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Android at GatorJUG
Posted by Michael Levin on May 11, 2012 at 9:30am 0 Comments 0 Likes
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 0 Likes
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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Posted by Michael Levin on April 10, 2012 at 11:10am 0 Comments 0 Likes
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…
Google EMEA travel and conferences (incl. GeeCON) grants for Women
Posted by Michael Levin on April 5, 2012 at 8:30am 0 Comments 0 Likes
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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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
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
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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
Tags: oracle, scjp, oca, java7, java
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
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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
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Vlad Sanchez replied to Kevin Neelands's discussion Anyone had experience with time-saving toolkits for Mobile Development? in the group iPhone Development
Jackie Gleason replied to Kevin Neelands's discussion Anyone had experience with time-saving toolkits for Mobile Development? in the group iPhone Development"Phone gap and titanium are good although you would have to follow their convention. I would say givin you are used to working in a c-based language you just use c then just implement the UI in objective-c or java. Or even better use a open gl es…"
iPhone Development
iPhone development is going nuts! All the apps, all the possibilities. Objective-C is the language. The SDK is out. Shops are springing up everywhere developing iPhone apps. Come join us, share and learn!
Richard Dean replied to Kevin Neelands's discussion Anyone had experience with time-saving toolkits for Mobile Development? in the group iPhone Development"Yes, I would also like to hear about other's experience with PhoneGap.
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Kevin Neelands replied to Kevin Neelands's discussion Anyone had experience with time-saving toolkits for Mobile Development? in the group iPhone Development"Have you used phonegap? And if you did. did it save man-hours in the long run?"
Nemanja Nesic - NEM- replied to Kevin Neelands's discussion Anyone had experience with time-saving toolkits for Mobile Development? in the group iPhone Development"Take a look at PhoneGap http://phonegap.com/"
Dan Woods replied to Kevin Neelands's discussion Anyone had experience with time-saving toolkits for Mobile Development? in the group iPhone Development"But why not use phonegap?"
Kevin Neelands added a discussion to the group iPhone DevelopmentAnyone had experience with time-saving toolkits for Mobile Development?
I've done both iOS programming for iPad/iPhone and Android programming. All in the native platforms - Objective-C for iOS and Java for Android. Conversion between the two is much easier than porting to basic or an other non-C-derived language, but still takes no small amount of effort.There are toolkits that claim to make the development and porting much easier. Specifically, MonoTouch by Novel and a tool called Sencha-touch.Does anyone have an experience with these?My past experience with…See More
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OrlandoJUG ::: May Meeting at Potentially the pub "BJ's" nearby
May 24, 2012 from 6pm to 9pm
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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Jcertif University is a java certification university event that occur every year at Brazzaville a great occasion to discover how powerfulll java is and how amazing web 2.0 isSee More
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Jcertif University is a java certification university event that occur every year at Brazzaville a great occasion to discover how powerfulll java is and how amazing web 2.0 isSee More
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May 24, 2012 from 6pm to 9pm
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
Dan Trevino posted an eventGoogle Tech User Group Meeting 5/22, 7:00pm @ CIED at Center for Innovation and Economic Development
May 22, 2012 from 7pm to 9pm
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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Coming up in Portland last week of June - coinciding with PedalPalooza! These are bridges in Florida. Photo from Florida Trend.
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