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Posted by cwfrei on June 06, 2008 at 12:51 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

The 2nd edition of Effective Java by Joshua Bloch will be exclusively available at Jazoon'08 for the first time in Europe. You can purchase the book at the conference registration desk for the special conference prize of CHF 50.

And get your copy autographed! After his keynote on Thursday 26 June, Josh will autograph his new book. Josh will have two talks at Jazoon'08. Don't miss it!

9 days to EURO2008 - 25 days to JAZOON'08

Posted by cwfrei on May 29, 2008 at 05:06 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

In 9 days the EURO2008 soccer championship will start in Switzerland. And in 25 days Jazoon'08 will kick-off.

Don't worry about EURO2008: there are still plenty of hotel rooms available in Zurich and you will be able to watch the only game scheduled during Jazoon on our large movie theater screens with commentary in English.

The Duke starring in 2001!

Posted by cwfrei on May 14, 2008 at 07:58 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

The Swiss Duke

From Java to Scala?

Posted by cwfrei on May 13, 2008 at 01:42 AM | Permalink | Comments (6)

In many sessions e.g. in the Script Bowl on Day 2 Scala was a topic of interest at JavaOne (don't ask me why Scala was in the 'Script' bowl). Some of the features of this functional language certainly impressed.

In the Java Posse BOF (Java Posse Episode 186) it was discussed what the potential of Scala in the world of programming languages is. For sure dynamic languages have a different standing and Scala is offering complementary advantages. It was pointed out though, that Scala could replace the Java language. The Java language of course, not the Java platform. I am curious to see whether Scala will really pick up momentum.

Martin Odersky, the creator of Scala, will hold a keynote at Jazoon'08.

What language/framework should I choose?

Posted by cwfrei on May 08, 2008 at 10:52 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

The question is of course not new. But is it obsolete? The following comments arose from a Q&A with Jonathan Schwartz and Rich Green at JavaOne as well as the 'Scripting Panel' with Charles Nutter, Tor Norby, Ted Leung, Guy Laforge, and Greg Murray moderated by Tim Bray.

The number of languages/frameworks for sure does not become smaller. Some of the actual examples discussed in the panel were Ruby/Rails, Groovy/Grails, Python, JMaki, JavaFX.

What to choose? Wouldn't it be easier if there was only one language? Jonathan Schwartz argued that it is of course a hassle that for example you have to test software on Firefox, Explorer, Safari... But do you really want to have only one browser out there? You see were his was getting at.

The panelist pointed out that every languages has its clear advantages for some tasks. Now that's all fine. But the one thing they also agreed upon was that developers seldom switch from one language to another. A Groovy user will not switch to Python and vice versa. So developers end up to solve their tasks with the technology they already like most and not the one that would be suited best for the job.

To what it really comes down to is that there is now clear answer. And that is an especially tough finding for students and beginners.

So what can you do? The advice I can give is that you have to continue to attend conferences ;-) Seriously, it is important that you regularly take the chance to broaden your general knowledge of software technology in order to make informed decisions.

BTW You can meet Greg Murry at Jazoon'08.

RIA, RIA, RIA...

Posted by cwfrei on May 06, 2008 at 01:45 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

In today's keynote, Rich Green (Sun's Executive VP Software) pointed out the increasing importance of RIA showing a compelling demo of a JavaFX application. The application merging sources from Youtube, Flickr and Twitter running in a browser could be simply dragged onto the desktop to run there. The same application was even shown to run on the Android emulator. RIA are an important step on the way to the consumer-centric world as SUN sees it coming. One interesting aspect of the application on the desktop is: it can simply be erased again like any item on the desktop. According to Jonathan Schwartz this is a very compelling way to distribute content without having to force the user through a browser and whatever kind of website.

There are of course competing technologies to build RIA. These technologies will be presented at Jazoon'08. If you have very new stuff to present you can still submit a proposal for the Jazoon Cutting-Edge session until 2008-05-16 (check the conference website for details). Speakers will receive a free conference pass.

The Duke starring in 24!

Posted by cwfrei on April 25, 2008 at 05:39 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

The Swiss Duke

Submit a proposal: the latest Java trends

Posted by cwfrei on April 15, 2008 at 06:04 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Jazoon'08 will feature an extra session called Jazoon Cutting-Edge. This session will include the latest trends, updates and highlights of the Java world that have emerged since our Call for papers closed by the end of 2007. Jazoon Cutting-Edge is a moderated session of 15-minutes talks. Speakers will receive a 3 days conference pass for free. Interested speakers should submit a proposal on-line between 2008-05-01 and 2008-05-16. The Jazoon Program Committee will select the most interesting talks and inform you by the end of May about the results. Looking forward to your contributions!

Jazoon'08 program published

Posted by cwfrei on April 02, 2008 at 04:18 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

We just published the program for Jazoon'08, check out the conference webpage Jazoon.

Speakers at Jazoon'08 include:

Dion Almaer, Founder of Ajaxian
Bela Ban on Cluster your POJOs with PojoCache
Cédric Beust on A quick guide to modern languages and interesting concepts for the busy Java programmer
Adam Bien on Glassfish V2/V3 - the killer appserver for development and production
Joshua Bloch, Google
Roberto Chinnici on An Overview of the Java Platform, Enterprise Edition 6 (Java EE 6)
Jerome Dochez, Sun Microsystems
Roy T. Fielding on Open Architecture
Neal Ford on Building DSLs in Static & Dynamic Languages
Neal Gafter, Google
Rod Johnson on Where Will Tomorrow's Innovation Come From in Enterprise Java?
Heinz Kabutz on The Secrets of Concurrency
Dierk König on Automated functional testing of web applications
Ted Neward, Neward & Associates
David Nüscheler on The Revenge of the "Weblog in 15 minutes"
Martin Marinscheck on AJAX in Apache MyFaces
Martin Odersky on The Challenge of Scalable Languages
Simon Phipps on The Adoption-Led Market
Brian Sletten on Data-Driven Applications : Writing Less Code!
James Ward on Rich Internet Applications with Flex and Java
and many more...

Get a 3 days Jazoon conference pass for EUR 29!

Posted by cwfrei on February 05, 2008 at 02:20 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Then send us an email (together with a proof of full time enrollment at a recognized university or college) at students@jazoon.com and receive a 3 days full conference pass for only EUR 29! Included is also all drinks and food...

More information is available here: Registration details

To register now click here: Registration

First list of topics covered at Jazoon'08

Posted by cwfrei on January 31, 2008 at 12:24 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

We are very happy to announce the first list of topics which will be covered at Jazoon.
Check back on my blog for further announcements.

Topics covered by experts at Jazoon'08:

AJAX, Greg Murray, Sun Microsystems
GlassFish, Jerome Dochez, Sun Microsystems
Google Gears, Dion Almaer, Google
Java ME, Terrence Barr, Sun Microsystems
Open DS, Ludovic Poitou, Sun Microsystems
Open ESB, Suresh Potiny, Sun Microsystems
RESTful Web Services, Paul Sandoz, Sun Microsystems
Scripting Language Support Tooling, Ludovic Champenois, Sun Microsystems
TestNG, Cédric Beust, Google
Open SSO, Pat Patterson, Sun Microsystems

JUG leaders and JUG members at Jazoon'08

Posted by cwfrei on January 31, 2008 at 12:06 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Did you know that JUG leaders will get a free 3 day conference pass (including lunch, plenty of soft drinks, coffee and free flow pop corn!)? All you have to do is to write us at jug@jazoon.com and support Jazoon'08 as a supporting JUG.

See the list of supporting JUG's here: http://jazoon.com/en/sponsorsandpartners/jugs/participating-jugs.html

JUG members from all over the world can apply for their 25% Discount at their local JUG leader. Your JUG leader then has to forward your request to us at jug@jazoon.com.

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