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May. 15 -
Salt Lake City, UT
Thorough Introduction to Groovy
by Jeff Brown
Utah Java Users Group - more »
Thorough Introduction to Groovy
by Jeff Brown
Utah Java Users Group - more »
May. 20 -
St. Paul, Minnesota
The Busy Developer's Guide to Scala by Ted Neward
by Ted Neward
Object Technology User Group - more »
The Busy Developer's Guide to Scala by Ted Neward
by Ted Neward
Object Technology User Group - more »
Private Events
Blogs
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Erik Doernenburg
Principal Consultant @ Thoughtworks
Another major improvement of OCMock: it now supports more flexible constraints on the expected arguments. This is done in the Objective-C way... more»
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Venkat Subramaniam
Founder of Agile Developer, Inc.
A few weeks ago I was writing a method in Groovy that needed to return three different results, two strings and one array. As I was writing... more»
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Howard Lewis Ship
Creator of Tapestry and HiveMind
Renat and Igor's long awaited article, Tapestry for Nonbelievers is finally available. more»
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Neal Ford
Application Architect at ThoughtWorks, Inc.
I'm speaking at the upcoming more»
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Matt Raible
Creator of AppFuse and author of Spring Live
The AppFuse Team is pleased to announce the release of AppFuse 2.0.2. This release includes upgrades to Spring Security 2.0, jMock 2.4, the... more»
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Ted Neward
Enterprise, Virtual Machine and Language Wonk
Not too long ago, Don wrote: The three most ? more»
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Graeme Rocher
Project Lead of the Grails Project & CTO of G2One
As I write this JavaOne 08 is being wrapped up and I am horizontal in bed. I somehow managed to get pleurisy and pneumonia a few days before... more»
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Alex Miller
Sr. Engineer with Terracotta Inc.
This talk was by Gil Tene and Michael Wolf from Azul. Azul has their own concurrent garbage collector although this talk focused mostly on... more»
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Vladimir Vivien
Software Engineer / Consultant
The last day of JavaOne 2008 was heralded by the final General Session where Sun showcased several cool projects. Here are a few you maybe... more»
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Michael Nygard
Agile technology leader and dynamicist
Apparently, there's a virus attack. Not a computer virus. A real virus. Hot zone instead of a hot spot.From my inbox this morning: more»
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Jared Richardson
Agile coach and co-author of Ship It
It's good to read a story like this every now and again just to remind yourself how bad it is in some places. more»
- Mike Levin Software Developer specializing in Web2.0 websites
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Pramod Sadalage
Co-author of "Refactoring Databases:Evolutionary Database Development"
We had a weird requirement on our project recently.. Find all the Rows in All the tables that do not comply with the Constraints more»
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Kirk Knoernschild
Software Developer & Mentor
It’s time to move on and show the simple elegance Spring brings to OSGi development using the HelloWorldSpec sample from the more»
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Guillaume LaForge
Groovy Spec Lead & Project Manager
This is with great pleasure that G2One and the Groovy development team announce the first beta more»
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Jeff Brown
G2One Director Of North American Operations - Groovy and Grails Developer
We have been busy preparing for <a href="http://java.sun.com/javaone/s f/">JavaOne</a> and it is finally almost here. Yay!<br... more»
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Craig Walls
Author of Spring in Action
I read thi s last night, but I have seen this coming for over a year. more»
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Andrew Glover
Co-author of "Continuous Integration"
On more than one occasion, I’ve been asked by various hip developers if there was a conversion script for transforming existing Ant... more»
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Jason Rudolph
Author of Getting Started with Grails
Muness blogged a photographic introductio more»
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David Bock
Principal Consultant, CodeSherpas Inc.
Installing CentOS 5, ImageMagick, and RMagick I don‘t normally blog about obscure, specific technical topics, mainly because 99% of more»
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Scott Leberknight
Chief Architect at Near Infinity
Have you ever wondered, what is the best way to implement SOA in your organization? How can it help you? What benefits await and what are the... more»
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Brian Pontarelli
Brian Pontarelli - founder of Inversoft
Found this funny. Looks like Lenovo has some issues in their pricing application today. I was planning on purchasing an X300 at some point,... more»
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Jason Harwig
Software Engineer
pre { font-size:80%; } Of the trinity of web technologies, CSS is by far the worst at this stage. It's a language more»
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Pratik Patel
Software Architect
Shake off that St. Patrick's day hang-over by coming over to the AJUG meeting this Tuesday, March 1 more»
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Pete Behrens
Organizational Agility Coach
Marti nig & Associates Methods & Tools group recentl more»
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Nathaniel Schutta
Author, speaker, software engineer focused on user interface design.
Like pretty much any office with more than 3 people, we struggle with the ephemeral concept of more»
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Joseph Nusairat
Author of Beginning JBoss Seam & Co-Author of Beginning Groovy & Grails
Today is the first day of JBoss World, I survived the first three presentations and waiting for the keynote to be complete to d more»
- Richard Monson-Haefel VP of Developer Relations, Curl Inc.
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Brian Sam-Bodden
Java author, Ruby geek and Open Source Advocate
In this installment we are going to build the Dashboard page of the Tempo application. T more»
- Mark Fisher Spring Integration Lead
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Ron Bodkin
Chief Software Architect, Quantcast
I'm looking forward to speaking at The Rich Web Experience conference in San Jose next month. The event runs from September 7th through 9th.... more»
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Mark Goodwin
Web Application Security Specialist
We've already looked at one of the two big problems posed by anti DNS pinning on Java applets; because there's rebinding on the applet and... more»
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Scott Davis
Author of "Groovy Recipes" & TDD Expert
Every time I see a live show at the Denver Botanic more»
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Brian Goetz
Author of Java Concurrency in Practice
Recently, Neal Gafter mused about whether we should consider removing more»
- Romain Guy Java User Interface expert.
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Ramnivas Laddad
Author of AspectJ in Action, Principal at Interface21
InfoQ.com has published my AOP myths and realities talk recorded at a No Fluff Just Stuff conference. InfoQ.com founded by Floyd Marine more»
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David Geary
Author of Graphic Java Swing and Co-author of Core JSF
The 2006 NFJS tour kicked off t more»
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Jason Hunter
Author of Java Servlet Programming
I just posted the JDOM 1.1 release for download. This release includes about 20 improvements and bug fixes. more»
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Stuart Halloway
CEO of Relevance
<p>We are happy to announce that <a href='http://www.mckinneystation.co m/'>Geof Dagley</a> has joined the Relev more»
2008 NFJS Symposium Tour
141 symposiums and 23,250 attendees since 2002
Come learn from industry experts and from each other, see real world case studies, and delve into hands-on code examples. No marketing fluff will be found here. Find an upcoming symposium near you and find out more about sessions, keynote addresses, networking opportunities, and lots more stuff...
Event Schedule
| Atlanta, Georgia | May. 16 - 18 |
| Dallas, Texas | Jun. 06 - 08 |
| Raleigh, North Carolina | Jun. 20 - 22 |
| Portland, Oregon | Jun. 27 - 29 |
| Austin, Texas | Jul. 11 - 13 |
| Salt Lake City, Utah | Jul. 18 - 19 |
| Phoenix, Arizona | Jul. 25 - 27 |
| Columbus, Ohio | Jul. 25 - 27 |
| Des Moines, Iowa | Aug. 01 - 03 |
| Green Bay, Wisconsin | Aug. 01 - 03 |
| Princeton, New Jersey | Aug. 08 - 10 |
| San Diego, California | Aug. 15 - 17 |
| Cincinnati, Ohio | Aug. 15 - 17 |
| Orlando, Florida | Aug. 22 - 24 |
| Boston, Massachusetts | Sep. 12 - 14 |
| Seattle, Washington | Sep. 19 - 21 |
| Calgary, Alberta | Sep. 26 - 28 |
| St. Louis, Missouri | Sep. 26 - 28 |
| San Jose, California | Oct. 03 - 05 |
| Minneapolis, Minnesota | Oct. 10 - 12 |
| Toronto, Ontario | Oct. 17 - 19 |
| Atlanta, Georgia | Oct. 24 - 26 |
| Reston, Virginia | Nov. 07 - 09 |
| Denver, Colorado | Nov. 14 - 16 |
| Chicago, Illinois | Nov. 21 - 23 |
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Listen to NFJS Podcasts
Jay Zimmerman on Java application development in '08
Posted: Tuesday Jan. 8, 2008
As creator and director of the No Fluff Just Stuff Software Symposium Series, Jay Zimmerman is uniquely positioned to stay ahead of the curve in Java application development. In this year-end discussion with Andrew Glover, Jay addressed a wide range of questions about what Java developers were doing to manage software complexity in 2007, and which languages, frameworks, tools, and techniques could help you make Java application development fun again in 2008.
Agile Fireside Chat with Pete Behrens
Posted: Monday Oct. 15, 2007
Pete Behrens speaks with Lisa Haneberg, author of Focus Like a Laser Beam and Two Weeks to a Breakthrough about agile methods and how they apply in a management and organizational development context.
The AJAX experience
Posted: Wednesday Sep. 19, 2007
The first time Google maps allowed you to click and drag a web page, everything changed. NFJS speaker Nathaniel Schutta talks to us about AJAX: the technology that has changed the look and feel of web pages in the last few years. He couldn't say it any more plainly. If Schutta visits a web site that is not Ajaxified, he questions whether he should be doing business with that company.
NFJS Blogs
The Proper Role of SOA in an Organization
Posted by:
Scott Leberknight
on Monday Apr. 14, 2008
Have you ever wondered, what is the best way to implement SOA in your organization? How can it help you? What benefits await and what are the possible gotchas? Well, here's my take on it:
Used this way, the benefits include ensuring my monitor is at eye level for proper posture when writing code. In addition, any time I read in some article how SOA is going to solve the world's problems at some undetermined point in the future, I can always look down from the monitor and... more »
5.0 rating out of 2 votes
Service Dependencies in Tapestry 5
Posted by:
Howard Lewis Ship
on Thursday Apr. 17, 2008
I was curious to see if I could generate a diagram that showed how all the services inside Tapestry 5 are interconnected. In the diagram, solid lines are dependencies, dashed lines are contributions, and dotted lines represent a services that listens to events from another service.
The final diagram is a bit complex. Ok, that's a tremendous understatement. Yellow nodes are public services, grey nodes are internal services, and orange nodes are simple beans (contributed... more »
5.0 rating out of 1 votes
JavaOne: Concurrent garbage collectors
Posted by:
Alex Miller
on Saturday May. 10, 2008
This talk was by Gil Tene and Michael Wolf from Azul. Azul has their own concurrent garbage collector although this talk focused mostly on the ideas and concepts of concurrent collectors in general and didn’t really dive into their own collector in detail (my only real disappointment in an otherwise fascinating talk).
Concurrent garbage collectors are ones that run while your app is running. This is desirable because it allows your garbage to be cleaned up while... more »
5.0 rating out of 1 votes
Reviews
New England Software Symposium April 04 - 06, 2008
Glad I attended NFJS!
Going to NFJS was well worth the investment in myself! My only regret is that I couldn't attend more sessions as there wasn't one single time slot all weekend which didn't contain at least one session of interest, and many times I had to make painful choices between two or three different sessions I wanted to attend.
The format of NFJS is much more intimate due to the smaller size than some of the mondo-sized conferences I've been to in the past. The pace was also much more intense than I thought it might be, which completely eliminated any temptation to snooze. The content really is focussed and presented in an organized way which allows people to soak in a lot of material in a relatively short amount of time. I highly recommend NFJS!
Going to NFJS was well worth the investment in myself! My only regret is that I couldn't attend more sessions as there wasn't one single time slot all weekend which didn't contain at least one session of interest, and many times I had to make painful choices between two or three different sessions I wanted to attend.
The format of NFJS is much more intimate due to the smaller size than some of the mondo-sized conferences I've been to in the past. The pace was also much more intense than I thought it might be, which completely eliminated any temptation to snooze. The content really is focussed and presented in an organized way which allows people to soak in a lot of material in a relatively short amount of time. I highly recommend NFJS!
Posted by
NESS2008SE 2008 Attendee
on Apr. 11, 2008
A Top Notch Experience
If you're in the Agile Java space (or even if you're just in the Agile space) and you're not attending No Fluff Just Stuff shows, you're doing yourself and your employer a great disservice. The New England Software Symposium was by far the best learning experience that I've had in my career. I took home more that I can immediately apply to my job today than from any other show that I've attended. You cannot find this quality at this price ANYWHERE ELSE! And if I were a betting man, I'd almost wager that you cannot find this quality at any price anywhere else. Kudos to Jay Zimmerman, speakers, and company for putting on an awesome experience. Just like today's dynamic languages, low on ceremony, high on essence.
Great Lakes Software Symposium November 16 - 18, 2007
If you're in the Agile Java space (or even if you're just in the Agile space) and you're not attending No Fluff Just Stuff shows, you're doing yourself and your employer a great disservice. The New England Software Symposium was by far the best learning experience that I've had in my career. I took home more that I can immediately apply to my job today than from any other show that I've attended. You cannot find this quality at this price ANYWHERE ELSE! And if I were a betting man, I'd almost wager that you cannot find this quality at any price anywhere else. Kudos to Jay Zimmerman, speakers, and company for putting on an awesome experience. Just like today's dynamic languages, low on ceremony, high on essence.
Posted by
Matt Stine
on Apr. 7, 2008
Great speakers and very good topics
I really want to all the speakers and organizers for putting such kind of training. This was my first NFJS training and it was really awesome. I had been to javaone but somehow I was lost in the crowd. This one is really small group of people, great topics, and good price too.
Northern Virginia Software Symposium November 02 - 04, 2007
I really want to all the speakers and organizers for putting such kind of training. This was my first NFJS training and it was really awesome. I had been to javaone but somehow I was lost in the crowd. This one is really small group of people, great topics, and good price too.
Posted by
GLSS 2007 Attendee
on Nov. 26, 2007
Northern Va Software Symposium - Reston 2007
Great as always! I was able to use the talks i attended on Groovy/Grails immediately! I've worked up a prototype, which i will present at the office. I was able to get a demo up and working in short order from using the slides from the conference.
Very well organized and good venue. Since I'm contracting now, I had to pay for it on my own dime. Well worth the money and only missed one day of work. Hotel was reasonable as well.
Patti Richards
Greater Toronto Software Symposium October 19 - 21, 2007
Great as always! I was able to use the talks i attended on Groovy/Grails immediately! I've worked up a prototype, which i will present at the office. I was able to get a demo up and working in short order from using the slides from the conference.
Very well organized and good venue. Since I'm contracting now, I had to pay for it on my own dime. Well worth the money and only missed one day of work. Hotel was reasonable as well.
Patti Richards
Posted by
Patti Richards
on Nov. 25, 2007
Great, but one small dissapointement
My 3rd time attending a NFJS Symposium was every bit as good as I had hoped. I came away with many new ideas and have a long list of technologies to explore further. I will be back next year, and continue to recommend NFJS to my peers.
Thanks.
-mark
Twin Cities Software Symposium October 12 - 14, 2007
My 3rd time attending a NFJS Symposium was every bit as good as I had hoped. I came away with many new ideas and have a long list of technologies to explore further. I will be back next year, and continue to recommend NFJS to my peers.
Thanks.
-mark
Posted by
Mark Bolusmjak
on Oct. 23, 2007
great conference
Jay,
Congratulations on putting together another great conference. This was my 2nd. There's no doubt that your speakers are incredible. I wanted to leave with some feel for the pulse of the industry, and that's exactly what I got. I now can set my sights on picking up some new skills such as Groovy. Speakers like Brian Sletten and Ted Neward left me feeling inspired and even have an open source project idea that I plan to explore.
Thanks so much and continued success!
Kurt
Greater Atlanta Software Symposium October 05 - 07, 2007
Jay,
Congratulations on putting together another great conference. This was my 2nd. There's no doubt that your speakers are incredible. I wanted to leave with some feel for the pulse of the industry, and that's exactly what I got. I now can set my sights on picking up some new skills such as Groovy. Speakers like Brian Sletten and Ted Neward left me feeling inspired and even have an open source project idea that I plan to explore.
Thanks so much and continued success!
Kurt
Posted by
Kurt Hartmann
on Oct. 15, 2007
Greater Atlanta Software Symposium - October 05 - 07, 2007
It was a good experience where we get good pointers to see where the technology is moving towards. I specially liked presentations by Neal Ford , Brian Goetz and Scott Davis.
Gateway Software Symposium September 28 - 30, 2007
It was a good experience where we get good pointers to see where the technology is moving towards. I specially liked presentations by Neal Ford , Brian Goetz and Scott Davis.
Posted by
2007 Attendee
on Oct. 10, 2007
NFJS 1 Boredom 0
The skinny:
-- A no-brainer if your company will pay, or if you've never been. If it's your own $, it's a personal decision but IMHO it's quality stuff and a good value. This was #6 for me (several were paid by employers).
-- Someone below mentioned Terracotta: Alex Miller was there with an excellent talk on Terracotta and Hibernate.
-- The legendary Dave T has set a high bar for keynotes. In March, Scott Davis matched it. Did Ted Neward deliver the goods? (Hint: yes).
More details (and pics) at
NFJS 1 Boredom 0
Rocky Mountain Software Symposium May 04 - 06, 2007
The skinny:
-- A no-brainer if your company will pay, or if you've never been. If it's your own $, it's a personal decision but IMHO it's quality stuff and a good value. This was #6 for me (several were paid by employers).
-- Someone below mentioned Terracotta: Alex Miller was there with an excellent talk on Terracotta and Hibernate.
-- The legendary Dave T has set a high bar for keynotes. In March, Scott Davis matched it. Did Ted Neward deliver the goods? (Hint: yes).
More details (and pics) at
NFJS 1 Boredom 0
Posted by
Michael Easter
on Oct. 6, 2007
Excellent sessions.
As always there's always 2 sessions that I want to attend for the same timeslot but I have never been disappointed attending one of these. I would like to see a session on Terracotta in the future.
Northern Virginia Software Symposium April 27 - 29, 2007
As always there's always 2 sessions that I want to attend for the same timeslot but I have never been disappointed attending one of these. I would like to see a session on Terracotta in the future.
Posted by
RMSS 2007 Attendee
on May. 7, 2007
Blogged review of Northern Virgina Software Symposium
I have blogged a review of the Norrthern Virginia Software Symposium at:
http://www.jmenard.com/blog/2007/04/30/ no_fluff_just_stuff_2007_recap_of_the_northern_virginia_software_symposium.html
Gateway Software Symposium March 16 - 18, 2007
I have blogged a review of the Norrthern Virginia Software Symposium at:
http://www.jmenard.com/blog/2007/04/30/ no_fluff_just_stuff_2007_recap_of_the_northern_virginia_software_symposium.html
Posted by
Jason Menard
on Apr. 30, 2007
NFJS 07: the Gateway Review
I've attended NFJS for 5 years now. This one was very good. I'll be back.
The ultra-skinny:
-- The JVM may be the platform of the future for more than just Java: meet Groovy and JRuby.
-- The plot thickens with respect to web frameworks, and yet the right choice is still not obvious.
-- Can there be a NFJS without Dave Thomas? (answer: yes)
For a much longer review/insights:
http://codetojoy.blogspot.com
Greater Wisconsin Software Symposium March 02 - 04, 2007
I've attended NFJS for 5 years now. This one was very good. I'll be back.
The ultra-skinny:
-- The JVM may be the platform of the future for more than just Java: meet Groovy and JRuby.
-- The plot thickens with respect to web frameworks, and yet the right choice is still not obvious.
-- Can there be a NFJS without Dave Thomas? (answer: yes)
For a much longer review/insights:
http://codetojoy.blogspot.com
Posted by
Michael Easter
on Mar. 19, 2007
Enjoyed the conference fully!
Ted Neward is an excellent speaker. He has an expert, commanding sense of the subject matter. He is willing to talk to you on your level to ensure the concept or idea is being conveyed correctly. I am glad I got to hear him present at my second NJFS and hope he continues to speak at NFJS.
Thank you Jay and the other speakers for a great experience. Hope to attend again late this year.
Northern Virginia Software Symposium November 03 - 05, 2006
Ted Neward is an excellent speaker. He has an expert, commanding sense of the subject matter. He is willing to talk to you on your level to ensure the concept or idea is being conveyed correctly. I am glad I got to hear him present at my second NJFS and hope he continues to speak at NFJS.
Thank you Jay and the other speakers for a great experience. Hope to attend again late this year.
Posted by
Tyler Osborne
on Mar. 6, 2007
Feedback
Great Weekend! Second time i've attended. Good organization and venue. The main thing i find difficult is choosing which talk to attend for each time slot.
I especially enjoyed Venkat's talk on the agile developer. I think i can apply many of tips at my workplace.
I would love to see more SOA and enterprise service bus, or application integration type talks in the future.
I will definitely be back! I feel re-energized.
PS. Food was great too.
Lone Star Software Symposium: Dallas October 27 - 29, 2006
Great Weekend! Second time i've attended. Good organization and venue. The main thing i find difficult is choosing which talk to attend for each time slot.
I especially enjoyed Venkat's talk on the agile developer. I think i can apply many of tips at my workplace.
I would love to see more SOA and enterprise service bus, or application integration type talks in the future.
I will definitely be back! I feel re-energized.
PS. Food was great too.
Posted by
Patti Richards
on Nov. 6, 2006
Excellent Value
The level of expertise presented here, available at the given price, is almost unbelievable. A great opportunity to catch up with the developments of the Java community; efficient and to the point.
And, contrary to the geek stereotype, I prefer something other than pizza the food was delicious.
The level of expertise presented here, available at the given price, is almost unbelievable. A great opportunity to catch up with the developments of the Java community; efficient and to the point.
And, contrary to the geek stereotype, I prefer something other than pizza the food was delicious.
Posted by
LSSS2006Dallas 2006 Attendee
on Nov. 1, 2006
Lone Star Software Symposium: Dallas
I attended No Fluff Just Stuff in Dallas this previous weekend. I posted a short blog entry on it here:
http://netsmith.blogspot.com/2006/10/no-fluff-just-stuff-2006-dallas.html
Thanks for putting together a technically focused event without all the marketing that typically embues these types of things.
Regards,
Matthew Smith
Pacific Northwest Software Symposium September 15 - 17, 2006
I attended No Fluff Just Stuff in Dallas this previous weekend. I posted a short blog entry on it here:
http://netsmith.blogspot.com/2006/10/no-fluff-just-stuff-2006-dallas.html
Thanks for putting together a technically focused event without all the marketing that typically embues these types of things.
Regards,
Matthew Smith
Posted by
Matthew Smith
on Oct. 31, 2006
Comments about the Symposium
I think this is the best conference I've been to yet, at least from the perspective of "learning stuff". Every presentation I went to was informative. Each speaker was a practitioner (as distinct from a salesperson), and most of them were pretty fun to listen to.
I'll go again as soon as I have a chance.
I think this is the best conference I've been to yet, at least from the perspective of "learning stuff". Every presentation I went to was informative. Each speaker was a practitioner (as distinct from a salesperson), and most of them were pretty fun to listen to.
I'll go again as soon as I have a chance.
Posted by
Kelly Schrock
on Sep. 23, 2006
Seminar Comments
If you are a serious java developer you should consider this symposium. The event is well run and information is presented by technical professionals who have real world experience. I was able to learn more about specific areas of interest and was exposed to a wide array of resources and solutions which I had not previously considered. An excellent experience.
Desert Southwest Software Symposium July 28 - 30, 2006
If you are a serious java developer you should consider this symposium. The event is well run and information is presented by technical professionals who have real world experience. I was able to learn more about specific areas of interest and was exposed to a wide array of resources and solutions which I had not previously considered. An excellent experience.
Posted by
STEVE HALL
on Sep. 22, 2006
NFJS Phoenix, take 2
I spent the last three days at the Desert Southwest Software Symposium in Phoenix, AZ, a stop on the No Fluff Just Stuff tour. If you have not yet been to one of these, I highly recommend them. The breadth of topics and the depth of the speakers' knowledge is amazing, attendance is limited, and I have yet to attend a session in which I didn't learn something new. Jay Zimmerman and crew do a fabulous job with these shows.
... continued at http://blog.wsmoak.net/item/31
Central Florida Software Symposium June 02 - 04, 2006
I spent the last three days at the Desert Southwest Software Symposium in Phoenix, AZ, a stop on the No Fluff Just Stuff tour. If you have not yet been to one of these, I highly recommend them. The breadth of topics and the depth of the speakers' knowledge is amazing, attendance is limited, and I have yet to attend a session in which I didn't learn something new. Jay Zimmerman and crew do a fabulous job with these shows.
... continued at http://blog.wsmoak.net/item/31
Posted by
Wendy Smoak
on Aug. 7, 2006
Definitely a worthwhile weekend...
Thanks for another great conference and great presentations! I had fun and am really excited about all of the stuff I learned. Can't wait for next year and love my new iPod. :-)
Greater Nebraska Software Symposium Mar. 31 - Apr. 02, 2006
Thanks for another great conference and great presentations! I had fun and am really excited about all of the stuff I learned. Can't wait for next year and love my new iPod. :-)
Posted by
Julie Deily
on Jun. 26, 2006
Wow!
This conference couldn't have turned out better, despite the stormy weather. The presenters are all first rate--they don't just talk about this stuff; most all have invaluable real-world experience they are willing to share. There is honestly not a dud in the bunch. I'm invigorated (if not a little brain-sore) and anxious to implement some of the techniques and ideas that I walked away with.
Seriously, if you are a Java web developer, you owe it to yourself to attend one of these conferences, even if you have to foot the bill yourself.
New England Software Symposium September 23 - 25, 2005
This conference couldn't have turned out better, despite the stormy weather. The presenters are all first rate--they don't just talk about this stuff; most all have invaluable real-world experience they are willing to share. There is honestly not a dud in the bunch. I'm invigorated (if not a little brain-sore) and anxious to implement some of the techniques and ideas that I walked away with.
Seriously, if you are a Java web developer, you owe it to yourself to attend one of these conferences, even if you have to foot the bill yourself.
Posted by
Jeff Wild
on Apr. 3, 2006
I had a fantastic time
I had a great time this weekend at the New England No Fluff Just Stuff conference. The speakers were some of the best I've ever heard (I've been to JavaOne twice and I've taken numerous other technical courses). One way to measure the quality of the session / speaker is by how many people walk out during the first 10 or 15 minutes. At JavaOne you'll see an awful lot of people sit down, listen for 5-10 minutes and then walk out. I saw very few people leaving sessions early, which is a testament to both the speakers and the topics. Also, the lack of a conference sponsor gives the speakers the ability to tell it like it is, which is the way it should be.
Keep up the great work!
AJ
Research Triangle Software Symposium June 10 - 12, 2005
I had a great time this weekend at the New England No Fluff Just Stuff conference. The speakers were some of the best I've ever heard (I've been to JavaOne twice and I've taken numerous other technical courses). One way to measure the quality of the session / speaker is by how many people walk out during the first 10 or 15 minutes. At JavaOne you'll see an awful lot of people sit down, listen for 5-10 minutes and then walk out. I saw very few people leaving sessions early, which is a testament to both the speakers and the topics. Also, the lack of a conference sponsor gives the speakers the ability to tell it like it is, which is the way it should be.
Keep up the great work!
AJ
Posted by
Aaron Johnson
on Sep. 26, 2005
An incredibly rewarding experience!
I attended the RTP NFJS for the first time this year and I can't say I have any regrets. I was a little skeptical about spending an unpaid weekend at a software conference, but the experience ended up being so valuable to me that I am seriously considering attending the Charlotte conference in October as well.
Where should I start? The quality of the speakers is top-notch. I've listened to technically savvy speakers before, but none held my attention like those at NFJS. These guys know their stuff and are incredibly effective at communicating it to others. It's so easy to just talk about a subject without actually caring about it, but the passion these guys have for what they're talking about really shines through at NFJS.
Secondly, the topics chosen by the speakers are incredibly relevant to the work I'm doing. The things I learned on the first day of the conference were immediately applicable to my work. For example, Glenn's talk on JavaScript absolutely stunned me. I had no idea the language was so rich and complex. After attending NFJS, I returned to work on Monday feeling much more equipped to apply the right tools to the tasks I had before me.
Additionally, I felt energized after being around so many other developers who are so passionate about their work. Attend an NFJS conference and you are truly hanging out with the "best of the best." The atmosphere is positively infectious and you'll come away wondering how you ever lived without the NFJS experience. I will certainly be attending again next year, and more frequently if at all possible. Give NFJS a try! You won't regret it.
I attended the RTP NFJS for the first time this year and I can't say I have any regrets. I was a little skeptical about spending an unpaid weekend at a software conference, but the experience ended up being so valuable to me that I am seriously considering attending the Charlotte conference in October as well.
Where should I start? The quality of the speakers is top-notch. I've listened to technically savvy speakers before, but none held my attention like those at NFJS. These guys know their stuff and are incredibly effective at communicating it to others. It's so easy to just talk about a subject without actually caring about it, but the passion these guys have for what they're talking about really shines through at NFJS.
Secondly, the topics chosen by the speakers are incredibly relevant to the work I'm doing. The things I learned on the first day of the conference were immediately applicable to my work. For example, Glenn's talk on JavaScript absolutely stunned me. I had no idea the language was so rich and complex. After attending NFJS, I returned to work on Monday feeling much more equipped to apply the right tools to the tasks I had before me.
Additionally, I felt energized after being around so many other developers who are so passionate about their work. Attend an NFJS conference and you are truly hanging out with the "best of the best." The atmosphere is positively infectious and you'll come away wondering how you ever lived without the NFJS experience. I will certainly be attending again next year, and more frequently if at all possible. Give NFJS a try! You won't regret it.
Posted by
Matthew Bass
on Jul. 3, 2005
Thanks!
I attended the RTP symposium with high expectations, and those expectations were significantly exceeded! Kudos to NFJS for selecting an excellent array of speakers and topics and for organizing an all-around top-notch event!
Compare this symposium to common alternatives for advancing ones software development knowledge. You could spend $2,700 for a class on web services (yawn) and enjoy a week covering a single topic. The course will surely be filled with half-interested developers and a handful of middle managers just trying to escape work for a week. And oh yeah, expect some fluff.
On the other hand, you could attend an NFJS symposium for ¼ of that price, learn about a vast assortment of interesting and applicable technologies from renowned experts all in the company of truly-engaged participants (i.e. people willing to give up a weekend to further their skills)!!! And without a doubt, your entire experience is 100% free of all fluff and marketing.
A big thanks to NFJS and the lineup of first-class speakers!
I attended the RTP symposium with high expectations, and those expectations were significantly exceeded! Kudos to NFJS for selecting an excellent array of speakers and topics and for organizing an all-around top-notch event!
Compare this symposium to common alternatives for advancing ones software development knowledge. You could spend $2,700 for a class on web services (yawn) and enjoy a week covering a single topic. The course will surely be filled with half-interested developers and a handful of middle managers just trying to escape work for a week. And oh yeah, expect some fluff.
On the other hand, you could attend an NFJS symposium for ¼ of that price, learn about a vast assortment of interesting and applicable technologies from renowned experts all in the company of truly-engaged participants (i.e. people willing to give up a weekend to further their skills)!!! And without a doubt, your entire experience is 100% free of all fluff and marketing.
A big thanks to NFJS and the lineup of first-class speakers!
Posted by
Jason Rudolph
on Jun. 15, 2005
Reasons to attend
Please see http://srivaths.blogspot.com/2005/06/reasons-to-attend-nofluffjuststuff.html
Please see http://srivaths.blogspot.com/2005/06/reasons-to-attend-nofluffjuststuff.html
Posted by
Sri Sankaran
on Jun. 13, 2005
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