No Fluff Just Stuff eXchange - BOF Sessions August 30, 2007

The No Fluff Just Stuff tour is coming to the UK and you can catch the following FREE Birds-of-a-Feather sessions from various London User Groups...

Enterprise Java User Group
Applying AMQP with Spring, Mule, Ruby, and Ajax
Time: 8:00 - 8:45
Catch Alexis Richardson, co-founder of CohesiveFT and maker of "plug-and-run" virtual appliances for financial industry data standards, discuss AMQP, the new open business messaging protocol and how it applies within popular environments such as Spring, Mule, Ruby, and AJAX.

London Ruby User Group
Netbeans, Java and Ruby in a single IDE and
Rapid Java Prototyping using JRuby
Time: 8:00 - 8:45
Netbeans, Java and Ruby in a single IDE
Learn how Netbeans Java IDE is one of the best tools for developing Ruby code around, how it works with JRuby and native Ruby, and how Java Developers can get the best of both worlds.

Rapid Java Prototyping using JRuby
Also, for java developers who want to try and have a play with ruby/jRuby, catch a demonstration on how ruby can be used to rapidly add a new feature to a simple Java application with a lot less work than modifying the java code.

London Groovy & Grails User Group
Gant as Ant and Maven replacement
Time: 8:45 - 9:30
Groovy makes it very easy to create domain specific languages for working on the Java Platform. The idea of a builder is particularly useful for XML file construction (MarkupBuilder, StreamingMarkupBuilder, DOMBuilder), Swing interface construction (SwingBuilder), and scripting Ant tasks (AntBuilder). Gant is some Groovy infrastructure that adds support for easy use of AntBuilder as a replacement for Ant. Using Groovy rather than XML for describing builds using Ant tasks is a huge win. Moreover, there are plans to add to Gant so that it can replace Maven as well!

In this session join Russel Winder, Groovy Committer and look at why Groovy beats XML for specifying builds -- how adding imperative to declarative makes like easier.

London Java Web User Group
Time: 8:45 - 9:30
Details coming soon!

For more info. or to register for any of these free BOF's and be a part of the NFJS eXchange go to: http://www.nfjs-exchange.com/birds-of-a-feather/pcd/1107

Official Website: http://www.nfjs-exchange.com/birds-of-a-feather/pcd/1107