We have installed JBoss Portal (extract-and-go) and have created and
deployed our first portlet. We even got two portlets talking to
eachother, fun! The workshop consisted for a large part of practical
exercises which really gave us a feeling of what a portlet server does
and what a portlet really is.
It was an interesting evening and nice to see so many already familiar
faces there again!

We are proud to announce our next event: JBoss Seam by Lunatech tag-team duo, Peter Hilton and Nicolas Leroux.

JBoss Seam is a powerful new application framework for building next generation Web 2.0 applications by unifying and integrating technologies such as Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX), Java Server Faces (JSF), Enterprise Java Beans (EJB3), Java Portlets and Business Process Management (BPM).

Seam has been designed from the ground up to eliminate complexity at the architecture and the API level. It enables developers to assemble complex web applications with simple annotated Plain Old Java Objects (POJOs), componentized UI widgets and very little XML. The simplicity of Seam will enable easy integration with the JBoss Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) and Java Business Integration (JBI) in the future.

This presentation aims to show you the latest development methods using the JBoss Seam framework and all his “components”: Hibernate Validation, Hibernate Search, JAXB, RESTful web services, etc. Through a simple example and with the help of JBoss Seam as a “glue”, we will show how easy it is to transform the simple example into a powerful application.

Peter and Nicolas share many years of experience building Java EE applications for corporate and government IT projects using open-source libraries and agile methods, and recently started the Benelux JBoss User Group. Peter is from the South coast of England, while Nicolas comes from the somewhat warmer South coast of France.

Location:
Lunatech Research BV
Heemraadssingel 70
3021 DD Rotterdam
The Netherlands

Tel: +31-10-750 2600

Directions to Lunatech

Voluntary Entry Fee: € 15

Here is a reminder of the location:
Lunatech Research
Heemraadssingel 70
3021 DD Rotterdam
The Netherlands.

There are only 30 places for this event, and registration will be closed after the first 30 people. If you did not already do so, register now!

We have 2 high-quality presentations:

* Seam case study by Joris de Winne and Jeroen Verhulst from RealDolmen, covering how to create components, injection, outjection, scope levels, and security.

* Mark Proctor, lead for JBoss Drools, will talk about Rules, Workflow and Event Processing (often referred to as event stream processing or complex event processing), which are at the heart of the Business Logic for most enterprises.

Of course, beer and networking are also part of the programme

Date: Friday, 27 February 2009
Time: Arrival 1600-1630, presentations start 1630, finish 1900-1930
Location: see http://lunatech-research.com/contact

For more information please visit our web site http://www.lunatech-research.com/archives/2009/02/04/jbug-2009-02

Please register now at the http://www.lunatech-research.com/event/register/jbug5 if you did not already do so or reply by e-mail to let us know whether you will attend. Only the registered persons will be admitted.

Feel free to forward the invitation to anyone you know who might like to attend.

Nicolas

This Duchess newsletter is to announce upcoming events for after the summer in the Netherlands and the discount to JAOO in Denmark.

Contents:

• * Spring Framework Event (September 5, 2008, Van Nelle Fabriek, Rotterdam)
• * 15% discount for JAOO (September 28 – October 3, 2008 Aarhus, Denmark)
• * Recap: Our presentation at JBoss User Group meeting (June 20, 2008)

Spring Framework Event (September 5, 2008, Van Nelle Fabriek, Rotterdam)

We are pleased to announce our first technical event sponsored by SpringSource – the creators of spring. This is a free event for Duchess members. There is limited space, so please register early on the Duchess site:

Register for Spring Workshop.

At this event, Arjen Poutsma will talk about:

• * 5 (or so) Reasons to use Spring: a varied introduction to the Spring Framework, showing why you should use in your Java application.
• * Spring Web Services: the portfolio project focussed on doing contract-first Web Service development.

This is meant for people with various level of knowledge about Spring. There will be lots of examples and as interactive as possible.

Please consider coming to this event as a good turnout will enable us to organize more things for you in the future.

15% discount at JAOO (September 28 – October 3, 2008 Aarhus, Denmark)

We have been offered 15% discount for Duchess members at the JAOO conference in Denmark. So if you are considering attending the conference, you can take advantage of the discount.

Recap: Our presentation at JBoss User Group meeting (June 20, 2008)

On June 20th Clara and Linda gave presentation about Duchess and issues involving women in IT at the Benelux JBoss User Group Meeting in Rotterdam.
We were well received and got to practice our presentation. We feel that it is important to talk about the issues involving women in IT so that our male colleagues are also aware of them. Changes start with awareness. For those who are interested, the slides of our presentation will soon go up at Parleys.com as free space is available to all JUGs to publish their material. We’ll keep you posted.I got one very insightful comment from someone at the meeting. During the presentation, we talked about how girls are raised differently from boys and how girls inevitably love pink and want to become a princess. After the presentation, a member of the audience told me about a female colleague, a Java programmer who is feminine and loves pink. Perhaps, it is better not to fight the pink but to mention the possibility that a girl can become a princess AND a Java programmer.

Hope you see you all after the summer!

Regards,

Duchess

http://www.jduchess.org

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