Dear SVJUG members,
SVJUG is cohosting the meeting on May 15th with "Silicon Valley Web
Developer JUG", special thanks to Mike Van Riper for leading the effort.

RSVP is required for the event, email mike.vanriper@... w/ subject
May Meeting RSVP or email me.venki@...

Note the change in meeting place, we are meeting at Verisign
Thanks

Venki
408.910.8721

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Meeting....: Silicon Valley Java Users Group (SVJUG)

Time.......: May 15th, 2006 (second Wednesday of each month)

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

Topic......: A Hands on Preview of Struts Action 2.0

Speaker....: Patrick Lightbody, Autoriginate
(www.autoriginate.com)

Meeting co-hosted with "Silicon Valley Web Developer JUG"

details @ http://www.baychi.org/bof/java/20060515/

Description:

With the Struts and WebWork merger announcement and the fact
that Struts Action Framework 2.0 would be based on WebWork,
the Java web application landscape is finally maturing and
consolidating. As the leader of the action-style Java web
frameworks, WebWork is relatively unknown but is about to be
introduced to a very large community. Come learn about what
makes WebWork so special to work with. This session will be
extremely hands on and code intensive, so come prepared to
ask questions and get involved! Topics covered include:

* The future of Struts and WebWork
* The basics of WebWork
* Advanced AJAX features
* Rapid application development: not just for Ruby on Rails anymore
* Creating rich reusable UI components

Important Note: You must arrive between 6:30 and 7:00 p.m.
to register for this event. After 7:00, there will no longer
be security personnel in the lobby to register you, and
the main outside doors will be locked.

Speaker Bio:

Patrick Lightbody managed the professional services
team at Jive Software prior to launching Autoriginate.
At Jive, Patrick managed accounts with some of
the biggest companies in the world, including
University of Phoenix Online, Oracle, Sun Microsystems,
Electronic Arts, EMC, and PriceWaterhouse Coopers.
Prior to Jive, Patrick led a broad effort at Spoke
Software to implement an in-house automated testing
solution. Patrick has also worked in larger enterprise
environments, most recently spending over four years
with Cisco Systems.

Patrick is also the CEO and Chairman of
OpenSymphony Group, Inc, a non-profit open source group
dedicated to the creation of high quality, open source
Java-based components. Most recently, Patrick oversaw
a rare occurrence in the open source world: a merger
of two competing projects, OpenSymphony, WebWork and
Apache Struts. He is also the founder of OpenQA, an
open source group dedicated to bringing quality open
source testing tools to the market. Patrick is a published
author and an established leader in the enterprise
Java community.


Agenda.....:
6:30-7:00 PM Arrive & mingle Registration

RSVP to mike.vanriper@...

19:00-20:30 Presentation by Patrick Lightbody

Location...:* VeriSign, Bldg. 5.
675 East Middlefield Road
Mountain View, CA

Map available at http://svjug.org/

Building 5 is located at the intersection of East
Middlefield Road and Logue Street. There is plenty
of surface parking available adjacent to the building.
Enter the lobby of this building to register and be
escorted to the meeting room.

If you are taking public transit, your best bet is
the VTA Light Rail stop on Middlefield Road in
Mountain View. It is one short block from the meeting
site. However, the safest way to cross Middlefield road
is to backtrack to Ellis street and cross at the lighted
intersection. You then walk back towards Logue street.
Building 5 will be on your right when you reach the
Logue street intersection. Also, you can connect to
VTA Light Rail from the Caltrain station in downtown
Mountain View.

Important Note: You must arrive between 6:30 and 7:00 p.m.
to register for this event. After 7:00, there will no longer
be security personnel in the lobby to register you, and
the main outside doors will be locked.

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