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September 2008 Meeting: Model Driven Development with Skyway Builder

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

For our September 2008 Tampa Java User Group meeting we will have Skyway Software, a local company, come to talk about their open source offerings for enterprise Model Driven Development (MDD) based on the Spring Frameowrk and demonstrating Skyway Builder built on top of Eclipse.

If you plan to attend the meeting, bring a colleague. There will be giveaways, food, and opportunities to network with other Bay area technologists.  The meting will be held on Tuesday, September 30th and Skyway will be giving away a door prize of their Skyway Builder enterprise edition. So, be there!

-= Meeting Detail =-
“Skyway Software’s View of an MDD Domain Specific Language (DSL) for Web Applications and Services”

A walkthrough of an open source, extensible, model-based DSL built on top of Eclipse projects - EMF, GMF, WST, and JDT.

Topics Include:

* DSL Overview
* Eclipse infrastructure which makes DSL possible
* Skyway Software’s Open Source DSL platform built on top of Eclipse
* Skyway Builder Perspective Overview and Hello World Demo
* Skyway DSL Architecture; DSL Core, Services, Editing, Adaptation, and Implementation
* Web Application Demo built on Skyway Builder Community Edition

-= Meeting Info =-
Organization: Skyway Software
Date: 09/30/2008
Networking: 6:30 pm
Presentation: 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

-= Location =-
GCA Technologies Services
4919 Memorial Hwy. Suite 150
Tampa, FL 33634
Google Map -
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=4919+Memorial+Hwy,+Tampa,+FL+33634

2008 Central Florida Software Symposium

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

The 2008 Central Florida Software Symposium is coming to Orlando.  Make sure to attend!  This is the premier Java/Agility event series.

Event Name: Central Florida Software Symposium 2008
Dates: August 22 - 24, 2008
Location: Orlando, Florida
Venue: Four Points by Sheraton Studio City (Rate of $99/night -  available)
URL: http://www.nofluffjuststuff.com/conference/orlando/2008/08/index.html

NFJS

The Central Florida Software Symposium returns to Orlando on August 22  - 24, 2008.  CFSS2008 2008 will offer 4 concurrent sessions for you to choose from.  The hot topics covered at CFSS2008 2008 include:

* Core Java
* Enterprise Java
* Web 2.0
* Dynamic Languages
* Architecture
* Security
* Testing
* CI
* Agility

We have another great set of speakers lined up for you to enjoy  featuring:

  • Brian Goetz, Author of Java Concurrency in Practice
  • Brian Sletten, Forward Leaning Software Consultant
  • David Bock, Principal Consultant, CodeSherpas Inc.
  • David Geary, Author of Graphic Java and co-author of Core JSF
  • Keith Donald, Lead of Spring Web and Creator of Spring Web Flow
  • Ken Sipe, Technology Director, Perficient, Inc. (PRFT)
  • Mark Johnson, Director of Consulting at CGI
  • Neal Ford, Application Architect at ThoughtWorks, Inc.
  • Scott Davis, Author of “Groovy Recipes” & TDD Expert
  • Stuart Halloway, CEO of Relevance
  • Ted Neward, Enterprise, Virtual Machine and Language Wonk

The No Fluff Just Stuff Symposium series is regarded as the premier Java/Agility event series anywhere serving over 21,000 attendees with some 130 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

Go to http://www.nofluffjuststuff.com/conference/orlando/2008/08/index.html for registration details.