Jam 3: Java

held May 2007

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Google London Open Source Jam

When

Thursday 24^th May 2007. 6pm - 9.30pm.

Where

At the London Google Engineering Office

Belgrave House, 76 Buckingham Palace Road, London, SW1W 9TQ. Map

Topic

This time, we're going to be focusing on Java and open source.

• The Java web framework landscape
  • MVC, continuations, component frameworks, AJAX...
• New language features in Java 7
  • How do closures change the way we write software?
• Java Micro Edition and mobile devices
  • Portable apps. Debugging. Dealing with limited processing power, memory, bandwidth, visual area and interaction.
• Java development tools
  • IDEs, build tools, visualization, monitoring, static analysis, etc...
• Large scale distributed application architectures
  • RPC vs messaging, distributed cache, segmentation, sync vs async, parallel processing, MapReduce...
• Component architectures - how do you assemble your system?
  • J2EE, Spring, Guice, OSGi, or just plain old OO?
• Building successful open source products
  • small library / big framework / full product? API design? Community?
• Java and testability
• Java security
  • JAAS & federated identity, portals

Host

Joe Walnes

How to Get Here

Take the tube (Victoria, District and Circle lines) or bus (multiple routes, including the 38 and 73 from the West End) to Victoria Station, and we're 3 minutes' walk from the station.

What to Do When You Get Here

When you arrive, in the main ground floor reception, tell the receptionist that you're visiting Google. You register there, then take the lift to the 5^th floor, where you can sign in to the Google reception; when you arrive up there, please ask for the Open Source Jam event.