I hope you can make it! See you tomorrow.

Also, scroll at the end of this email for an announcement about the
next Java Users group meeting about Service Oriented Architecture
next week.


Regards,
Thierry Thelliez


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Please join us for a special evening. Bruce Eckel will be our guest
speaker Wednesday, April 23rd.



Bruce Eckel entry in Wikipedia:

Bruce Eckel is the author of numerous books and articles about
computer programming. He also gives frequent lectures and seminars
for computer programmers. His best known works are Thinking in Java
and Thinking in C++ […]. Most reviewers consider the books to be
better written and more pedagogic than most introductory texts. Mr.
Eckel was a founding member of the ANSI/ISO C++ standard committee.





Event topic:

Hybrid Programming



This discussion will center on Bruce's experiences, and yours, around
using multiple languages to solve a problem, with the focus on
increasing productivity by using the right language to solve a
particular subproblem. Examples include, but are not limited to,
using Flex to create cross-platform user interfaces for other
languages; using Python as a control language for a system of modules
written in multiple languages; using Jython, JRuby or Groovy to build
a system from Java components; building safe concurrent systems using
functional languages; solving math problems using meta-systems like
Numpy and Scipy. Other issues that are fair game include the
difficulties in introducing multiple languages into mono-language
shops. Please note that, although Bruce has contributions for each of
these subjects, this event is intended to be a discussion rather than
a lecture.



When:
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008.



Agenda:

5:30pm – 6:00pm: Networking and complimentary hors
d'oeuvres

6:00pm – 8:00pm: Bruce Eckel

8:00pm – 8:30pm: Networking and closing.



Where:
New Mexico Mutual
3900 Singer Blvd. NE
Albuquerque, NM 87109
Albuquerque Room

(See attachment for map)



Fee:
Fee will be collected at the door to help organize future
events.

$10 if you RSVP by Monday April 21st 10:00am and $20
thereafter.
Free for students but please RSVP by Monday April 21st
10:00am.

RSVP to: http://www.abqspin.org/AgileNM/register.php

Event sponsors:

Parsons Brinckerhoff

New Mexico Mutual



Contact Information:

For questions please contact Thierry Thelliez at
thierry@... or visit http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/nmitia/


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Hello ABQJUGites,

This is an announcement for our next meeting ? Service Oriented
Architecture for Java Programmers ? presented by Burr Sutter of JBoss.

We have all heard about Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and for
many of us, SOA has merely been an acronym used by sales people and
consultants to sell their wares. From my experience, most SOA talks
are business oriented, so I asked the fine folks at JBoss to help
give us programmers a concrete meaning to SOA. They obliged. This
month, we will have an important presentation by Burr Sutter of
JBoss. Burr will fly in and to talk to us about SOA for Java
Programmers.

Finally! An SOA talk that is programmer oriented!

Burr will discuss what SOA means to us and how it can actually help
us organize our services. He will also talk about the Java
technologies that help us develop/reuse those services. Burr will
instruct us on Java SOA technologies, including Enterprise Service
Bus (ESB) and Java Business Integration (JBI).

Please pass this information around to your fellow programmers and
interested office mates. This will be highly valuable information for
many of you.

Our meetings are free of charge. We meet this month on April 29th,
2008 from 3:00 PM to 5:30 PM. Our meeting will be held at the Erna
Fergusson Library located at 3700 San Mateo NE. Please note that
there is construction on San Mateo where the library is located, so
adjust your drive time accordingly.