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Denver Java Users Group

Denver Java Users Group brings you leaders and specialists in Java technologies for first hand exposure to code, best practices, tools, methodologies, and cutting-edge solutions. Meetings are free and open to the public.

 
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
Next Monthly Meeting

agenda

5:30 p.m. Food and Networking
6-7 p.m. Basic Concepts
7-7:15 p.m. Break and Announcements
7:15-8:15 p.m. Main Meeting
8:15-8:30 p.m. Questions and Answers
8:30 p.m. Door Prizes


location

Our meeting this month will be at the Tattered Cover (http://www.tatteredcover.com/) in Lower Downtown. The address is 1628 16th Street at Wynkoop, in the restored Morey Mercantile Building, directly across Wynkoop Street from the new EPA building next to Union Station.

Hourly parking lots are located near the store and streetside parking is also available, but that is a night the Rockies play so you may want to try light rail instead or park at the Auraria Campus and walk down. We will be out by 9:00 PM due to the store's closing time.

For directions to the Tattered Cover click here to view their website. Look for the directions under the "Historic LoDo Store".

We will return to the Tivoli for the May meeting.

We want to thank Jay Zimmerman of the Boulder JUG (http://www.boulderjug.org) and the NFJS tour for sponsoring our featured speaker and for paying for our venue at the Tattered Cover.

sponsors

 
6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Basic Concepts
Groovy 101: Core Groovy
Andrew Glover

Description

It has been said that Grails is the addiction and Groovy is the drug. If you want to start building slick web applications rapidly with Grails it helps to start with a solid understanding of the Groovy language itself.

In this session, we'll go over the basics of the language by focusing on the core of Groovy. We'll look at Groovy collections, Groovy's interaction with Java, creating Classes in Groovy, Groovy's MOP and much much more. By the end, you'll be a Groovy expert ready to embrace all the language has to offer.


Speaker

Andrew Glover is the President of Stelligent Incorporated, which helps companies address software quality with effective developer testing strategies and continuous integration techniques that enable teams to monitor code quality early and often.

7:15 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Main Meeting
Groovy 201: Putting Groovy to Use Quickly
Andrew Glover

Description

It has been said that Grails is the addiction and Groovy is the drug. If you want to start building slick web applications rapidly with Grails it helps to start with a solid understanding of the Groovy language itself.

In this session, we will go over more advanced uses of the language. We'll look into its manifestations for interfacing with JDBC, manipulating XML, creating simple web applications and much more.


Speaker

Andrew Glover is the President of Stelligent Incorporated, which helps companies address software quality with effective developer testing strategies and continuous integration techniques that enable teams to monitor code quality early and often.