I am in Prague, at the TheServerSide Java Symposium Europe. It’s a conference much like other conferences about Java, but not as big (there are about 300 attendees) and with a focus on server-side Java technology (although non-Java stuff such as Adobe Flex and AIR, Groovy and JRuby also get some attention).
The first day started [...]

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Today started off with a keynote of Vince Casarez about ‘Web 2.0 meets the enterprise‘. He showed some really cool stuff included in Webcenter, like the carrousel (similar to the iTunes coverflow), dynamic charts that were refreshed using push technology. This is the stuff Oracle itself is using for their Fusion apps.
Next John Scott was [...]

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The day started with a rather fierce thunderstorm, and I can tell you that if it rains in New Orleans it really rains! This day was a sort of warming-up for the real conference with three full day symposiums on Essbase, APEX and Fusion. I attended the ‘The Seasoning of Application Express - Must hear [...]

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After an 18 hour trip from my home I arrived at the Sheraton in New Orleans. Luckily this time I also got my bag (at OOW 2007 it arrived a day later). A small wonder, because my transfer time in Houston was reduced from 1 ½ hour to 20 minutes due to the border control [...]

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While I was preparing my Flex presentation (Logica Arnhem, May 21st) I searched Google for Flex related sites and posts. The Singleton pattern appeared numerous times. In the Java world the Singleton pattern [1] is still subject of huge discussion.
Sometimes it even ends up as number one on a hate list [2].
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