kanban?"

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A friendly reminder that this coming Monday, June 29, Agile Denver will
meet at the Tivoli near Downtown Denver. Frank Vega and Brad Swanson
will present "What is Kanban?"

At the end of the presentation, we'll be giving away a few books and one
free registration for Mike Cohn's Certified ScrumMaster class at the
landmark Hotel Boulderado in Downtown Boulder on August 4 and 5. Be sure
to drop a business card in the drawing box before the meeting.

What have you heard about kanban in the context of software development?
    Could you describe it to someone else?  Is it an agile methodology?
Is it a lean principle or a lean practice?  In this session, Frank Vega
and Brad Swanson share some of what theyve learned about kanban over
the last year.

Frank was introduced to kanban when a co-worker returned from the
Agile 2007 Conference describing a new thing he heard about in an Open
Space discussion.  After further research, a few phone conversations
with David Anderson, a thought leader in the kanban space, and a couple
of sputtering trials, Franks current organization has had one
development team applying kanban since April 2008 and over the last
couple of months a second team is now giving it a try.

Brad has combined lean principles & practices with agile on several
projects and has found that lean & kanban concepts can help a team
better understand and apply agile practices.

Together, theyll briefly cover a bit of kanban history, identify a
couple of core tenets, present a few comparisons and contrasts with
Scrum, share one teams experience with kanban, and if time permits
share a few of the more interesting sound bites they picked up from
attending the Lean and Kanban 2009 Conference (the first) in Miami last
month.

We will also be having a book swap. Bring any books you're willing to
loan, swap or give away - preferably ones related to software, or agile
development in some way.

As always, our monthly meetings are free to attend and open to local
software professionals, students and faculty. Feel free to pass this
announcement along to your colleagues.


AGENDA

5:30 - 6:30 PM  Pizza, networking and announcements
6:30 - 8:00 PM  Frank Vega and Brad Swanson Presentation


SPEAKERS

Frank Vega is an IT/IS professional with 20+ years of experience.  He
started out providing database management, numerical analysis, and
Geographic Information Systems support on environmental clean-up
studies.  Experience administering and managing LANs along with
developing and managing a computer services group for a small
environmental consulting firm came shortly after.  Over the last 13
years he has focused on the software developer role which included 6+
years as a self-employed independent contractor/consultant providing
custom application development support.  Currently, he is employed as a
software architect working with teams developing applications that
perform structural analysis of engineered wood products used in the
construction of residential homes and light commercial buildings.  His
passion for continuous learning has been focused over the last 6 years
developing a solid understanding of lean principles and knowledge-based
product development along with agile methods using domain-driven,
pattern-oriented, and OO design emphasizing XP practices.  He is active
member of Agile-Denver and APLN-Denver.  His formal education includes a
BS in Applied Math/CS and an MS in Computer Information Systems.

Brad Swanson is founder and Principal Consultant with Propero Solutions.
He is a veteran of the software industry with more than 14 years of
experience in executive management, project and program leadership,
product management, and software development in both start-ups and large
companies.  He has led successful agile projects with teams distributed
between the US, India, and China.  He was an early adopter of agile
methodologies, fully embracing eXtreme Programming as a developer and XP
coach in 1999.  Brad is a Certified Scrum Coach, Certified Scrum Master,
an XP Coach, and an active member of the agile community.  In addition
to his deep experience with agile, Brad has a long history with software
process improvement initiatives.  He organized a successful ISO 9001
audit for a 2000-person engineering organization at Raytheon and chaired
the initiative for CMM assessment.  Brad previously held the positions
of Director of Integration at IP Commerce, Engineering Manager at
StorePerform Technologies, Senior Consultant at BoldTech Systems, and
Software Engineer at Raytheon Systems.


SPONSORS

The June 2009 sponsors are Gunther Douglas and Mountain Goat Software.

Gunther Douglas, a Denver based IT Consulting & Placement firm with
offices nationally, is committed to responsiveness, thoroughness and
exceeding expectations. Gunther Douglas promotes a positive work
environment, an honest approach and deep appreciation to all of our
clients and employees.

For more information, see http://www.guntherdouglas.com

Through its Certified ScrumMaster, agile estimating and planning, user
story, Certified Scrum Product Owner, and other courses Mountain Goat
Software founder Mike Cohn helps companies adopt and improve their use
of agile processes and techniques in order to build extremely high
performance development organizations.

Mountain Goat Software's upcoming classes in Boulder.

    * Aug 3, Effective User Stories for Agile Requirements
    * Aug 4-5, Certified ScrumMaster
    * Aug 6, Agile Estimating and Planning

Sign up before July 7th to receive special pricing. For more
information, see http://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com


DIRECTIONS

The June meeting will be held in the Tivoli Student Union (TV)
building, in Room 320 Section A (Baerresen Ballroom).

The Tivoli is located on the Auraria Campus, within walking distance of
Downtown Denver via Larimer Street crossing Speer. You can reach the
campus from the I-25 south Colfax or Speer exits.

Please review or print out the parking map for reference:

       http://www.ahec.edu/parking/ParkingMap2009.pdf

Parking on site costs around $5 for attendees of our event and there
should be parking available in the lots off of Auraria Parkway and Ninth
Street. Be sure to mention that you are attending an on campus event
otherwise they might assume you are there for a sports event.


A G I L E  D E N V E R
www.agiledenver.org

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#2098

From: Jay Zimmerman <jzimmerman@...>
Date: Wed Jul 1, 2009 5:14 pm
Subject: Registration Open...2009 SpringOne/2GX comes to New Orleans on October 19-22nd (JUG Discount)

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SpringOne & the Groovy/Grails Experience Unite!

SpringSource and the No Fluff Just Stuff Software Symposium Series are pleased to announce that SpringOne will join forces with the Groovy/Grails Experience for the premier Java event of the year: SpringOne2GX! This one of a kind event will be held on October 19-22nd at the beautifully restored 5 Star Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans! Event Name: SpringOne 2GX 2009 Dates: October 19 - 22, 2009 Location: New Orleans, Louisiana

Venue: Roosevelt Hotel URL: http://www.springone2gx.com SpringOne 2GX participants will have the opportunity to attend two great events at one venue. Over the last 5+ years, Spring has created a major shift in the java development space. Groovy and Grails are exciting technologies adding momentum to this trend. SpringOne will cover the latest developments in the Spring ecosystem, including Spring 3. The Groovy/Grails Experience will provide in-depth coverage of Groovy, Grails, and Griffon. So whether you're a Spring enthusiast, Tomcat user, Groovy/Grails fan, or just interested in open source development, you'll find valuable content in sessions presented here. SpringOne 2GX, will feature over one hundred (100) sessions delivered by speakers who are project leads, published authors and recognized experts. You'll meet and learn from open source leaders who create and drive innovation for these technologies. It's the ideal place to obtain critical skills and knowledge to help you build, run and manage software solutions. REGISTRATION: Super Early Bird Registration- good thru July 31st st at a rate of $1,150 per person Early Bird Registration - runs from August 1st thru September 18th at a rate of $1,350 per person Regular Registration - runs from September 19th thru October 19th at a rate of $1,550 per person **Special Group Discount: Register 4 and get 1 additional pass complimentary** NOTE: A special $75 discount is available to all JUG members for SpringOne 2GX.

Use the promo code, springone2gx75 when registering. Registration fee includes: 1). Full access to SpringOne 2GX sessions, keynotes and BOFs 2). All meals and snacks 3). Custom binder - with handouts of sessions attended 4). Access to all slide decks from SpringOne 2GX Springone 2GX will offer 8 concurrent sessions per time block for you to choose from. Our current speaker roster for SpringOne 2GX 2009 includes: Adrian Colyer, CTO of SpringSource Andres Almiray, Griffon Expert Andrew Glover, Co-author of "Continuous Integration" Arjen Poutsma, Founder & Project Lead for Spring Web Services Ben Alex, Creator of Spring Security (Acegi) & SpringSource Principal Software Engineer Burt Beckwith, Senior Java Developer and Grails Expert Christian Dupuis, Lead of SpringSource Tool Suite and Spring IDE Costin Leau, Lead, Spring OSGi and Spring JavaConfig Dave Klein, Author of 'Grails: A Quick-Start Guide' Dave Syer, Lead of Spring Batch, SpringSource Principal Consultant Graeme Rocher, Head of Grails Development for SpringSource Guillaume LaForge, Head of Groovy Development for SpringSource Hamlet D'Arcy, Sr. Java/Groovy Developer Hans Dockter, Founder and Project Lead of Gradle Jeff Brown, Core Member of the Grails Development Team Jeremy Grelle, Lead of the Spring Faces Project Joseph Nusairat, Co-Author of Beginning Groovy & Grails Juergen Hoeller, co-founder of the Spring Framework Project Keith Donald, Lead of Spring Web and Creator of Spring Web Flow Ken Sipe, Technology Director, Perficient, Inc. (PRFT) Mark Fisher, Spring Integration Lead Mark Thomas, Senior Software Engineer, SpringSource. Matt Taylor, Freelance Groovy/Grails Developer Paul King, co-author of "Groovy in Action" Robert Fischer, Java Concurrency Specialist and GORM Expert; Principal, Smokejumper Consulting Rob Harrop, Lead Engineer of SpringSource dm Server Rod Johnson, CEO of SpringSource Scott Davis, Author of "Groovy Recipes" & TDD Expert Scott Vlaminck, Sr. Architect/Developer with Refactr Venkat Subramaniam, Founder of Agile Developer, Inc. Join us again for another great show! We appreciate your support and patronage!! Go to http://www.springone2gx.com for registration details. For more information on SpringSource go to www.springsource.com For more information on the No Fluff Just Stuff Software Symposium Series go to www.nofluffjuststuff.com See you in New Orleans! Jay Zimmerman SpringOne 2GX Symposium Director jzimmerman@...

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#2099

From: Greg Ostravich <greg.ostravich@...>
Date: Wed Jul 8, 2009 10:04 am
Subject: DJUG 7/8/2009 JavaOne Recap/Cappucino Framework - Fagan/Wey

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Wednesday July 8th, DENVER JAVA USERS GROUP Meeting

=======================================================

<http://www.denverjug.org>

Here's a link to the on-campus Map:
http://www.ahec.edu/parking/ParkingMap06color.jpg

*** Free Pizza @ 5:30 ***

Main Session Speaker: Timothy Fagan
"JavaOne 2009 Recap"
7:15pm -8:30pm

BC Session Speaker: Johnny Wey
"Cappucino Web Framework"
6:00pm - 7:00pm
----------------------------------
Location: Auraria Campus-Tivoli Bldg; 320 Section AB - Baerresen Ballroom
Directions below

*** MAIN PRESENTATION ***

"JavaOne 2009 Recap"
Timothy Fagan

Timothy Fagan attended JavaOne this past may and will provide highlights of this years JavaOne conference.

Agenda:

Introduction - Oracle's purchase of Sun Microsystems
Java SE - Proposed Language Changes, JavaFX, Pluggable Type Checking
Java ME - JavaFX Mobile, MIDP 3.0, Mobile Service Architecture (MSA) Initiative
Java EE - Servlet 3.0, Bean Validation, JPA 2.0, JSF 2.0, EJB 3.1, Profiles
Trends - Cloud Computing, Other Languages in the JVM, others
Q&A

Speaker

Timothy Fagan is a technical architect with a decade of on enterprise, desktop, and mobile Java experience, and over a decade of pre-Java IT experience. He has lived and worked on four different continents, and recently moved from San Francisco to New Yorkcity where he continues to work for StoneRiver, a leader in insurance industry solutions, with offices in the Denver Tech Center.

*** BASIC CONCEPTS ***

"Cappuccino Web Framework"
Johnny Wey

Description

It's 2009 and all the late-1990's hype of the browser as a "rich application platform" is finally starting to materialize. All is not well, however: developing in Javascript is a chore, there are still significant differences between browsers, and creating the rich, desktop experience users are expecting is a difficult task. Enter Cappuccino: a new and exciting RIA framework that helps align the web development experience with that on the desktop and helps create fantastic user interfaces. In this talk, Johnny will explain why Cappuccino matters, what it looks like, how it works, and how to hook it up with your existing Java services.
Speaker

Johnny Wey has been working with computers and software development for money since he wrote his first for-profit C++ program at 14. Since then, he has worked with sorts of frameworks and platforms to solve a myriad of problems. Currently, he works as an engineer in the telecom domain using the latest and greatest tools in the open-source Java world.

*** AGENDA ***

5:30 - 6:00 p.m. Food, and Networking.
6:00 - 7:00 p.m. Basic Concepts
7:00 - 7:15 p.m. Announcements
7:15 - 8:30 p.m. Main Presentation
8:30 p.m. Door prizes

*** DIRECTIONS ***
We will be meeting at the Tivoli Building
which is closest to the Pepsi Center side
of the campus.

Here's a link to the Campus Map followed
by the link to the PDF:

http://www.ahec.edu/parking/index.htm
http://www.ahec.edu/parking/Campus%20Map%202005.pdf

Driving:
The closest parking is in the Tivoli Parking Structure.
The first time we were on-campus some of our
attendees were charged the same rate as the Pepsi Center
Events game parking. If you park in the garage, explain
that you are there for an on-campus event sponsored by
the Metro State Computer Science Department and CCD Life
and that you are to pay the same rate as students attending
other on-campus events.

Do not park in the NE lot - that is for students only.

If you are going to stay late (we often go to Old Chicago
nearby on Market Street after the meeting) you may want to
park in the uncovered parking lot just West of the Tivoli.

Light Rail:
You can take the Light Rail to either the Pepsi Center
or to the Colfax and Auraria Stop.

From the Pepsi Center Light Rail Stop:
Head South, cross Auraria Parkway at the Light.
The Tivoli is the first building as you get to the campus.

From the Auraria Colfax Station:
Head NW on Main Street, past the Library and Media Center.
Continue North until you get to the Tivoli building.

*** SPONSORS ***

Thanks to our Denver JUG sponsors for supporting the Java community:

- TekSystems for providing food and drink at the meeting
http://www.TekSystems.com/

- K*FORCE for sponsoring our books for door prizes.
http://www.kforce.com/

- Modis Consulting for sponsoring the room
http://www.modis.com/

- VACO Technologies for sponsoring some food at
Old Chicago after the meeting.
http://www.vaco.com/Technology/About/index.cfm

- Auraria Community College of Denver Student Life
for the Tivoli room so we can be considered
an "on-campus" event and receive a discount rate.
http://www.ccd.edu/main.aspx?CID=70

- EvolutionHosting for providing web hosting
http://www.evolutionhosting.com

Doorprize sponsors:
- SoftPro for a Gift certificate towards the purchase of a book
http://softpro.stores.yahoo.net/index.html

- JetBrains (1 IntelliJ IDE)
http://www.jetbrains.com/

- O'Reilly Media (sent books to give away)
http://oreilly.com/

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#2100

From: Scott Davis <scott@...>
Date: Tue Jul 21, 2009 7:45 pm
Subject: Groovy Code Camp, One Week from Today

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What are your plans for Tuesday and Wednesday night of next week? You
could catch up on those Seinfeld reruns, or you could learn a new
technology.

The Groovy Code Camp, Denver/Boulder edition, happens next week, July
28/29, from 6pm to 10pm. This unique hands-on training is taught by
Scott Davis, author of "Groovy Recipes: Greasing the Wheels of Java"
and the "Practically Groovy" article series for IBM developerWorks.

Bring your laptop, and you'll learn how to mix Groovy in with your
existing Java code. You'll use Groovy as a batch/shell script
replacement. Databases, File I/O, XML, Web Services -- all are made
dramatically easier with a bit of Groovy.

Priced at just $200 for two nights of training (after the $50 DJUG
discount code), you won't find instructor-lead training any cheaper.
Come see the technology that Wired.com, LinkedIn.com, Mutual of Omaha,
Taco Bell, Pepsi, Tropicana, and many more are already using in
production.

Visit http://groovycodecamp.com/ to register today, and I'll see you
next week. (You can always Tivo those Seinfeld reruns...)

Scott Davis
scott@...

ThirstyHead: training done right
http://thirstyhead.com

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#2101

From: Jay Zimmerman <jzimmerman@...>
Date: Wed Jul 22, 2009 4:56 pm
Subject: Save $400 Register by July 31st...Next Generation Java Event - SpringOne & Groovy/Grails Experience comes to New Orleans on Oct 19-22nd

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The Next Generation Java Event - SpringOne & Groovy/Grails Experience - Save $400, register by 7/31!

SpringSource and the No Fluff Just Stuff Software Symposium Series are pleased to announce SpringOne joins forces with the Groovy/Grails

Experience for the premier Next Generation Java event of the year: SpringOne 2GX! This one of a kind event will be held on October 19-22nd at the beautifully restored Five Star Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans!

SpringOne 2GX participants will have the opportunity to attend two great events at one venue. Over the last 5+ years, Spring has

created a major shift in the java development space. Like Spring, Groovy and Grails provide the Java community with a 21st century

solution set which reduces complexity, amps productivity and enhances maintainability of code bases.

Event Name: SpringOne 2GX 2009 Dates: October 19 - 22, 2009 Location: New Orleans, Louisiana

Venue: Roosevelt Hotel URL: http://www.springone2gx.com

SpringOne will cover the latest developments in the Spring ecosystem, including Spring 3. The Groovy/Grails Experience

will provide in-depth coverage of Groovy, Grails, and Griffon. So whether you're a Spring enthusiast, Tomcat user, Groovy/Grails fan,

or just interested in open source development, you'll find valuable content in sessions presented here.

SpringOne 2GX, will feature over one hundred (100) sessions delivered by speakers who are project leads, published authors

and recognized experts. You'll meet and learn from open source leaders who create and drive innovation for these technologies. It's the ideal place to obtain critical skills and knowledge to help you build, run and manage software solutions. REGISTRATION: Super Early Bird Registration- good thru July 31st at a rate of $1,150 per person Early Bird Registration - runs from August 1st thru September 18th at a rate of $1,350 per person Regular Registration - runs from September 19th thru October 19th at a rate of $1,550 per person **Special Group Discount: Register 4 and get 1 additional pass complimentary** NOTE: A special $75 discount is available to all JUG members for SpringOne 2GX.

Use the promo code; SpringOne2GX75 when registering.

Registration fee includes: 1). Full access to SpringOne 2GX sessions, keynotes and BOFs 2). All meals and snacks 3). Custom binder - with handouts of sessions attended 4). Access to all slide decks from SpringOne 2GX

Join us again for another great show! We appreciate your support and patronage!! Go to http://www.springone2gx.com for registration details. For more information on SpringSource go to www.springsource.com For more information on the No Fluff Just Stuff Software Symposium Series go to www.nofluffjuststuff.com

See you in New Orleans!

Jay Zimmerman

SpringOne 2GX Director

jzimmerman@...

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#2102

From: Tim Berglund <tlberglund@...>
Date: Tue Jul 28, 2009 1:55 pm
Subject: IASA IT Architect Regional Conference 2009 in New York

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Dear DJUG,

In addition to frequently darkening the doors of�DJUG, I am also on the board of the Denver chapter of the International Association of Software Architects (IASA). IASA is sponsoring an "ITARC" (IT ARchitecture Conference) in New York in October. The IASA Global organization has garnered an impressive lineup of speakers, as listed below. The local chapter doesn't usually promote national ITARCs very aggressively, but this one is exciting enough to us that we wanted to try to make more of our colleagues in the area aware of it. To that end, the�chapter is offering sponsorships of $50 per attendee (available to chapter members only). Our chapter President is planning on attending, and I am hoping to make it as well, schedule permitting. If you aren't normally tuned in to IASA happenings, I strongly recommend you take a look at this conference and join us if you can.

Email me if you're interested in joining the chapter or attending the ITARC. Read the forwarded email below for more details.

Warmly,

Tim Berglund

IASA Denver

P.S I'm also posting this to the DOSUG list. I know there's substantial overlap between the two, so please forgive my spamming if you get this twice.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: IASA <paultpreiss@...>
Date: Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 11:00 AM
Subject: IT Architect Regional Conference 2009 in New York
To: tlberglund@...

12 - 14 October 2009 | New York

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Thought leaders decend on NY: Ambler, Bass, Booch, Evans, Inmon and Zachman all in one place!
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#2103

From: Matthew McCullough <matthewm@...>
Date: Mon Aug 3, 2009 1:37 pm
Subject: DOSUG: Scala/T.Flaherty + Grails Testing/T.Berglund - Tuesday, August 4th

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Denver Open Source Users Group - Meeting Announcement
http://www.denveropensource.org/

This month, we have a presentation on practical applications of Scala
for Java users and Grails Testing in the Real World.

The building doors and/or elevators still lock by 6:45 or so, so try
to join us as early as possible.


Meeting Date and Time:
Tuesday, August 4th, 2009, 5:30 p.m.


Agenda:
5:30 p.m. - Member to Member Networking, Pizza, Drinks (courtesy,
TekSystems)
6:00 p.m. - Basic Concepts Presentation
7:00 p.m. - Advanced Concepts Presentation
8:15 p.m. - Networking at Darcy's (courtesy KForce)


Basic Concepts Topic: Introduction to Scala by Tom Flaherty
Whenever a language begins to gain popularity there is a need to
present introductory material. But after a awhile the need shifts to
understanding the strengths of a language.

In this presentation I am going to present a snapshot of Scala's
unique features and paradigms. At start of the talk you will get to
know Scala syntax, closures and functional programming. Next we will
review unique features that Scala provides for DSLs such as ADTs,
parsing and pattern matching. From this point we will study the
improvements Scala makes to OO with strong typing, traits and mixins
and how these improvements provide intrinsic support for new
paradigms. Finally we will review actors and how Scala's capabilities
are finding their way into the real world.

Bio:

Tom Flaherty is Chief Architect at Axiom Architectures. He is
currently authoring papers about Enterprise Architecture and applying
this work to state governments. In 2008 he developed a symbolic math
application in
Scala for Glaxo. In the past he established enterprise and OO
methodologies along with 4-Tier platforms for Williams Communications,
DMR and NorTel. He lives in Centennial with his wife Fifi and Maine
Coon cat Buddy




Main Topic: Test First, Refresh Second: Web App TDD with Grails 1.1 by
Tim Berglund

Not many of us question that TDD is the right way to write software,
but not many of us really practice it either. Even fewer of us do it
when writing a web app, and with good reason: web app code is usually
coupled to a framework, and the framework is usually coupled to a web
server on one end and a database on the other. All this coupling does
not set us up for testing success.

Grails 1.1 introduces several features that make it easy and truly
productive to create a web application while testing first. In this
talk, you'll learn how to use Domain and Controller mocking to write
unit tests that can be run quickly and easily from the IDE or from the
command line. TDD with 100% coverage had always been possible in
Grails, but for the first time the tools make it the kind of thing
you'll want to do. Learn to use the new features of the framework to
build your web app the right way the first time.

Bio:

Tim Berglund runs a software consulting firm called the August
Technology Group, which provides training and development services to
customers building web applications on the JVM and in embedded
devices. With his keen sense of timing, Tim spent his early career
writing firmware, then switched to the Internet just as soon as the
dotcom boom was coming to an end. He loves open-source software and
the rapidly diversifying world of the Java platform. He has been
writing software since he was a boy, but only started brewing his own
beer a few years ago. He lives in Littleton with his wife and three
children who, despite being the homeschooled children of a programmer
father, don't write as much code as you might think.




Where:
All monthly meetings are held at the Microsoft offices in the Denver
Tech Center (DTC).

Microsoft
7595 Technology Way
Suite 400
Denver, CO 80237



Thank You to our Sponsors:
Microsoft (Joe Shirey, Joe.Shirey@...)
7595 Technology Way
Suite 400
Denver,CO 80237
http://www.microsoft.com

Michael C. Vaughn
Senior Recruiter
TekSystems
mvaughn@...

Jeremy Crum
Sr. Account Manager
KFORCE Technology Staffing
Office: 303.804.4606
Cell 720.837.5121
JCRUM@...

JetBrains (Dave Booth, jugs@...)
1670 So. Amphlett Blvd.
Suite 214
San Mateo, CA 94402
http://www.jetbrains.com

Atlassian (Jon Silvers, jsilvers@...)
http://www.atlassian.com

Softpro Books (Eric Burkhardt, dtc@...)
6862 S. Yosemite Street
Centennial, CO 80112-1407
http://softpro.stores.yahoo.net/index.html

Jay ZImmerman
No Fluff Just Stuff Symposiums
www.nofluffjuststuff.com
jzimmerman@...

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#2104

From: Greg Ostravich <greg.ostravich@...>
Date: Mon Aug 10, 2009 8:02 am
Subject: DJUG 8/12/2009 The Pulse Project-Lowe;Android-Neidetcher

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My apologies for not getting this out sooner.
Our meeting this week will focus on JME with John Lowe and Demian Neidetcher.
I will work on getting the website updated with this info later today.

Wednesday August 12th, DENVER JAVA USERS GROUP Meeting
=======================================================

<http://www.denverjug.org>

Here's a link to the on-campus Map:
http://www.ahec.edu/parking/ParkingMap06color.jpg

*** Free Pizza @ 5:30 ***

Main Session Speaker: John Lowe
"The Pulse Project"
7:15pm -8:30pm

BC Session Speaker: Demian L. Neidetcher
"Android"
6:00pm - 7:00pm
----------------------------------
Location: Auraria Campus-Tivoli Bldg; Room: Tivoli 250 - Turnhalle
Directions below

*** MAIN PRESENTATION ***

"The Pulse Project"
John Lowe

Description:
This is another look at the SunSPOT platform and using
Java in embedded systems. This time around we're going
to look at implementing a Java powered pulse rate monitor.
Along the way we will see how using Java and OOP make the
implementation of digital signal processing algorithms
clear by breaking them into small manageable pieces.
We'll also touch on real-time concerns and using RESTful
web services to provide the user interface for our system.

Speaker:
John Lowe is a President of NAND Gate Technologies LLC,
a software development and consulting company. John's area
of expertise includes embedded systems and hardware/software
interaction. John has been developing embedded systems for
the past 15 years including, robotics, analytical
instrumentation and medical monitoring applications.
He has been working with Java since 1996, and has been
attending Java User groups in the Denver/Boulder
area for 12 years.

*** BASIC CONCEPTS ***

"Android"
Demian Neidetcher
Description:

Despite the juggernaut that is the iPhone,
the Android platform is making a splash in the
mobile space. I'll give context around how we
got here, what the phone is built on, how it's
like Java development and how it's different.
I'll go over the tooling, some high level
concepts around development, deployment and
publishing your application to the world.

Speaker:
Demian Neidetcher has been writing software primarily
with Java in the telecom domain for over 10 years.
He's currently an architect and scrum master for a
small team doing VoIP but still manages to write
code 95% of the time. He's been a fan of open source
ever since hacking with Python on a 486 running SlackWare.

*** AGENDA ***

5:30 - 6:00 p.m. Food, and Networking.
6:00 - 7:00 p.m. Basic Concepts
7:00 - 7:15 p.m. Announcements
7:15 - 8:30 p.m. Main Presentation
8:30 p.m. Door prizes

*** DIRECTIONS ***
We will be meeting at the Tivoli Building
which is closest to the Pepsi Center side
of the campus.

Here's a link to the Campus Map followed
by the link to the PDF:

http://www.ahec.edu/parking/index.htm
http://www.ahec.edu/parking/Campus%20Map%202005.pdf

Driving:
The closest parking is in the Tivoli Parking Structure.
The first time we were on-campus some of our
attendees were charged the same rate as the Pepsi Center
Events game parking. If you park in the garage, explain
that you are there for an on-campus event sponsored by
the Metro State Computer Science Department and CCD Life
and that you are to pay the same rate as students attending
other on-campus events.

Do not park in the NE lot - that is for students only.

If you are going to stay late (we often go to Old Chicago
nearby on Market Street after the meeting) you may want to
park in the uncovered parking lot just West of the Tivoli.

Light Rail:
You can take the Light Rail to either the Pepsi Center
or to the Colfax and Auraria Stop.

From the Pepsi Center Light Rail Stop:
Head South, cross Auraria Parkway at the Light.
The Tivoli is the first building as you get to the campus.

From the Auraria Colfax Station:
Head NW on Main Street, past the Library and Media Center.
Continue North until you get to the Tivoli building.

*** SPONSORS ***

Thanks to our Denver JUG sponsors for supporting the Java community:

- TekSystems for providing food and drink at the meeting
http://www.TekSystems.com/

- K*FORCE for sponsoring our books for door prizes.
http://www.kforce.com/

- Modis Consulting for sponsoring the room
http://www.modis.com/

- VACO Technologies for sponsoring some food at
Old Chicago after the meeting.
http://www.vaco.com/Technology/About/index.cfm

- Auraria Community College of Denver Student Life
for the Tivoli room so we can be considered
an "on-campus" event and receive a discount rate.
http://www.ccd.edu/main.aspx?CID=70

- EvolutionHosting for providing web hosting
http://www.evolutionhosting.com

Doorprize sponsors:
- SoftPro for a Gift certificate towards the purchase of a book
http://softpro.stores.yahoo.net/index.html

- JetBrains (1 IntelliJ IDE)
http://www.jetbrains.com/

- O'Reilly Media (sent books to give away)
http://oreilly.com/

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#2105

From: Tim Berglund <tlberglund@...>
Date: Mon Aug 17, 2009 2:53 pm
Subject: IASA Members Dinner, 17 August 2009, Monday

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Dear DJUG,

A last-minute reminder of tonight's IASA Member's Dinner! Scott Davis will be speaking to us about web service architectural strategies, particularly REST. We'd love to see you there.

Tim Berglund

IASA Denver

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From: IASA Denver <IasaDenver@...>
Date: Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 1:01 AM
Subject: Reminder: August Members Dinner, 17 August 2009, Monday
To: Tim Berglund <tim.berglund@...>

Dear Tim Berglund,

A friendly reminder about your event registration:
August Members Dinner Statera Office (6501 E. Belleview Avenue, Suite 300, Englewood)
Date: 17 August 2009, Monday

Resource Oriented Architecture and REST - Scott Davis

Google quietly deprecated their SOAP search API at the end of 2006. While this doesn't mean that you should abandon SOAP, it does reflect a growing trend towards simpler dialects of web services. Google joins a number of popular websites (Yahoo!, Amazon, eBay, and others) that offer all of the benefits of web services without all of the complexity of SOAP.

In this talk, we look at the semantic differences between a Service-Oriented Architecture and a Resource-Oriented Architecture. We contrast RPC-centric interfaces with object-oriented interfaces. We discuss HTTP-RPC services that call themselves RESTful, and compare them to fully RESTful web services that leverage HTTP verbs like GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE. We look at RESTful implementations using Java Servlets and exploit Grails' native REST support.

Scott Davis�is an author and independent consultant. He is passionate about open source solutions and agile development. He has worked on a variety of Java platforms, from J2EE to J2SE to J2ME (sometimes all on the same project).

He is the co-author of�JBoss At Work: A Practical Guide�(O'Reilly), quite possibly the world's first agile J2EE book. He is also responsible for several mapping books, including�Google Maps API: Adding Where to Your Application�(Pragmatic Bookshelf) and�GIS for Web Developers: Adding Where to Your Web Applications�(Pragmatic Bookshelf). Most recently, Scott wrote�Groovy Recipes: Greasing the Wheels of Java(Pragmatic Bookshelf). He is also the Editor in Chief of�aboutGroovy.com, a news and information website that tracks the latest developments in Groovy and Grails.

Scott is a frequent presenter at international conferences and local user groups. He was the president of the Denver Java Users Group in 2003 when it was voted one of the top-ten JUGs in North America. After a quick move north, he is currently active in the leadership of the Boulder Java Users Group. Keep up with him at�http://www.davisworld.org.

Thanks for registering and we are looking forward to seeing you!

Best regards,
IASA Denver

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#2106

From: Tim Berglund <tlberglund@...>
Date: Mon Aug 24, 2009 4:18 pm
Subject: IASA Summer Picnic

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Dear DJUG,

The Denver Chapter of the International Association of Software Architects would like to invite you to its summer picnic! Follow the link for details:

http://iasadenver.eventbrite.com/

In short, it's this Saturday, 8/29, from 11:30am - 2:30pm at Cornerstone Park in Littleton. Please bring your family, invite colleagues who aren't chapter members, and come ready to enjoy food, drink, conversation, and networking in an informal setting. As always, we rely on you to spread the word about the chapter and its activities, so please forward this to any fellow architects or developers you think might be interested. Hope to see you there!

Warm Regards,
Tim Berglund
IASA Denver

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#2107

From: Jay Zimmerman <jzimmerman@...>
Date: Thu Aug 27, 2009 7:15 pm
Subject: Registration Opens....2009 Rocky Mountain Software Symposium returns to Denver on November 20-22nd (JUG Discount)

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The 2009 Rocky Mountain Software Symposium: Fall Edition returns to Denver on November 20-22nd! NFJS 2009 Tour = Local Venue, World Class Event *We pride ourselves on offering the best technically focused Java/Agility event anywhere!* Make sure and use your JUG discount of $50 by using the promo code nfjsusergroup50 when registering. If you are registering with a group, the highest discount will apply. Event Name: Rocky Mountain Software Symposium 2009 Dates: November 20 - 22, 2009 Location: Denver, Colorado Venue: Marriott South @ Park Meadows URL: http://www.nofluffjuststuff.com/conference/denver/2009/11/home We have a great set of speakers lined up for you to enjoy featuring: Brian Sletten, Forward Leaning Software Engineer David Geary, Author of Graphic Java and co-author of Core JSF Ken Sipe, Technology Director, Perficient, Inc. (PRFT) Matthew McCullough, Open Source Application Architect at Ambient Ideas Neal Ford, Application Architect at ThoughtWorks, Inc. Pratik Patel, Enterprise Architect Scott Davis, Author of "Groovy Recipes" & TDD Expert Scott Leberknight, Chief Architect at Near Infinity Shashank Tiwari, Flex Expert Ted Neward, Enterprise, Virtual Machine and Language Wonk Venkat Subramaniam, Founder of Agile Developer, Inc. The No Fluff Just Stuff Symposium series is regarded as the premier Java/Agility event series anywhere serving over 28,000 attendees with some 180 events since 2002. The popularity of the NFJS symposium series can be traced to the following: 1). Exceptional Speakers 2). Limited Attendance - capped at 250 people 3). No Vendors, No Sales Pitches, no Marketecture 4). Excellent networking opportunities with speakers and fellow attendees 5). The Best Value in the Java conferencing space period ************ ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* ***** Make sure and use your JUG discount of $50 by using the promo code nfjsusergroup50 when registering. If you are registering with a group, the highest discount will apply. Early Bird Rates End: 11/02/2009 Individual: $800/person Excellent Group Discounts Available - bring your entire development team to the show: 5-9 Attendees: $700/person 10-14 Attendees: $675/person 15-24 Attendees: $650/person 25-over Attendees: $625/person All attendees receive a custom NFJS binder with event content. Excellent Giveaways - $200 Amazon e-certificate, Books, and More! Join us again for another great show! We appreciate your support and patronage!! Go to http://www.nofluffjuststuff.com/conference/denver/2009/11/home for registration details. All the best, Jay Zimmerman 2009 NFJS Symposium Tour Series Director jzimmerman@...

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#2108

From: Matthew McCullough <matthewm@...>
Date: Mon Aug 31, 2009 3:08 pm
Subject: DOSUG: Jasper Server/M.Barker + Mule ESB/R.Remington - Tuesday, September 1st

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Denver Open Source Users Group - Meeting Announcement
http://www.denveropensource.org/

This month, we have a presentation on Jasper Server and another on the
Mule Enterprise Service Bus.

The building doors and/or elevators still lock by 6:30 or so, so try
to join us as early as possible.


Meeting Date and Time:
Tuesday, September 1st, 2009, 5:30 p.m.


Agenda:
5:30 p.m. - Member to Member Networking, Pizza, Drinks (courtesy,
TekSystems)
6:00 p.m. - Basic Concepts Presentation
7:00 p.m. - Advanced Concepts Presentation
8:15 p.m. - Networking at Darcy's (courtesy KForce)


Basic Concepts Topic: Jasper Server - Mike Barker

What do you do now that you've designed your report using iReport?  A
robust option is to load your report into JasperServer.  Come learn
about the report management server from your friends at Jasper Reports.

Bio:

Mike Barker is the owner of On Track Consulting, Inc. in Littleton.
His 20+ year career as a software developer spans many industries:
defense, semiconductors, medical, financial, and telecommunications.
The last 12 years have been spent in Java, Java, and Java.  He has
been the Jasper Reports guy for a client for an 18 month gig that is
about to come to an end.



Main Topic: Mule Enterprise Service Bus, Integration Simplified by
Rich Remington

So the economy is still in shambles.  More companies than ever are
working with a downsized workforce. You have been asked (again) to do
more with less.  Since that project to replace the legacy back-end
application got shelved for now, you have to go back to the drawing
board and integrate your new web applications with that same legacy
application.  And, of course, you have to do it in record time.

This talk introduces Mule ESB, an open source application that can
simplify your integration projects.  With an elegant, but simple
architecture, Mule can provide an excellent foundation for your next
integration project.  Not only can it speak all the basic protocols
(JMS, HTTP, FTP, Email, JDBC, File, etc.) out of the box, but it comes
with a set of rich features for web services, message routing,
transformation and transaction management.  Topics discussed include:
messaging patterns, service endpoints, routing, transformation, &
protocol bridging.  And, yes, you will see some code in action!

Bio:

Rich Remington is the owner of Rich Software Inc, a small consulting
firm that specializes in building ESB/SOA software solutions based on
Mule as well as developing web applications for its clients. Rich has
over 25 years experience in software development including over 10
years experience architecting and developing Internet based
applications, including a Java message oriented middleware
application.  Additionally, Rich has provided onsite Java and web
development training for various companies as well as taught C
programming courses (when C programming was in vogue) for the
University of Denver, Great West Life, CAP Gemini America, and
Information Handling Services. He is an innovative and strategic
thinker, finding ways to improve information systems, workflows, and
business processes - especially across the enterprise.



Where:
All monthly meetings are held at the Microsoft offices in the Denver
Tech Center (DTC).

Microsoft
7595 Technology Way
Suite 400
Denver, CO 80237



Thank You to our Sponsors:
Microsoft (Joe Shirey, Joe.Shirey@...)
7595 Technology Way
Suite 400
Denver,CO 80237
http://www.microsoft.com

Michael C. Vaughn
Senior Recruiter
TekSystems
mvaughn@...

Jeremy Crum
Sr. Account Manager
KFORCE Technology Staffing
Office: 303.804.4606
Cell 720.837.5121
JCRUM@...

JetBrains (Dave Booth, jugs@...)
1670 So. Amphlett Blvd.
Suite 214
San Mateo, CA 94402
http://www.jetbrains.com

Atlassian (Jon Silvers, jsilvers@...)
http://www.atlassian.com

Softpro Books (Eric Burkhardt, dtc@...)
6862 S. Yosemite Street
Centennial, CO 80112-1407
http://softpro.stores.yahoo.net/index.html

Jay ZImmerman
No Fluff Just Stuff Symposiums
www.nofluffjuststuff.com
jzimmerman@...

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#2109

From: Greg Ostravich <greg.ostravich@...>
Date: Mon Sep 7, 2009 7:37 pm
Subject: DJUG 9/9/2009 Concurrency on the JVM Using Scala;Programming Scala-Dr. Venkat Subramanian

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Wednesday September 9th, DENVER JAVA USERS GROUP Meeting
=======================================================

You can find us:

On our website:
http://www.denverjug.org

As @denverjug on Twitter:
http://twitter.com/denverjug

As Denver Java User Group on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/group.php?gid=20799335316&ref=ts

Through our djug yahoo group:
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/djug/

Or subscribe to our iCalendar to see our events
on your iPod Touch, iPhone, Outlook, BlackBerry
or through a Google Calendar:
http://www.google.com/calendar/ical/6sso485k2eul6vbcpr7pqbvb00%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics

*** Free Pizza @ 5:30 ***

Main Session Speaker: Dr. Venkat Subramaniam
"Concurrency on the JVM Using Scala"
7:15pm -8:30pm

BC Session Speaker: Dr. Venkat Subramaniam
"Programming Scala"
6:00pm - 7:00pm
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Location: Auraria Campus-Tivoli Bldg; Room: Tivoli 250 - Turnhalle
Directions below

*** MAIN PRESENTATION ***

"Concurrency on the JVM Using Scala"
Dr. Venkat Subramaniam

Description:
Multithreading on multi-core processors and
multi-processors bring a new challenge.
Unlike multi tasked systems, your applications
when deployed on these processors get a greater
availability of computing power and resources.
However, the level of abstraction for creating
multithreaded applications is too low in Java.
You are confronted with possibilities of data
contention and thread deadlocks. One of the key
strengths of Scala is its actor based concurrency
model with immutable state. In this presentation
we will exclusively focus on the concurrency API
and facilities of Scala. We will develop a very
practical and realistic application that illustrates
the elegance, simplicity, and strength of Scala
Concurrency.

Speaker:
Dr. Venkat Subramaniam, founder of Agile Developer, Inc.
has trained and mentored thousands of software developers
in US, Canada, Europe, and Asia. He helps his clients
succeed with Agile Development and various software
technologies. He is a veteran speaker at the NFJS
conference series and a frequent invited speaker at
various other international software conferences. He
authored ".NET Gotchas" (O'Reilly), and co-authored
the 2007 Jolt Productivity Award winning book
"Practices of an Agile Developer," and authored
"Programming Groovy" and "Programming Scala"
(all from the Pragmatic Bookshelf).

*** BASIC CONCEPTS ***

"Programming Scala"
Dr. Venkat Subramaniam
Description:

Scala is a nice language to program on the JVM.
It's concise, scalable, powerful, expressive,
and integrates well with Java. Your day-to-day
tasks like processing XML, matching patterns
of various expressions, working with collections
and String, are all made simpler, concise, and
elegant by the Scala language syntax and
build-in libraries. In this presentation you
will immerse into the Scala goodness, and
learn how you can make use of it in your Java
applications.

Speaker:
Dr. Venkat Subramaniam, founder of Agile Developer, Inc.
has trained and mentored thousands of software developers
in US, Canada, Europe, and Asia. He helps his clients
succeed with Agile Development and various software
technologies. He is a veteran speaker at the NFJS
conference series and a frequent invited speaker at
various other international software conferences. He
authored ".NET Gotchas" (O'Reilly), and co-authored
the 2007 Jolt Productivity Award winning book
"Practices of an Agile Developer," and authored
"Programming Groovy" and "Programming Scala"
(all from the Pragmatic Bookshelf).

Here's a link to the on-campus Map:
http://www.ahec.edu/parking/ParkingMap06color.jpg

*** AGENDA ***

5:30 - 6:00 p.m. Food, and Networking.
6:00 - 7:00 p.m. Basic Concepts
7:00 - 7:15 p.m. Announcements
7:15 - 8:45 p.m. Main Presentation
8:45 p.m. Door prizes

*** DIRECTIONS ***
We will be meeting at the Tivoli Building
which is closest to the Pepsi Center side
of the campus.

Here's a link to the Campus Map followed
by the link to the PDF:

http://www.ahec.edu/parking/index.htm
http://www.ahec.edu/parking/Campus%20Map%202005.pdf

Driving:
The closest parking is in the Tivoli Parking Structure
or directly across from the West entrance of the Tivoli
Building using the surface parking.

The first time we were on-campus some of our
attendees were charged the same rate as the Pepsi Center
Events game parking. If you park in the garage, explain
that you are there for an on-campus event sponsored by
the Metro State Computer Science Department and CCD Life
and that you are to pay the same rate as students attending
other on-campus events.

Do not park in the NE lot - that is for students only.

If you are going to stay late (we often go to Old Chicago
nearby on Market Street after the meeting) you may want to
park in the uncovered parking lot just West of the Tivoli.

Light Rail:
You can take the Light Rail to either the Pepsi Center
or to the Colfax and Auraria Stop.

From the Pepsi Center Light Rail Stop:
Head South, cross Auraria Parkway at the Light.
The Tivoli is the first building as you get to the campus.

From the Auraria Colfax Station:
Head NW on Main Street, past the Library and Media Center.
Continue North until you get to the Tivoli building.

*** SPONSORS ***

Thanks to our Denver JUG sponsors for supporting the Java community:

- TekSystems for providing food and drink at the meeting
http://www.TekSystems.com/

- K*FORCE for sponsoring our books for door prizes.
http://www.kforce.com/

- Modis Consulting for sponsoring the room
http://www.modis.com/

- VACO Technologies for sponsoring some food at
Old Chicago after the meeting.
http://www.vaco.com/Technology/About/index.cfm

- Auraria Community College of Denver Student Life
for the Tivoli room so we can be considered
an "on-campus" event and receive a discount rate.
http://www.ccd.edu/main.aspx?CID=70

- EvolutionHosting for providing web hosting
http://www.evolutionhosting.com

Doorprize sponsors:
- SoftPro for a Gift certificate towards the purchase of a book
http://softpro.stores.yahoo.net/index.html

- JetBrains (1 JetBrains product)
http://www.jetbrains.com/

- O'Reilly Media (sent books to give away)
http://oreilly.com/

- No Fluff Just Stuff Symposium
(sponsored our speaker, giving away a ticket
to the November Denver Symposium November 20-22.
http://www.nofluffjuststuff.com/home/main

- ZeroTurnaround (JavaRebel)
http://www.zeroturnaround.com/

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#2110

From: Tim Berglund <tlberglund@...>
Date: Mon Sep 21, 2009 4:50 am
Subject: IASA Denver: Members Dinner September 21st - Reminder

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Dear DJUG,

Details on this month's IASA Members Dinner. We'd love to see you there!

Tim

Members Dinner - 9/21/09

Join us next Monday, September 21st, for our members dinner. �Click here to let us know you're coming�(events@...).

Event Schedule

5:30pm	Dinner and networking. Announcements.	�
6pm	Workflow Systems: Myths, Truths and Wishful Thinking - Brandon Satrom	�
7:10pm	Break�and networking	�
7:20pm��	Using Enterprise Integration Patterns As Your Camel Jockey - Bruce Snyder	�
8:30pm	Beers at Baker Street Pub (first round on us!)	�

Workflow Systems: Myths, Truths and Wishful Thinking - Brandon Satrom

If workflow is simply about the coordination of work, why is it such a point of contention for most technologists? Do workflow systems really enable a Business Analysts to change a production process, or are they a waste of time and resources, not to mention a problem that a solid developer could solve with a hundred lines of code? The goal of this talk is to demystify the idea of "workflow," and to discuss what place, if any, a Workflow System might have in your problem domain. We'll discuss Workflow Systems by example with Microsoft's Workflow Foundation tools (3.x and 4.0) and explore popular, low-ceremony options for doing "workflow" (NServiceBus, MassTransit, etc.). We'll end the session with an open discussion on workflow tools and collaboratively craft some tactical recommendations on when and why to use workflow in your organization.

Using Enterprise Integration Patterns As Your Camel Jockey - Bruce Snyder

The revered Enterprise Integration Patterns (EIP) book is indispensable for handling messaging-based integration. But utilizing these patterns in your own code can be tedious if you have to write the code from scratch every single time. Wouldn't it be nice if you had a simple API to make the use of these patterns easier? Enter Apache Camel, an integration framework that provides a straightforward path to implementing the EIP patterns. Using Camel's POJO-based approach and it's Domain Specific Languages (DSLs) for expressing message routes, the complexity of integrations is decreased dramatically.

This talk will explain the EIP patterns, walking through many example implementations using Apache Camel via both its Java DSL and its Spring DSL. So come take a Camel ride!

Speakers

About Brandon

Brandon Satrom is the Chief Architect for Thought Ascent, a Microsoft Certified Partner with offices in Colorado and Texas. Brandon has ten years of industry experience, splitting his time evenly between consulting/service organizations and internal IT shops. A Software and Enterprise Architect, Brandon has worked on projects of all shapes for companies large and small, most recently using technologies such as WCF, WF,�ASP.NET�MVC, BizTalk and SharePoint. Brandon has been an IASA Member and supporter for over two years and has recently taken the role of President with the IASA Austin chapter. He lives in Austin with his wife and son and blogs periodically at http://www.userinexperience.com.

About Bruce

Bruce Snyder is a veteran of enterprise software development and a recognized leader in open source software. In his 15 years of professional experience, Bruce has worked with a wide range of technologies including Java EE, Enterprise Messaging, Service Oriented Integration and much more.

In addition to his role as a senior software engineer and consultant at SpringSource, Bruce is also an Apache Member, a co-founder of Apache Geronimo and a developer for Apache ActiveMQ, Apache Camel and Apache ServiceMix. He is the co-author of Professional Apache Geronimo, Beginning Spring Framework 2 and is currently co-authoring ActiveMQ In Action.

Bruce also serves as a member of various JCP expert groups and is an international speaker at industry conferences. Bruce lives in beautiful Boulder, Colorado with his family where he enjoys cycling, running and anything outdoors.

Founding Sponsors

Solution Partners�is a boutique IT placement and IT consulting services firm located in Denver, CO and is focused on working with best IT talent along the Front Range. We have over 50 years combined experience in the IT placement industry and are truly focused on relationship building. Many firms preach customer service, we live it.�

Solution Partners�is proud to be a founding sponsor of IASA Denver Chapter, and we look forward to being a resource for all of its members.

Modis, Inc.�is one of the world�s largest and most respected providers of Information Technology services and solutions; with over 49 offices in the US and Canada.

We are excited for the opportunity to be a founding sponsor for the Denver Chapter of IASA. With over 200 Technical Consultants across the Front Range we see an opportunity to contribute to the organization as well as benefit from educational opportunities provided through the monthly member events.

Venue Sponsor

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#2111

From: Matthew McCullough <matthewm@...>
Date: Mon Oct 5, 2009 6:25 pm
Subject: DOSUG: OpenSolaris/J.Walker + Dojo/G.Hamilton - Tuesday, October 6th

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Denver Open Source Users Group - Meeting Announcement
http://www.denveropensource.org/

A Milestone:
With our recent larger attendance, we are now one of the 20 largest Open Source user groups in North America and one of the 10 largest North American Open Source Group mailing lists*. This is an incredible achievement, for which the credit goes to everyone who shares a passion for increasing their knowledge and demonstrates it by attending the always-free always-open monthly meetings.

Always looking for help:

DOSUG is a purely volunteer-run organization. If you would like to increase your visibility in the Denver area developer space, there's no better way that through the publicity of helping with a user group. There are an infinite number of ways to contribute -- logistics, web site updates, presentations, marketing and promotion. Contact Matthew McCullough, Tim Berglund or Mike Barker at any of the meetings to get plugged in. Dan Hillenbrand recently joined up to help with web aspects of the group. Welcome Dan!

Also, be sure to thank our many generous sponsors for the very significant goods contributions that make the meetings possible. We would not be where we are without TekSystems and their food sponsorship, Microsoft and their room sponsorship, and KForce and their beer sponsorship

The giveaways:

This month, we will be raffling off, using Mark Nelson's new lottery groovy script, a pass to the November No Fluff Just Stuff Symposium. This is a $900 value. We are grateful for Jay Zimmerman's sponsorship and his personal interest in seeing user groups flourish.

http://www.nofluffjuststuff.com/conference/denver/2009/11/register

The meeting:

This month, we have a presentation on OpenSolaris by Jim Walker, a local Sun employee and OpenSolaris expert, and a great session on Dojo by Gabe Hamilton, a well known web application developer.

The building doors and/or elevators still lock by 6:30 or so, so try to join us as early as possible.

Meeting Date and Time:
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009, 5:30 p.m.

Agenda:
5:30 p.m. - Member to Member Networking, Pizza, Drinks (courtesy, TekSystems)
6:00 p.m. - Basic Concepts Presentation
7:00 p.m. - Advanced Concepts Presentation
8:15 p.m. - Networking at Darcy's (courtesy KForce)

Basic Concepts: Jim Walker on OpenSolaris and Porting Open Source Applications

This talk will give an Overview of OpenSolaris and some ofthe key OpenSolaris technologies including IPS, ZFS and

TimeSlider then discuss some of the thousands of open source applications running on OpenSolaris and how to quickly port open source software using the OpenSolaris Source Juicer and OpenSolaris Test Farm development zones.

Bio:

Jim Walker is a Staff Software Engineer at Sun Microsystems inthe Solaris organization. He has over 25 years experience in the software industry and is a member of the OpenSolaris Governing Board and an intern on the Solaris Architecture Review Committee. Jim is the project lead for OpenSolaris test initiatives including OpenSolaris Test Suites and the OpenSolaris Test Farm and is the IPS project test lead. Jim also leads development of the OpenSolaris contrib package repository, which includes the OpenSolaris Source Juicer and OpenSolaris Package Factory projects. Jim joined Sun Microsystems in 2002, leading testing for the UFS, MTBUFS and ZFS file system projects. He lives in Boulder, Colorado and helps lead the Front Range OpenSolaris User Group. He studied Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at Purdue University and Computer Science and Management at the University of Colorado.

Main Topic: Dojo by Gabe Hamilton

"The Dojo Toolkit is an open-source JavaScript toolkit useful for building great web applications. It aims to shorten the timespan between idea and implementation by providing an exceptionally well conceived API and set of tools for assisting and fixing the issues experienced in everyday web development. It is lightning fast, extremely robust, and supplies a solid set of tools for DOM manipulation, animations, Ajax, event and keyboard normalization, internationalization (i18n) and accessibility (a11y). Dojo Base is a single, lightweight 26KB entity "across the wire." Dojo is completely free, liberally licensed (AFL or BSD), and transparently developed by an active group of developers with a strong community presence."

Bio:

Gabe Hamilton is president of InnoVoter, Inc, a Denver based software consulting firm specializing in enterprise web applications and constituent-legislator communication software. While working as a software engineer the past 10 years he has had the pleasure of working in France, Bulgaria and Togo. He has been using Dojo on and off from version 0.4 to the present 1.3.1.

Where:
All monthly meetings are held at the Microsoft offices in the Denver Tech Center (DTC).

Microsoft
7595 Technology Way
Suite 400
Denver, CO 80237

Thank You to our Sponsors:
Microsoft (Joe Shirey, Joe.Shirey@...)
7595 Technology Way
Suite 400
Denver,CO 80237
http://www.microsoft.com

Michael C. Vaughn
Senior Recruiter
TekSystems
mvaughn@...

Jeremy Crum
Sr. Account Manager
KFORCE Technology Staffing
Office: 303.804.4606
Cell 720.837.5121
JCRUM@...

JetBrains (Dave Booth, jugs@...)
1670 So. Amphlett Blvd.
Suite 214
San Mateo, CA 94402
http://www.jetbrains.com

Atlassian (Jon Silvers, jsilvers@...)
http://www.atlassian.com

Softpro Books (Eric Burkhardt, dtc@...)
6862 S. Yosemite Street
Centennial, CO 80112-1407
http://softpro.stores.yahoo.net/index.html

Jay ZImmerman
No Fluff Just Stuff Symposiums
www.nofluffjuststuff.com
jzimmerman@...

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#2112

From: Jay Zimmerman <jzimmerman@...>
Date: Tue Sep 29, 2009 9:12 pm
Subject: Mark Your Calendar...2009 Rocky Mountain Software Symposium returns to Denver on Nov 20-22nd (JUG Discount)

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Mark Your Calendar...2009 Rocky Mountain Software Symposium: Fall Edition returns to Denver on November 20-22nd! NFJS 2009 Tour = Local Venue, World Class Event *We pride ourselves on offering the best technically focused Java/Agility event anywhere!* Make sure and use your JUG discount of $50 by using the promo code nfjsusergroup50 when registering. If you are registering with a group, the highest discount will apply. Event Name: Rocky Mountain Software Symposium 2009 Dates: November 20 - 22, 2009 Location: Denver, Colorado Venue: Marriott South @ Park Meadows URL: http://www.nofluffjuststuff.com/conference/denver/2009/11/home We have a great set of speakers lined up for you to enjoy featuring: Brian Sletten, Forward Leaning Software Engineer David Geary, Author of Graphic Java and co-author of Core JSF Ken Sipe, Technology Director, Perficient, Inc. (PRFT) Matthew McCullough, Open Source Application Architect at Ambient Ideas Neal Ford, Application Architect at ThoughtWorks, Inc. Pratik Patel, Enterprise Architect Scott Davis, Author of "Groovy Recipes" & TDD Expert Scott Leberknight, Chief Architect at Near Infinity Shashank Tiwari, Flex Expert Ted Neward, Enterprise, Virtual Machine and Language Wonk Venkat Subramaniam, Founder of Agile Developer, Inc. The No Fluff Just Stuff Symposium series is regarded as the premier Java/Agility event series anywhere serving over 28,000 attendees with some 180 events since 2002. The popularity of the NFJS symposium series can be traced to the following: 1). Exceptional Speakers 2). Limited Attendance - capped at 250 people 3). No Vendors, No Sales Pitches, no Marketecture 4). Excellent networking opportunities with speakers and fellow attendees 5). The Best Value in the Java conferencing space period ************ ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* ***** Make sure and use your JUG discount of $50 by using the promo code nfjsusergroup50 when registering. If you are registering with a group, the highest discount will apply. Early Bird Rates End: 11/02/2009 Individual: $800/person Excellent Group Discounts Available - bring your entire development team to the show: 5-9 Attendees: $700/person 10-14 Attendees: $675/person 15-24 Attendees: $650/person 25-over Attendees: $625/person All attendees receive a custom NFJS binder with event content. Excellent Giveaways - $200 Amazon e-certificate, Books, and More! Join us again for another great show! We appreciate your support and patronage!! Go to http://www.nofluffjuststuff.com/conference/denver/2009/11/home for registration details. All the best, Jay Zimmerman 2009 NFJS Symposium Tour Series Director jzimmerman@...

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#2113

From: Greg Ostravich <greg.ostravich@...>
Date: Fri Oct 9, 2009 7:30 pm
Subject: DJUG 10/14/2009 NetKernel-Kahle;TDD in Grails-Berglund

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Wednesday October 14th, DENVER JAVA USERS GROUP Meeting

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You can find us:

On our website:
http://www.denverjug.org

As @denverjug on Twitter:
http://twitter.com/denverjug

As Denver Java User Group on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/group.php?gid=20799335316&ref=ts

Through our djug yahoo group:
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/djug/

Or subscribe to our iCalendar to see our events
on your iPod Touch, iPhone, Outlook, BlackBerry
or through a Google Calendar:
http://www.google.com/calendar/ical/6sso485k2eul6vbcpr7pqbvb00%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics

We are also transitioning to a new website using WordPress to make it
easier to maintain the site.
It is currently on the url below; but will go to denverjug.org when it's done.
Thanks to Demian for creating the site for us.
http://denverjug.wordpress.com/

*** Free Pizza @ 5:30 ***

Main Session Speaker: Randy Kahle
"NetKernel"
7:15pm -8:30pm

BC Session Speaker: Tim Berglund
"TDD in Grails"
6:00pm - 7:00pm
----------------------------------
Location: Auraria Campus-Tivoli Bldg; Room: TIV 320 AB - Baerresen Ballroom
Directions below

*** MAIN PRESENTATION ***

"NetKernel"
Randy Kahle

Description:
NetKernel is a software platform that runs on the JVM.
It is based on a very small pure REST kernel and includes
tools and services in its stack (much like Unix). Like the
Web, everything in NetKernel is identified by a URI.

NetKernel started as a research project in HP Labs in
1999. Since 2002, the technology has been advanced by
1060 Research. We are releasing NetKernel 4 on 10/9/2009
and this represents a major step forward in the
refinement of the abstraction and platform.

NetKernel is used by large corporations (e.g. BlueShield
of California) governments (e.g. US Army, Intelligence
Agencies) and small companies. All report the same -
applications built on NetKernel run faster, require
less code, scale with cores and in general, simplify
systems.

More information is at http://www.1060research.com
(Note: while the company is located in the UK, I
work remotely from Fort Collins).

In the presentation I will present the fundamentals
of the abstraction, demonstrate example working
applications and explain the architecture and answer
questions.

Speaker:
Randy Kahle has a BA from EE/CS Rice University, and an MBA from Dartmouth.
He has worked at GTE Sylvania, HP, Microsoft, MageLang Institute,
with his own consulting company and lately with 1060 Research.
He worked with Java since the early days and with MageLang
institute was an early consultant, instructor and architectural advisor
to investment banks, manufacturers and service companies.

*** BASIC CONCEPTS ***

"TDD in Grails"
Tim Berglund

Description:
Not many of us question that TDD is the right way to
write software, but not many of us really practice it
either. Even fewer of us do it when writing a web app,
and with good reason: web app code is usually coupled
to a framework, and the framework is usually coupled
to a web server on one end and a database on the other.
All this coupling does not set us up for testing success.

Grails 1.1 introduces several features that make it
easy and truly productive to create a web application
while testing first. In this talk, you'll learn how
to use Domain and Controller mocking to write unit
tests that can be run quickly and easily from the
IDE or from the command line. TDD with 100% coverage
had always been possible in Grails, but for the
first time the tools make it the kind of thing you'll
want to do. Learn to use the new features of the
framework to build your web app the right way the
first time.

Speaker:
Tim Berglund runs a software consulting firm called
the August Technology Group (www.augusttechgroup.com),
which provides training, coaching, and development
services to customers building web applications with
open-source tools, especially with the Grails framework.
His technology interests span web applications, business
integration, data architecture, and software architecture,
but his greatest passion is to help developers improve in
their craft. He is a frequent speaker at local user groups,
and helps lead IASA Denver (www.iasadenver.org) and the
Denver Open Source User Group (www.denveropensource.org).
He is currently writing the book, Deploying Grails
(to be published by O'Reilly), due out in 2010. He lives
in Littleton, CO with his wife and three children.

Here's a link to the on-campus Map:
http://www.ahec.edu/parking/ParkingMap06color.jpg

*** AGENDA ***

5:30 - 6:00 p.m. Food, and Networking.
6:00 - 7:00 p.m. Basic Concepts
7:00 - 7:15 p.m. Announcements
7:15 - 8:45 p.m. Main Presentation
8:45 p.m. Door prizes

*** DIRECTIONS ***
We will be meeting at the Tivoli Building
which is closest to the Pepsi Center side
of the campus.

Here's a link to the Campus Map followed
by the link to the PDF:

http://www.ahec.edu/parking/index.htm
http://www.ahec.edu/parking/Campus%20Map%202005.pdf

Driving:
The closest parking is in the Tivoli Parking Structure
or directly across from the West entrance of the Tivoli
Building using the surface parking.

The first time we were on-campus some of our
attendees were charged the same rate as the Pepsi Center
Events game parking. If you park in the garage, explain
that you are there for an on-campus event sponsored by
the Metro State Computer Science Department and CCD Life
and that you are to pay the same rate as students attending
other on-campus events.

Do not park in the NE lot - that is for students only.

If you are going to stay late (we often go to Old Chicago
nearby on Market Street after the meeting) you may want to
park in the uncovered parking lot just West of the Tivoli.

Light Rail:
You can take the Light Rail to either the Pepsi Center
or to the Colfax and Auraria Stop.

From the Pepsi Center Light Rail Stop:
Head South, cross Auraria Parkway at the Light.
The Tivoli is the first building as you get to the campus.

From the Auraria Colfax Station:
Head NW on Main Street, past the Library and Media Center.
Continue North until you get to the Tivoli building.

*** SPONSORS ***

Thanks to our Denver JUG sponsors for supporting the Java community:

- TekSystems for providing food and drink at the meeting
http://www.TekSystems.com/

- K*FORCE for sponsoring our books for door prizes.
http://www.kforce.com/

- VACO Technologies for sponsoring some food at
Old Chicago after the meeting.
http://www.vaco.com/Technology/About/index.cfm

- Auraria Community College of Denver Student Life
for the Tivoli room so we can be considered
an "on-campus" event and receive a discount rate.
http://www.ccd.edu/main.aspx?CID=70

- EvolutionHosting for providing web hosting
http://www.evolutionhosting.com

Doorprize sponsors:
- SoftPro for a Gift certificate towards the purchase of a book
http://softpro.stores.yahoo.net/index.html

- JetBrains (1 JetBrains product)
http://www.jetbrains.com/

- O'Reilly Media (sent books to give away)
http://oreilly.com/

- No Fluff Just Stuff Symposium
(sponsored our September speaker, we are hoping to give away a 2nd ticket
to the November Denver Symposium November 20-22.
http://www.nofluffjuststuff.com/home/main

- ZeroTurnaround (JavaRebel)
http://www.zeroturnaround.com/

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#2114

From: Scott Davis <scott@...>
Date: Mon Oct 26, 2009 8:10 pm
Subject: Free Java EE 6 (JSP/Servlets) Training from Sun

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Hey All,

In this down economy, everyone should be brushing up on their tech skills. In terms of cost, it's hard to beat "free".

Sun is offering a series of free (as in, "no cost / no catch / no kidding") courses as they smoke test their new Java EE 6 courseware.

I'm teaching a JPA 2.0 course this week (sorry, too late to catch mine). The next week is a JSP/Servlets 3.0 course. The following week is an EJB 3.1 course.

The courses are being held on the Sun Broomfield campus. If you are interested, please respond TODAY OR TOMORROW to Kelby Zorgdrager <kelby@...>.

Candidly, there are some pretty nice new features in the Java EE 6 stack. You can pull down the NetBeans 6.8 beta and try to learn 'em yourself, or you can attend these training classes, complete with printed course materials, hands-on labs, and knowledgeable instructors.

Hope to see you there,

Scott Davis

scott@...

ThirstyHead: training done right

http://thirstyhead.com

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From: Kelby Zorgdrager <kelby@...>
Date: Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 3:13 PM
Subject: **FREE TRAINING**
To: boulderjug-announce@yahoogroups.com

Hi BJUG -

Sun Microsystems and DevelopIntelligence are hosting a *FREE* training session Nov 2nd - 6th, on Sun's Broomfield CO campus.

If you are an experienced Java programmer (6+ months) and are interested in learning how to create web applications using JSP and Servlet technologies, consider attending this free 5-day course (a $3000 value).

The specifics
What: "Web Component Development with Servlet and JSP Technologies", SL-314-EE6

When: Nov 2 - 6th, 9:00 am - 5:00pm
Where: Sun Microsystems, Broomfield CO, Building 1

What is Covered?
This is course is an updated version of SL-314-EE5. It has been updated and rewritten to support new web development techniques that are part of the Java Enterprise Edition 6 specification.

Why is it Free?
The course is considered a BETA teach. BETA teaches our a step in our Q/A process. Consider it the testing process for learning content.

The tuition for this course is $0, and we would like to make sure that students that attend
have the pre-requisite skills and knowledge, notable previous Java programming experience,
and/or have attended SL-275-SE6.

Is there a Catch?
No catch. It's truly free. But, as a BETA participant, we expect you to contribute toward the betterment of the materials and labs. This means you'll need to attend all 5 days of the training, perform all the labs, and participate fully in discussions about the course throughout the five days.

SL-314 Draft Course Description
JavaServer Pages(TM) (JSP(TM) page) technology and servlets are the key web-tier
technologies defined in the Java(TM) Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE platform).
The Web Component Development With Servlet and JSP(TM) Technologies course
provides experienced developers of Java technology applications the knowledge and
skills to quickly build web applications from JSP page and servlet technologies using
the open source Glassfish Application Server and NetBeans 6.8

Next Steps
We only have a few seats left and will be closed by COB Monday.

If you are interested in attending, please send me an email with:
__ Your name
__ Your contact information (phone number, email address, physical address)

__ Who you work for, title,
__ Your years of Java experience.

Enrollment will be provided on a first-come first-serve basis to qualified (see "why is it free") individuals.

Kelby

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From: Jay Zimmerman <jzimmerman@...>
Date: Thu Oct 29, 2009 6:19 pm
Subject: Save $100...Early Bird ends 11/2...2009 Rocky Mountain Software Symposium returns to Denver on Nov 20-22nd (JUG Discount)

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Early Bird Discount ends Monday, Nov 2nd.... 2009 Rocky Mountain Software Symposium: Fall Edition returns

to Denver on November 20-22nd! NFJS 2009 Tour = Local Venue, World Class Event *We pride ourselves on offering the best technically focused Java/Agility event anywhere!* Make sure and use your JUG discount of $50 by using the promo code nfjsusergroup50 when registering. If you are registering with a group, the highest discount will apply. Event Name: Rocky Mountain Software Symposium 2009 Dates: November 20 - 22, 2009 Location: Denver, Colorado Venue: Marriott South @ Park Meadows URL: http://www.nofluffjuststuff.com/conference/denver/2009/11/home We have a great set of speakers lined up for you to enjoy featuring: Brian Sletten, Forward Leaning Software Engineer David Geary, Author of Graphic Java and co-author of Core JSF Ken Sipe, Technology Director, Perficient, Inc. (PRFT) Matthew McCullough, Open Source Application Architect at Ambient Ideas Neal Ford, Application Architect at ThoughtWorks, Inc. Pratik Patel, Enterprise Architect Scott Davis, Author of "Groovy Recipes" & TDD Expert Scott Leberknight, Chief Architect at Near Infinity Shashank Tiwari, Flex Expert Ted Neward, Enterprise, Virtual Machine and Language Wonk Venkat Subramaniam, Founder of Agile Developer, Inc. The No Fluff Just Stuff Symposium series is regarded as the premier Java/Agility event series anywhere serving over 28,000 attendees with some 180 events since 2002. The popularity of the NFJS symposium series can be traced to the following: 1). Exceptional Speakers 2). Limited Attendance - capped at 250 people 3). No Vendors, No Sales Pitches, no Marketecture 4). Excellent networking opportunities with speakers and fellow attendees 5). The Best Value in the Java conferencing space period ************ ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* ***** Make sure and use your JUG discount of $50 by using the promo code nfjsusergroup50 when registering. If you are registering with a group, the highest discount will apply. Early Bird Rates End: 11/02/2009 Individual: $800/person Excellent Group Discounts Available - bring your entire development team to the show: 5-9 Attendees: $700/person 10-14 Attendees: $675/person 15-24 Attendees: $650/person 25-over Attendees: $625/person All attendees receive a custom NFJS binder with event content. Excellent Giveaways - $200 Amazon e-certificate, Books, and More! Join us again for another great show! We appreciate your support and patronage!! Go to http://www.nofluffjuststuff.com/conference/denver/2009/11/home for registration details. All the best, Jay Zimmerman 2009 NFJS Symposium Tour Series Director jzimmerman@...

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From: Matthew McCullough <matthewm@...>
Date: Mon Nov 2, 2009 6:29 pm
Subject: DOSUG: XMPP/C.Hobbie + Pulse Project/J.Lowe - Tuesday, November 3rd

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Denver Open Source Users Group - Meeting Announcement
http://www.denveropensource.org/

The meeting:

This month, we have a presentation on XMPP. the open instant messaging protocol by Clark Hobbie, and a unique talk by Java+hardware expert, John Lowe, on the Pulse Project.

The building doors and/or elevators still lock by 6:30 or so, so try to join us as early as possible.

Meeting Date and Time:
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009, 5:30 p.m.

Agenda:
5:30 p.m. - Member to Member Networking, Pizza, Drinks (courtesy, TekSystems)
6:00 p.m. - Basic Concepts Presentation
7:00 p.m. - Advanced Concepts Presentation
8:15 p.m. - Networking at Darcy's (courtesy KForce)

Talks:

Clark Hobbie on The XMPP Messaging Protocol

This talk examines the protocol that Google uses for instant messaging protocol: XMPP. The protocol has many innovative features like prioritization and streaming XML that make it interesting in its own right and this talk will explore them -- but wait, there's more!

XMPP offers additional opportunities for the greater applications space. The IM model offers a convenient solution to the problem of polling over HTTP. What's more the security model, message storing and strong security are also solutions to common enterprise problems.

Is XMPP an answer to these issues or is it another elegant solution in search of a problem? Find out at this talk.

Bio:

Clark Hobbie is a Denver area consultant specializing in OO, Java and web-enabled systems. I've been working in the field for 15+ years and have a BS and an MS in CompSci.

John Lowe on The Pulse Project

This is a look at the SunSPOT platform (which has both open source hardware and software) and using Java in embedded systems. In this presentation we're going to look at implementing a Java powered pulse rate monitor. Along the way we will see how using Java and OOP make the implementation of digital signal processing algorithms clear by breaking them into small manageable pieces. We'll also touch on real-time concerns and using RESTful web services to provide the user interface for our system.

Bio:

John Lowe is a President of NAND Gate Technologies LLC, a software development and consulting company. John's area of expertise includes embedded systems and hardware/software interaction. John has been developing embedded systems for the past 15 years including, robotics, analytical instrumentation and medical monitoring applications. He has been working with Java since 1996, and has been attending Java User groups in the Denver/Boulder area for 12 years.

Where:
All monthly meetings are held at the Microsoft offices in the Denver Tech Center (DTC).

Microsoft
7595 Technology Way
Suite 400
Denver, CO 80237

Always looking for help:

Be sure to thank our many generous sponsors for the very significant goods contributions that make the meetings possible. We would not be where we are without TekSystems and their food sponsorship, Microsoft and their room sponsorship, and KForce and their beer sponsorship.

Thank You to our Sponsors:
Microsoft

Joe Shirey
7595 Technology Way
Suite 400
Denver,CO 80237
http://www.microsoft.com

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TekSystems

Michael Nensel
Recruiter
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KFORCE Technology Staffing

Jeremy Crum
Sr. Account Manager
Office: 303.804.4606
Cell 720.837.5121
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Atlassian

Jon Silvers

jsilvers@...
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Softpro Books

Eric Burkhardt
6862 S. Yosemite Street
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http://softpro.stores.yahoo.net/index.html

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#2117

From: Paul Rayner <paul@...>
Date: Fri Oct 30, 2009 8:03 pm
Subject: Agile software development training - Take your software design and development skills to a whole new level

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Technical skills are important, but software design skills are something that every software developer should be improving. And even more so for software architects - these skills are foundational to everything that we do. Our software must be able to accommodate change while managing complexity, and do that in a sustainable way.

As developers and architects we typically devote little attention to honing our modeling and design skills as we develop software. Yet so much of what we do is design and modeling work, and the quality of the designs we implement has enormous implications for the systems we deliver.

As part of addressing this need, my company Virtual Genius has partnered with Seattle-based firm Techniques of Design to begin providing software design and development�training courses�in Denver starting this December. We are starting with an agile software development essentials course first, and will start providing additional courses on Domain-Driven Design in the first quarter of next year.

Agile Software Development Essentials Course - December 1st-3rd

Our first course on December 1-3 is�being taught by master trainer David Bernstein. Full details are available at the�Agile Software Development Essentials course�registration page. This is an awesome course!

If you are looking to�sharpen your software design and development skills then you should not miss this course. Learn how design patterns, advanced object-oriented design and agile development techniques converge to enable you to find and develop elegant solutions. Discover how to better evaluate tradeoffs in design that can then be immediately applied to virtually any problem.

Attendees that register before 10/31�can use the discount code�2BEAGILE to save $300 off the cost of the December 1-3 course.

Regards,

Paul.

Design is easy. All you do is stare at the screen until drops of blood form on your forehead.

� Marty Neumeier

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#2118

From: Greg Ostravich <greg.ostravich@...>
Date: Sat Nov 7, 2009 12:51 am
Subject: DJUG - 11/11/2009 SOFEA Apps w/Grails & GWT - Matt Raible; Becoming an Indepdent Consultant, Panel Discussion and Q & A

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Wednesday November 11th, DENVER JAVA USERS GROUP Meeting

=======================================================

You can find us:

On our website:

http://www.denverjug.org

As @denverjug on Twitter:

http://twitter.com/denverjug

As Denver Java User Group on Facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/group.php?gid=20799335316&ref=ts

Through our djug yahoo group:

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/djug/

Or subscribe to our iCalendar to see our events

on your iPod Touch, iPhone, Outlook, BlackBerry

or through a Google Calendar:

http://www.google.com/calendar/ical/6sso485k2eul6vbcpr7pqbvb00%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics

We are also transitioning to a new website using WordPress to make it

easier to maintain the site.

It is currently on the url below; but will go to denverjug.org when it's done.

Thanks to Demian for creating the site for us.

http://denverjug.wordpress.com/

*** Free Pizza @ 5:30 ***

Main Session Speaker: Matt Raible

"Building SOFEA Applications with Grails and GWT"

7:15pm -8:30pm

BC Session Speaker: Panel, Q & A

"How to Become and Independent Consultant: Panel Discussion Q & A"

6:00pm - 7:00pm

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Location: Auraria Campus-Tivoli Bldg; Room: TIV 320 AB - Baerresen Ballroom

Directions below

*** MAIN PRESENTATION ***

"Building SOFEA Applications with Grails and GWT"

Matt Raible

Description:

In early 2009, Matt participated in a major

enhancement of a high-traffic well-known internet

site. The company wanted to quickly re-architect

their site and use a modern Ajax framework to do

it with. An Ajax Framework evaluation was done to

help the team choose the best framework for their

skillset. The application was built with a SOFEA

architecture using GWT on the frontend and

Grails/REST on the backend.

This talk will cover how Matt's team came to

choose GWT and Grails, as well as stumbling

blocks they encountered along the way. In

addition, we'll explore many topics such as

raw GWT vs. GXT and SmartGWT, the GWT-Plugin,

modularizing your code, multiple EntryPoints,

integration testing and JSON parsing with

Overlay Types.

Speaker:

Matt Raible resides in Denver, Colorado, where he runs

Raible Designs, a consultancy that specializes in open

source Java frameworks and Ajax development. Matt has

been surrounded by computers for most of his life, even

though he grew up without electricity in the backwoods

of Montana.

Matt is an author (Spring Live, Pro JSP), active Java

open-source contributor, and blogger on

raibledesigns.com. He is the founder of AppFuse,

a project which allows you to get started quickly

with Java frameworks, as well as a committer on the

Apache Roller project.

Matt's presentations can be downloaded from his website.

Contact him if you can't find one of his presentations.

*** BASIC CONCEPTS ***

"How to Become and Independent Consultant: Panel Discussion Q & A"

Description:

How To Become an Independent Consultant: Panel discussion; Q & A

This session explores the trials and tribulations of an independent

consultant. How do you find contracts? Should you setup an LLC, an

S-Corp or just be a sole proprietorship? What about health insurance

and benefits? Are recruiters helpful or hurtful? Learn lots of tips

and tricks to get your dream job and your ideal lifestyle. Ski season

is coming up after all. ;-)

Panel: Matt Raible, Tim Berglund, Matthew McCullough, James Goodwill

Here's a link to the on-campus Map:

http://www.ahec.edu/parking/ParkingMap06color.jpg

*** AGENDA ***

5:30 - 6:00 p.m. Food, and Networking.

6:00 - 7:00 p.m. Basic Concepts

7:00 - 7:15 p.m. Announcements

7:15 - 8:45 p.m. Main Presentation

8:45 p.m. Door prizes

*** DIRECTIONS ***

We will be meeting at the Tivoli Building

which is closest to the Pepsi Center side

of the campus.

Here's a link to the Campus Map followed

by the link to the PDF:

http://www.ahec.edu/parking/index.htm

http://www.ahec.edu/parking/Campus%20Map%202005.pdf

Driving:

The closest parking is in the Tivoli Parking Structure

or directly across from the West entrance of the Tivoli

Building using the surface parking.

The first time we were on-campus some of our

attendees were charged the same rate as the Pepsi Center

Events game parking. If you park in the garage, explain

that you are there for an on-campus event sponsored by

the Metro State Computer Science Department and CCD Life

and that you are to pay the same rate as students attending

other on-campus events.

Do not park in the NE lot - that is for students only.

If you are going to stay late (we often go to Old Chicago

nearby on Market Street after the meeting) you may want to

park in the uncovered parking lot just West of the Tivoli.

Light Rail:

You can take the Light Rail to either the Pepsi Center

or to the Colfax and Auraria Stop.

From the Pepsi Center Light Rail Stop:

Head South, cross Auraria Parkway at the Light.

The Tivoli is the first building as you get to the campus.

From the Auraria Colfax Station:

Head NW on Main Street, past the Library and Media Center.

Continue North until you get to the Tivoli building.

*** SPONSORS ***

Thanks to our Denver JUG sponsors for supporting the Java community:

- TekSystems for providing food and drink at the meeting

http://www.TekSystems.com/

- K*FORCE for sponsoring our books for door prizes.

http://www.kforce.com/

- VACO Technologies for sponsoring some food at

Â Old Chicago after the meeting.

http://www.vaco.com/Technology/About/index.cfm

- No Fluff Just Stuff Symposium for sponsoring our room.

Look for the November Denver Symposium November 20-22.

http://www.nofluffjuststuff.com/home/main

- Auraria Community College of Denver Student Life

Â for the Tivoli room so we can be considered

Â an "on-campus" event and receive a discount rate.

http://www.ccd.edu/main.aspx?CID=70

- EvolutionHosting for providing web hosting

http://www.evolutionhosting.com

Doorprize sponsors:

- SoftPro for a Gift certificate towards the purchase of a book

http://softpro.stores.yahoo.net/index.html

- JetBrains (1 JetBrains product)

http://www.jetbrains.com/

- O'Reilly Media (sent books to give away)

http://oreilly.com/

- ZeroTurnaround (JavaRebel)

http://www.zeroturnaround.com/

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#2119

From: "Rush" <rob@...>
Date: Thu Nov 12, 2009 2:25 am
Subject: FREE Adobe Flex Training Monday, November 16th 2009

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The event is Flex Training for ColdFusion Developers
A free full-day, hands-on training session, where attendees can learn how to
build their first Flex application using the latest Flash Builder 4 beta
software. This training is designed to help experienced ColdFusion developers
get started in understanding how to add rich UI to existing and new ColdFusion
applications.

Date / Time
November 16, 2009
Event: 9am � 4pm
Registration: 8:30am

Main Website / Registration
http://www.adobe.com/go/flextrainingforcfdevelopers

Monday, November 16
The Curtis Hotel, 1405 Curtis Street, Denver, CO 80202

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From: Tim Berglund <tlberglund@...>
Date: Thu Nov 12, 2009 3:23 pm
Subject: Fwd: [IASA Denver] Reminder: IASA Denver & Agile Denver - November 16th combined event

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DJUG,

IASA Denver and Agile Denver are having a combined meeting this month on next Monday, November 16. Please send us an RSVP at events@... by the end of the day tomorrow if you're interested. We're pretty excited about the speaker line-up, and would love to see you there. Check out www.iasadenver.org for more details!

Tim

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Date: Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 10:38 AM
Subject: [IASA Denver] Reminder: IASA Denver & Agile Denver - November 16th combined event
To: iasa-denver@googlegroups.com

Our next regular monthly event is Monday next week at 5pm at the PPA Event Center (note the change in location!).�

We will start with an open discussion on emergent design during the fuller catered meal, and have two great presenters lined up. We are combining the event with Agile Denver, so come along to meet the agile community and learn together.

You must RSVP by this Friday at the latest so we can ensure the catered meal is sufficient. A big thanks to Rally Software for generously sponsoring both the catering and the larger venue rental for this event.

Full details are at�www.iasadenver.org.

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#2121

From: Tim Berglund <tlberglund@...>
Date: Tue Nov 17, 2009 3:06 pm
Subject: 2009 IASA Denver Year-End Gala

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Dear DJUG,

I'm pleased to announce that the tickets for the�2009 IASA Year-End Gala�are now on sale! You can learn more (and buy tickets) here:

http://isasdenvergala.eventbrite.com/

The Gala is from 6pm-10pm at Maggiano's DTC on December 7, 2009. Thoughtworker and international speaker�Neal Ford�will be giving the keynote�Why The Language Renaissance Matters.

Space in the venue is limited, so we encourage you to sign up as soon as you can.�This is just two days before the combined DJUG/DOSUG holiday party, so you have the potential to do a lot of celebrating in a short period of time.�We'd love to have you as a part of IASA's capstone event for the year.

Tim Berglund

IASA Denver

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#2122

From: "Sonya" <agile_university@...>
Date: Mon Nov 23, 2009 11:52 pm
Subject: [ANN] Upcoming Certified ScrumMaster courses in Boulder

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Hey everyone,

Is becoming a Certified ScrumMaster still on your list of things to-do? If so, now is the time to register for one of these Agile courses located in Boulder, CO! Register today before it's too late.

Certified ScrumMaster Training

Date: 12/8/09 � 12/9/09 Location: Boulder, CO Trainer: Jean Tabaka � Rally Software

To Register Click Here

Course Overview

This two-day ScrumMaster certification course taught by Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Trainers provides everything you need to get started with Scrum. One of the largest and fastest-growing Agile project management frameworks, Scrum is a simple software management technique that has a small set of interrelated practices and rules, is not overly prescriptive and is able to produce productivity gains for software development teams almost immediately.

This course shares time-tested practices for managing product backlogs, planning your releases and iterations (Sprints) and tracking and reporting progress. You'll learn how to plan and run Sprint Planning Meetings, daily Scrum Meetings, Sprint Reviews, Sprint Retrospectives and more!

On completion, participants are registered as Certified ScrumMasters (CSMs), which includes a one-year membership in the Scrum Alliance, (www.scrumalliance.org) where valuable ScrumMaster-material and information are available exclusively to CSMs.

Agenda

Introduction to Agile Principles
Introduction to Scrum Principles

Scrum Core Elements & Practices
Product Visioning
Roles & Responsibilities
Product Backlog & Release Planning
Sprint Backlog & Sprint Planning
Sprint
Daily Standup Meeting
Burndown Charts & Project Reporting
Sprint Review & Retrospective
The 59 Minute Scrum

Participants of this course will be eligible to apply for 16 PDU's toward their continuing education requirements with the PMI (Program Management Institute)

Certified ScrumMaster Training

Date: 1/12/10 � 1/13/10 Location: Boulder, CO Trainer: Jean Tabaka � Rally Software

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Introduction to Agile Principles
Introduction to Scrum Principles

Scrum Core Elements & Practices
Product Visioning
Roles & Responsibilities
Product Backlog & Release Planning
Sprint Backlog & Sprint Planning
Sprint
Daily Standup Meeting
Burndown Charts & Project Reporting
Sprint Review & Retrospective
The 59 Minute Scrum

Participants of this course will be eligible to apply for 16 PDU's toward their continuing education requirements with the PMI (Program Management Institute)

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Chase Doelling

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