Dublin Java User Group

Irish JUG Members,

I am half Irish (O'Dunne) but look German, so I don't think that's going to win me any points with you guys. I thought it gave me the right to join you, however, after trying all morning to reach your President with this message. Please know that this is the only JUG to which I belong at the monment, and I would very like to remain a member permanently. JUGs have been very supportive of my work in the past.

Java Champion Jim Weaver will be in Dublin in June/July running a 2.5 day "boot camp"-style tech session on the hottest thing in Rich Client application at the moment - JavaFX!

From the annals of the JUG leaders' mailing list:

JDJ has just posted an interview discussing the details of a money grant that Sun is giving for developers to work on open source projects.
The idea is that developers can submit ideas, and the best ideas will receive a money grant to be implemented. Developers can submit ideas in teams or individually. The prizes are very good, and may interest developers in your area.

    http://jdj.sys-con.com/read/503097.htm

For Java developers, there is much more then the NetBeans contest that is referred to in the above interview. Java developers can work on projects related to NetBeans, Glassfish and OpenJDK:

The Irish Web technology Conference, the sister event of the IJTC Conference takes place in CineWorld at the end of the month. The event's aim is to showcase the Irish Web Industry. It's a four day event with a total of 10 track, and 50 session.

WHAT?

To kick off this year's activities DubJUG is giving you the chance to battle with your colleagues in a Java smack down! Join us at 7:30pm upstairs at The Duke pub on Duke St (between Grafton St and Dawson St) for the first ever Dublin Java Pub Quiz!

Welcome to 2008! After the festivities of the holiday period, we at the Dublin Java User Group are looking forward to another set of excellent Java events in this fair city of ours. The forthcoming year will see us hosting evening lectures, master classes and of course another conference!

To kick off this year's activities DubJUG is giving you the chance to battle with your colleagues in a Java smack down! Join us next Tuesday at 7:30pm upstairs at The Duke pub on Duke St (between Grafton St and Dawson St) for the first ever Dublin Java Pub Quiz!

The Februay Java Meetup is coming soon! Watch this space for details.

Predictions for 2008

This month, with the Christmas festivities kicking in we will have a round table discussion rather than having a formal presentation. What technologies will become usable, what will save us time and effort?

Check back here for more details as the event approaches.

We're also on the move - we will meetup in The Duke, on Duke Street this time.