Dear SVJUG Members:

This is a friendly reminder on meeting (6/11/03),
6.30 PM @ Netscape communications, Mountain View.
Patrick Linskey from Solarmetric Inc. will be speaking on
"Introduction to Java Data Objects". Books, beach set will
be raffled

See you all!

Thanks,

Venki
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*************************** Original Annoucement **********************
Meeting....: Silicon Valley Java Users Group (SVJUG)

Time.......: June 11th, 2003 (second Wednesday of each month)

Cost.......: Always FREE to all!

Topic......: Introduction to Java Data Objects (JDO)

Speaker....: Patrick Linskey,VP Engineering, Solarmetric Inc
(http://www.solarmetric.com)

Description:

In 2002, the Java Data Objects (JDO) specification was approved
through the JCP in a landslide vote 14-0. The Java Data Objects
specification provides a standard way for persisting objects and
is showing a great deal of promise by increasing application
portability, reducing development cycle time, and improving code
quality. Applications written with JDO can be ported seamlessly
across any data store without any recompilation or changes at the
source level. Developers using JDO are seeing 20-40% decrease in
coding. Java Data Objects works equally well in managed environments
as well as non-managed environments.

The following topics will be presented:
a. Introduction to the JDO standard;
b. The benefits of the JDO API;
c. A comparison of JDO to other persistence APIs;
d. The JDO enhancement process;
e. JDO's public interfaces;
f. Examples of how to persist data using JDO ;
g. Examples of how to retrieve data leveraging the
JDO Query Language(JDOQL);
h. A description of how to use JDO with EJBs.

Speaker Bio:

Patrick Linskey (pcl@s...) manages and drives SolarMetric's
technology development as Vice President of Engineering. Previously,
Patrick worked in TechTrader's R&D department. At TechTrader, Patrick
became the link between client projects and R&D helping ensure that
TechTrader developed technology that met customers's needs. A skilled
developer, Patrick is equally comfortable at the keyboard or in front
of clients. Patrick has also worked at MIL 3 (now Opnet Technologies)
and FirstUSA. Patrick also worked on Passive RF Tagging Technology at
MIT's Media Lab. Patrick graduated from MIT with a BS in
Computer Science & Engineering. He is the co-author Bitter EJB and a
technical reviewer of O'Reilly's Java Data Objects.

Patrick Linskey has been working with JDO for over 2 years and has been
involved in object/relational mapping for nearly 5 years. Patrick
leads SolarMetric on the specification maintenance team and is a
luminary on JDOcentral, a consortium committed to marketing the
Java Data Objects specification. SolarMetric has been active supporting
the JDO specification at Java User Group meetings and conferences
throughout the United States.Patrick has spoken to rave reviews in
over 30 cities over the past year.

Agenda.....:
18:30-19:00 Arrive & mingle with Food
Pizza courtesy of Solarmetric Inc.
(http://www.solarmetric.com).

19:00-20:30 Presentation by Patrick Linskey

Location...: Netscape Communications, Inc.
Planet Mo'z Dining Room
468 Ellis Street (Bldg. 22)
Mountain View, CA

Map available at http://svjug.org/

After turning onto Ellis from Middlefield, you will
pass 2 big blue glass buildings on the right. Turn
left into the 3 big brown stone buildings just after
the blue buildings. The 3rd brown building at the
end is Building 22. The Planet M'oz Conference room
is at the south West end of the building.

Sponsors...: Netscape provides our meeting room & Sodas.
http://www.netscape.com/

Croftsoft provides our domain hosting.
http://www.croftsoft.com/

Our thanks to these great sponsors!

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