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Android at GatorJUG

Posted by Michael Levin on May 11, 2012 at 9:30am 0 Comments

GatorJUG Android Workshop with Kevin Neelands May, 2012

We had a great time, ate lots of pizza and learned a lot about mobile programming at the May GatorJUG meeting with Kevin Neelands at Santa Fe College. Kevin brought his computer loaded up with Eclipse and the Android dev environment.
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Some initial impressions from Android development

Posted by Kevin Neelands on April 23, 2012 at 6:29pm 0 Comments

I recently got to do some Android programming, and I'd like to share some of what I learned. A few things strike you the moment you start developing for Android devices.

    1. It is Java

    2. Layouts are done with XML

    3. Android 'pages', or activities are automonous entities.

Well, strictly speaking, these assertions are not 100% correct. Let me elaborate on each…

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Contest - Most valuable JVM article of Q1

Posted by Michael Levin on April 10, 2012 at 11:10am 0 Comments

We launched a contest to give kudos to all people who are writing

about Java these days. If you want to take a part, please read more

here (http://javaweeklybytes.com/q1.html) and submit your article

until the end of…

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Google EMEA travel and conferences (incl. GeeCON) grants for Women

Posted by Michael Levin on April 5, 2012 at 8:30am 0 Comments

Google is offering grants for women to different conferences (including ours GeeCON 2012). Check outhttp://2012.geecon.org/women and http://www.google.com/intl/en/jobs/students/proscho/scholarships/emea/travelgrants/

Thanks to Adrian Nowak of the Polish…

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Watch for details on our upcoming meetings. OrlandoJUG meeting's fall on the 4th Thursday of every month, in case you want to mark your calendars. The next GatorJUG is usually the 2nd Wednesday of every month, however we are considering making the date the 4th Wed. What do you think? Is that a good day?

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Welcome to Codetown!

Codetown is a social network. It's got blogs, forums, groups, personal pages and more! You might think of Codetown as a funky camper van with lots of compartments for your stuff and a great multimedia system, too! Best of all, Codetown has room for all of your friends.



When you create a profile for yourself you get a personal page automatically. That's where you can be creative and do your own thing. People who want to get to know you will click on your name or…
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Creating separate class files in a large project 9 Replies

Hello all:I have been working on a GUI interface for controlling lights in a planetarium.  I had some trouble getting the communication to happen, and received some help from this forum to get past that hurdle.  I now have a functioning GUI that I…Continue

Tags: files, class, creating

Started by Paul Stearns in Java. Last reply by Jackie Gleason Feb 10.

Early Bird for DevNexus 2012 Ends in 48 hours!

Dear fellow developers, http://www.devnexus.comThis is a friendly reminder that the Early Bird pricing for DevNexus 2012 ends in 48 hours at…Continue

Tags: andriod, ios, heroku, html5, cloud

Started by Vincent Mayers in Java Jan 30.

Java SE 7 OCA Training Lab Full Version Launched

EPractize Labs Software, an emerging global provider for Java Certification Preparation released world’s first exam study guide (Training Lab) for Oracle Certified Associate, Java SE 7 Programmer certification today.  Download your FREE copy today…Continue

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Started by Treacy Jane in Java Nov 4, 2011.

How do you choose a PaaS provider?

As an application platform in the Cloud, PaaS should facilitate Cloud characteristics (i.e. elastic scale, on-demand self service, resource pooling, and consumption based pricing).  When attempting to achieve Cloud characteristics, development teams…Continue

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Started by Chris Haddad in Java Nov 3, 2011.

Just compiled Apache HTTPD for Android Using Custom Toolchain

Pretty heady stuff but now you should be able to run a full apache server on your device. Currently requires root access to copy it to executable folder (/usr/lib or some such) and also prefix is configured for me on accident...…Continue

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Started by Jackie Gleason in Dynamic Languages Oct 28, 2011.

Upgrade to OCP Java SE 7

 Oracle offers variety of Java Certifications for all Java Editions (Java SE, Java EE and Java ME).  Oracle Certified Professional, Java SE 7 Programmer certification tests Java SE 7 programming experience. What exam I need to pass to achieve OCP…Continue

Tags: upgrade, ocp, scjp, java7, java

Started by Treacy Jane in Java Oct 24, 2011.

Java Swing/Jaxx ability to use css or skins like Flex

I switched from Java applet development to Flex about 3 years ago. At this point my Java knowledge is somewhat outdated.I see that Jaxx offers a Flex like way to do css; is anyone using it successfully?Are there other mainstream add-ons that provide…Continue

Tags: skinning, skins, css, flex, java

Started by Fred Sells in Java Oct 12, 2011.

JavaOne 2011 highlights

JavaOne 2011 HighlightsIf you did not get a chance to attend J1/2011 (like me), you may be wondering what are the major happenings?Luckily, Oracle is making videos of keynotes available.  Here are a few highlights you can check out now:Java Rap…Continue

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Started by Michael Levin in Java Oct 5, 2011.

Java Certification Preparation

Mock Exam Questions and Online TrainingEPractize Labs offers Training Lab (software book) that includes complete study material for all Oracle's Java Certification Exams.Continue

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Started by Treacy Jane in Java Sep 26, 2011.

Face problem in "tetris game"

Hi to all; I try to program " tetris game " First i did the point about :Cube Block falling to the floor and another one appear then falling also but my problem is whe cube block fall and there is another one the floor the falling mix with the one…Continue

Started by beshoy atef william in Java Sep 21, 2011.

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The Gainesville Google Technology User Group will be meeting May 22,at 7:00 pm at the Center for Innovation and Economic Development (CIED) in the Imagination Room.  Obulpathi N Challa, PhD candidate, will discuss the theory behind the Google File System and Map Reduce with examples in python.Google File System:…See More
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Hi All:I am going to be out of town this week and won't be able to lead the meeting. I'll be in bonnie Scotland watching the Edinburgh Marathon from a safe distance. You all can wish me warm, dry weather. ;-) Of course, you can reach me via email and thru Codetown message. You are all welcome to meet up at the neighboring "BJ's" pub and restaurant and have some tasty beverages and enjoy each other's company. I'll see you next month, if not sooner. All the best,Michael LevinSee More
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We've had a pretty busy schedule this year, so it's time for a World of Beer (WOB) meet up to discuss topics for the rest of the year. This is mainly a time to relax, network and drink beer, but if you have a good idea for a presentation I'd like to hear about it.Wednesday May 16, 20126PM - 9PMWOB8217 Tourist Center Drive Sarasota, FL 34201See More
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Hi All:I am going to be out of town this week and won't be able to lead the meeting. I'll be in bonnie Scotland watching the Edinburgh Marathon from a safe distance. You all can wish me warm, dry weather. ;-) Of course, you can reach me via email and thru Codetown message. You are all welcome to meet up at the neighboring "BJ's" pub and restaurant and have some tasty beverages and enjoy each other's company. I'll see you next month, if not sooner. All the best,Michael LevinSee More
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