BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:Upcoming: Events at Skills Matter Limited PRODID:-//Upcoming.org/Upcoming ICS//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20081013T183000 DTEND:20081013T200000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:London Ruby User Group (LRUG) October 2008 Meeting DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1161266/ ] Steve Ganly is going to talk about Event Stream (a ruby library for recording and playing back events on a website) and then he's going to run a quiz. The quiz will be just like a gameshow with buzzers and rounds and questions and everything! Free registration with our hosts\, Skills Matter\, is almost mandatory if you want to come. If you don't register you might not get in if the room is full. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1161266/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1161266/ DTSTAMP:20081001T020245 LAST-UPDATED:20081001T020245 CATEGORIES:Social ORGANIZER;CN=h-lame:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/54882/ LOCATION;VENUE-UID="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/23773/":Skills Matter Limited @ 1 Sekforde Street\, EC1R 0BE\, London\, England UK END:VEVENT BEGIN:VVENUE X-VVENUE-INFO:http://evdb.com/docs/ical-venue/draft-norris-ical-venue.html NAME:Skills Matter Limited ADDRESS:1 Sekforde Street\, EC1R 0BE CITY:London REGION;X-ABBREV=london:England COUNTRY;X-ABBREV=uk:United Kingdom POSTALCODE: GEO:51.5336;-0.10471 URL;X-LABEL=Venue Info:http://streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=531576&y=182266 END:VVENUE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20081020T183000 DTEND:20081020T203000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:JAVAWUG BOF 41 :: JAVAWUG BOF 41 Web Applications and RESTful Services :: 20 Oct 2008 :: London\, UK DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1151559/ ] [ANN] JAVAWUG BOF 41 :: JAVAWUG BOF 41 Web Applications and RESTful Services :: 20 Oct 2008 :: London\, UK +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++ ++++++ ++++++ T W O P R E S E N T E R S ++++++ ++++++ ++++++ ++++++ W E B A P P L I C A T I O N S ++++++ ++++++ ++++++ ++++++ R E S T F U L S E R V I C E S ++++++ ++++++ ++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Hi All JAVAWUG is please to announce BOF 41 ``Web Applications and RESTful Services'' with Daniel Silva and Louis Emmett. This event will taking place at Skills Matter\, London on Monday 20th October 2008 from 6:30pm - 8:15pm. TALK: Web Applications Today and Tomorrow SPEAKER: Daniel Silva Web Applications have quickly become common place in many contexts. In this talk we'll take a look back at the core of what Web Applications are\, discuss where we are today and consider together what the future holds for developing and delivering systems on the "Programmable Web". # Web Applications Wikipedia Page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_application) # Programmable Web (http://www.programmableweb.com) TALK: RESTful Services and RESTeasy SPEAKER: Daniel Silva REST is becoming an increasingly popular and effective way of delivering Web-based Data Services. With the JAX-RS standard it is now easy for Java developers to develop and deploy REST services. In this talk we'll be looking at the JBoss JAX-RS product (RESTeasy) and showing how you can deliver your first REST application. * JBoss RESTEasy (http://www.jboss.org/resteasy) * JSR-311 (http://jsr311.dev.java.net/) For more information\, goto http://www.jroller.com/javawug/entry/javawug_bof_41_web_applications REGISTRATION: Please register with Skills Matter http://skillsmatter.com/event/java-jee/ http://skillsmatter.com/event/java-jee/javawug-bof-41-web-applications-and-restful-services 1. YOUR FIRST and LAST NAMES 2. COMPANY YOU WORK FOR 3. optional telephone number If you aren't a JAVAWUG member why not join the JAVAWUG at Google Groups? http://groups.google.com/group/javawug Java Web User Group :: JAVAWUG :: London\, UK :: Peter Pilgrim\, JUG Leader http://www.javawug.com/ URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1151559/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1151559/ DTSTAMP:20080929T101058 LAST-UPDATED:20080929T101058 CATEGORIES:Education ORGANIZER;CN=peter_java_pilgrim:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/183274/ LOCATION;VENUE-UID="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/23773/":Skills Matter Limited @ 1 Sekforde Street\, EC1R 0BE\, London\, England UK END:VEVENT BEGIN:VVENUE X-VVENUE-INFO:http://evdb.com/docs/ical-venue/draft-norris-ical-venue.html NAME:Skills Matter Limited ADDRESS:1 Sekforde Street\, EC1R 0BE CITY:London REGION;X-ABBREV=london:England COUNTRY;X-ABBREV=uk:United Kingdom POSTALCODE: GEO:51.5336;-0.10471 URL;X-LABEL=Venue Info:http://streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=531576&y=182266 END:VVENUE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20081021T090000 DTEND:20081021T170000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=1;UNTIL=20081025T000000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Core Spring: Developing with the Spring Framework\, taught by Spring committer Dr. Dave Syer DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1178766/ ] In this intensive and highly practical 4-day Spring course\, you will learn how to use the Spring Framework to create well-designed\, testable business applications in an agile manner. During this Spring 2.5 course\, you will learn Spring's features and how to use them. You will also become familiar with fundamental architectural issues\, which you will need to be aware of when developing with the Spring framework: It is important to know how to use certain parts of the Spring framework\, but even more important to be able to decide when to use them! LEARN HOW TO: * Use the Spring Lightweight Container Architecture\, including Inversion of Control * Apply Agile\, domain-driven design techniques with Spring * Apply Effective JDBC and Hibernate data access * Implement Declarative transaction management * Apply Pragmatic AOP * Implement Unit testing in isolation * Perform Rapid system integration testing * Use Spring Web MVC * Implement Spring Security\, Remoting\, and JMX NEXT SESSION The next course will be delivered at Skills Matter - London\, on 21 Oct 2008 by David Syer. Dr. David Syer is an experienced\, delivery-focused architect and development manager. He has designed and built successful enterprise software solutions using Spring\, and implemented them in major financial institutions worldwide. David is known for his clear and informative training style and has deep knowledge and experience with all aspects of real-life usage of the Spring framework. David joined SpringSource from a leading risk management software vendor where he worked closely with SpringSource on a number of projects. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1178766/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1178766/ DTSTAMP:20081005T092619 LAST-UPDATED:20081005T092619 CATEGORIES:Education ORGANIZER;CN=SkillsMatter:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/93962/ LOCATION;VENUE-UID="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/23773/":Skills Matter Limited @ 1 Sekforde Street\, EC1R 0BE\, London\, England UK END:VEVENT BEGIN:VVENUE X-VVENUE-INFO:http://evdb.com/docs/ical-venue/draft-norris-ical-venue.html NAME:Skills Matter Limited ADDRESS:1 Sekforde Street\, EC1R 0BE CITY:London REGION;X-ABBREV=london:England COUNTRY;X-ABBREV=uk:United Kingdom POSTALCODE: GEO:51.5336;-0.10471 URL;X-LABEL=Venue Info:http://streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=531576&y=182266 END:VVENUE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20081027T200000 DTEND:20081027T230000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=1;UNTIL=20081029T000000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Core ActionScript: Object Oriented ActionScript in Practice\, featuring Peter Elst DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1178595/ ] CODE: ACTIONSCRIPT-01-02 DURATION: 2 DAY/S This 2-day hands-on course you will learn how to develop reusable Flash based applications using ActionScript 3.0 and an object-oriented approach. This course is also suitable if you wish to use ActionScript 3.0 to create components for Flex-based development. This ActionScript course starts by introducing Object-Oriented ActionScript\, exploring the ActionScript 3.0 language and its features. You’ll learn how to implement ActionScript 3.0 code using object-oriented concepts through various hands-on exercises. You will also find out about real-world applications and learn various useful tips and tricks\, when we will have an indepth look at the development workflow and at how you can best structure applications and use design patterns to solve common problems and help you optimise the development workflow. NEXT SESSION The next course will be delivered at Skills Matter - London\, on 27 Oct 2008 by Peter Elst. Peter is also the author of this course and a certified Flash instructor\, Adobe Community Expert. Peter is very active in the Adobe User Group Belgium and has given several free sessions to the Flex and ActionScript users at Skills Matter in the UK. As a freelance Flash platform consultant and respected member of the online community\, Peter has spoken at various international industry LEARN HOW TO: Upon completion of this ActionScript course you will be able to: * Use ActionScript 3.0 syntax and its new features * Understand core object-oriented programming concepts with ActionScript * Apply best practice for developing reusable web applications * Solve common problems by implementing design patterns * Build and deploy real-world web applications using ActionScript * Create components for Flex-based development URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1178595/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1178595/ DTSTAMP:20081005T090256 LAST-UPDATED:20081005T090256 CATEGORIES:Education ORGANIZER;CN=SkillsMatter:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/93962/ LOCATION;VENUE-UID="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/23773/":Skills Matter Limited @ 1 Sekforde Street\, EC1R 0BE\, London\, England UK END:VEVENT BEGIN:VVENUE X-VVENUE-INFO:http://evdb.com/docs/ical-venue/draft-norris-ical-venue.html NAME:Skills Matter Limited ADDRESS:1 Sekforde Street\, EC1R 0BE CITY:London REGION;X-ABBREV=london:England COUNTRY;X-ABBREV=uk:United Kingdom POSTALCODE: URL;X-LABEL=Venue Info:http://streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=531576&y=182266 END:VVENUE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20081103T090000 DTEND:20081103T170000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=1;UNTIL=20081105T000000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Core Terracotta: Scaling your Java Application with Terracotta course\, taught by Ari Zilka\, founder of Terracotta DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1178705/ ] Learn how to use Terracotta's JVM-level clustering technology with your application. Leverage Terracotta to make your Java Applications highly available and scalable\, with minimal effort. We'll discuss usage of Terracotta technology in System Implementations. We’ll highlight real-world use-cases where Terracotta was employed and as compared to alternatives\, provided better Scale and HA with semantic correctness\, whilst simultaneously providing low time-to-market and in-depth visibility into the Java Cluster. We will cover the following use-cases: Http sessions\, Distributed Caches\, clustering POJOs (e.g. Publisher-Consumer\, Batch Processing etc.)\, Spring singleton-Beans/Context Events\, JVM Co-ordination and clustering other development frameworks. LEARN HOW TO: * Apply Common Use Cases * Use Session Clustering Apply POJO Clustering * Write a TIM * Co-ordinate Clusters * Manage Clusters * Configure Distributed Cache * Tune for performance * Roll-out for Production NEXT SESSION The next course will be taught by Ari Zilka. Ari is is the founder and CTO of Terracotta and also the author of this course. The next course will be delivered at Skills Matter - London\, on 03-04th Nov 2008 URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1178705/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1178705/ DTSTAMP:20081005T091802 LAST-UPDATED:20081005T091802 CATEGORIES:Education ORGANIZER;CN=SkillsMatter:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/93962/ LOCATION;VENUE-UID="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/23773/":Skills Matter Limited @ 1 Sekforde Street\, EC1R 0BE\, London\, England UK END:VEVENT BEGIN:VVENUE X-VVENUE-INFO:http://evdb.com/docs/ical-venue/draft-norris-ical-venue.html NAME:Skills Matter Limited ADDRESS:1 Sekforde Street\, EC1R 0BE CITY:London REGION;X-ABBREV=london:England COUNTRY;X-ABBREV=uk:United Kingdom POSTALCODE: GEO:51.5336;-0.10471 URL;X-LABEL=Venue Info:http://streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=531576&y=182266 END:VVENUE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20081111T200000 DTEND:20081111T170000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=1;UNTIL=20081115T000000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Eric Evans Domain Driven Design Immersion Workshop DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1169222/ ] Finding and exploiting domain models is key to success with large software systems. In this Domain Modeling Workshop\, a team will learn to cultivate a strong connection between the language used by experts\, users\, and developers\, so that the right kind of models can dramatically accelerate the process of translating the customers' needs into working software. Upon completion of this Domain Modeling workshop\, the team will have a strong domain modeling capability coupled with programming best practices such as exploiting design patterns\, refactoring and test-driven development and will know how to yield a principled yet practical approach to the development of large software systems. LEARN HOW TO: In this Domain Modelling course you will learn to strike a healthy balance between digging into your subject matter and addressing technological issues\, which\, while unavoidable\, cannot be allowed to dominate the development process for commercially viable systems. NEXT SESSION The next course will be delivered at Skills Matter - London\, on 11-14 Nov 2008 by Eric Evans\, together with Gojko Adzic and Alberto Brandolini. Eric is also the author of this course\, author of Domain-Driven Design\, and a thought leader in software design\, domain driven design and domain modeling and particulary focuses on strategic design.. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1169222/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1169222/ DTSTAMP:20081003T035503 LAST-UPDATED:20081003T035503 CATEGORIES:Education ORGANIZER;CN=SkillsMatter:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/93962/ LOCATION;VENUE-UID="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/23773/":Skills Matter Limited @ 1 Sekforde Street\, EC1R 0BE\, London\, England UK END:VEVENT BEGIN:VVENUE X-VVENUE-INFO:http://evdb.com/docs/ical-venue/draft-norris-ical-venue.html NAME:Skills Matter Limited ADDRESS:1 Sekforde Street\, EC1R 0BE CITY:London REGION;X-ABBREV=london:England COUNTRY;X-ABBREV=uk:United Kingdom POSTALCODE: GEO:51.5336;-0.10471 URL;X-LABEL=Venue Info:http://streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=531576&y=182266 END:VVENUE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20081117T090000 DTEND:20081117T170000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Rachel Davies Scrum Primer workshop DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1169270/ ] CODE: SCRUM-PRIMER-01-01 DURATION: 1 DAY/S In this Scrum Primer course\, you will get an introduction to the ever so popular Scrum process and its underlying Agile principles. You will learn about about key Scrum practices and about the main Scrum roles and responsibilities that are part of the Scrum process. You wil aslo learn how to plan\, review and track Scrum projects using Sprint meetings and Tracking practices\, how to scale Scrum and about technical best practices. Upon completion of this Scrum Primer course\, you will have a good understanding how Scrum can benefit your organisation and software development projects. LEARN HOW TO: * Explain Agile and Scrum principles and practices * Understand Scrum roles and responsibilities * Run Sprint meetings (planning\, review\, daily scrum) * Track Sprints (backlogs and Burndown charts) * Scale Scrum * Introduce technical practices (continuous integration\, paired programming\, TDD and Refactoring) NEXT SESSION The next course will be delivered at Skills Matter - London\, on 17 Nov 2008 by Rachel Davies. Rachel is also the author of this course and has been applying agile approaches since 2000 and has experience of a range of agile methods including XP\, SCRUM\, Lean and DSDM. Rachel has authored several Agile and Scrum related courses and regularly teaches at Skills Matter. 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