So finally at JavaPolis 2007 we announced the next generation of Parleys.com. Ben and I have been working on this for almost half a year, so during the keynote we were very excited to demo our new RIA baby... a 30 min. joy ride. In this interview with Dion Almaer you get some more information about the development and future plans.
Stephan Janssen is the founder and chairman of the Belgian Java User Group since 1996 and founder of JavaPolis in 2002. He has been using Java since its early releases in 1995 with experience of developing and implementing real world Java solutions in the finance and manufacturing industries. He also founder and managing director of JCS Int. a Sun authorized Java Center with an exclusive focus on J2ME, J2SE and J2EE since 1997. JCS is also the very first Belgian Java company to speak at JavaOne 2003. He was selected by BEA Systems as the first European (independant) BEA Technical Director. He has also been recognized by the Server Side as one of the 54 Who is Who in Enterprise Java 2004. Sun has recognized in 2005 his efforts for the Java Community and has engaged me in the Java Champion project. He has spoken at numerous Java and JUG conferences including Java '98 (UK), JAOO '99 (Denmark), JavaDays 2000 (Norway), TMAB (Belgium), JavaPolis 2002-04-05, JavaOne 2003, SpringOne 2006, JavaZone 2007, SAI, IT Works etc.
Benjamin Dobler is a 27 year old Flash-Platform Expert living in Berlin (Germany). He first picked up Flash in 1999 and since then tries to convince his environment that Flash is more than a toy. In his daily job he used to build advertising sites and in his free time he maintains the blog http://www.richapps.de were he showcases what in his eyes Flash was made for. Taking the beauty of advertising sites and the functionality from real applications is a real passion for him. In 2007 Benjamin quit his job to go freelance, making his hobby his job and coding Flex/AIR apps all night long.
Taming Code Dependencies— During this session we'll talk about code dependencies between classes and packages in large scale software projects: what they are, and why they're important,
The Java Puzzlers— Josh Bloch and Neal Gafter present yet another installment in the continuing saga of Java Puzzlers, consisting of eight more programming puzzles for your entertainment and enlightenment.
Java - A tour of the landscape— During this JavaPolis '07 keynote, James Gosling (father of Java) presents The State of the Java Universe. Java SE and JavaFX receive special attention during this keynote, where the first ideas towards a possible FX Designer tool gets presented.
Java SE Update— During this JavaPolis presentation, Danny Coward (platform lead for Java SE) gives a broad (not necessarily deep) picture of the work Sun Microsystems is doing in and around the Java SE platform and on JavaFX.
Interview with James Gosling at JavaPolis'07— During this JavaPolis '07 interview, the JavaPosse interviews James Gosling and talk about detailed features of the Java language, but also other programming languages like C, C++ and Fortran all in relation to the Java Virtual Machine. Enjoy!
