Category Archives: 2012

December 18, 2012: Pulling the plug on Java 6. A Migration guide to Java 7.

Posted on 2012/12/13 by Simon McClenahan

Pulling the plug on Java 6. A Migration guide to Java 7. Java 6 is going the way of the DoDo bird (Officially on Feb 2013), when no more updates will be forthcoming. As such we need to really start … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012, Uncategorized | Comments Off

CJUG Tuesday 11/20 presentation cancelled

Posted on 2012/11/20 by Chicago Java

CJUG presentations are normally scheduled every month for the third Tuesday of the month. Due to several factors including general availability during the Thanksgiving week, the 11/20/2012 presentation has been cancelled. We will post an announcement within the week for … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012, Uncategorized | Comments Off

October 16, 2012: Java, Play! and Scala Apps on Heroku

Posted on 2012/10/10 by Chicago Java

Running Java, Play! and Scala Apps on the Cloud Heroku is a Polyglot Cloud Application Platform that makes it easy to deploy Java, Play! and Scala apps on the cloud. Deployment is as simple as doing a “git push”. This … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012 | Comments Off

September 18, 2012: Embedded Java

Posted on 2012/09/12 by Chicago Java

This session will introduce the audience to Oracle’s Embedded Java platform, talk about small footprint architecture situations, use cases and challenges in Industrial Automation, Manufacturing, Smart Grid and Healthcare type situations. I will also share some points from my upcoming … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012 | Comments Off

August 21, 2012 Meeting: CDI meets GWT within Errai

Posted on 2012/08/15 by Chicago Java

Get the lowdown on how you can write browser code with Contexts and Dependency Injection (CDI). Red Hat’s Mike Brock will discuss how simple it is to handle eventing and server-side push in the browser with minimal effort. Faster, safer, … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012 | Comments Off

July 17th Meeting: Spring Data

Posted on 2012/07/10 by Chicago Java

Andrew C. Oliver will introduce Spring Data, and demonstrate its implementation using a simple application with a non-trivial database structure. The application will use JPA/PostgreSQL, Neo4j, MongoDB and Hadoop for a backend and implementations will be demo’d for each. Andrew … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012, Uncategorized | Comments Off

June 2012 Meeting: Java FX

Posted on 2012/06/13 by Chicago Java

At our June, 2012 meeting, Roger Brinkley will talk about Java FX on the 19th at CME. From Oracle’s Java web site: JavaFX is the next step in the evolution of Java as a rich client platform. It is designed … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012 | Comments Off

May 2012 Meeting: Build your own CMS with Apache Sling

Posted on 2012/05/08 by Chicago Java

Come explore the power of Sling in creating content focused applications built on JCR (JSR 283), RESTful web services, and Java. We’ll talk about how Sling works and some of the open source technologies it’s built on. We’ll finish by … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012 | Comments Off

April 2012 Meeting: Real World Groovy on Grails

Posted on 2012/04/11 by Chicago Java

Our next meeting will be on April 17th. You can RSVP here. The location was changed to Jak’s Tap at 901 West Jackson Boulevard. You can find it on Google Maps here. Real World Groovy on Grails: Integrating Grails With … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012 | 3 Comments

March Meeting: Graph Traversals in Neo4j with Gremlin Java

Posted on 2012/03/13 by Chicago Java

The March meeting will be on March 20th at CME. Graph Traversals in Neo4j with Gremlin Java Graph databases are a NoSQL / polyglot persistence solution that provide a natural way to model complex, interrelated data. In this session, we’ll get … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012, Uncategorized | Comments Off