New England Software Symposium - Mar. 09 - 11, 2007

Groovy for Java Programmers

Fri, 09 Mar 2007 18:00:06 CST

New England Software Symposium - Session Information

Groovy for Java Programmers
by Venkat Subramaniam

In this session we will learn what Groovy is. We will take an example driven approach to look at interesting features. We will see how a piece of code you would write in Java can be written, elegantly, using Groovy. In addition to the current features, we will also discuss the state of the language and tools.

New England Software Symposium - Mar. 09 - 11, 2007

Mon, 29 Jan 2007 15:00:00 CST

No Fluff Just Stuff is pleased to announce the New England Software Symposium, Mar. 09 - 11, 2007.

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Introduction to Spring Security
by Mark Fisher

Spring Security (a.k.a. Acegi) enables self-contained, consistent solutions for securing your applications. The interceptor-based approach is non-invasive even when extended to accomodate domain-specific requirements. The two main security processes (authentication and authorization) are decoupled in order to provide flexibility across a wide variety of providers and strategies.

The Busy Developer's Guide to Rules and Rules Engines Using JESS
by Ted Neward

If you've been keeping your ear to the ground, you may have heard some talk recently about "rules", "business rules" and "rules engines", but not necessarily any clear discussion on what they are, how to use or design them, or why they might be useful or important.

Effective AOP
by Ron Bodkin

Aspect-Oriented Programming (AOP) allows better application architectures by centralizing scattered and tangled code for prolems like security, error handling, testing, policy enforcement and feature variations across a product line. The recent releases of Spring 2.0 and AspectJ 5 illustrate the maturing options for Java projects.

New England Software Symposium - Mar. 09 - 11, 2007

Thu, 11 Jan 2007 09:00:00 CST

No Fluff Just Stuff is pleased to announce the New England Software Symposium, Mar. 09 - 11, 2007.

Catch these Featured Sessions

10 Ways to Improve Your Code
by Neal Ford

No one writes perfect code, and every developer eventually falls into a slump where they just crank out the same code day after day. This session illustrates 10 different ways to improve your code, covering sacred cows, good citizens, smells, and more.

Ajax development with the Yahoo! UI Library and Grails
by Scott Davis

Yahoo! is a company that eats its own dog food. They open sourced the Ajax code that drives many of their own websites, including their eponymous homepage, Yahoo! Mail, and Yahoo! News. Come see first hand how the various pieces of the library work together as a seamless whole.

Agile Software Testing Strategies
by Jared Richardson

Creating and maintaining a solid automated test suite is critical to an Agile strategy, but often we're just told to "Do it." In this talk we'll look at several pragmatic strategies for creating and building your suite.