OO Programming Newsletter #62 from Bruce Eckel

[MindV...@gmail.com]

Winter 2008
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* TIJ4 Electronic Book Now Available
* TIJ4 Solution Guide Now Available
* Speaking at CodeMash, Jan 10-11, Sandusky OH
* The RIA Jam, Jan 14-16, Ann Arbor, MI
* AA Computer Society/JUG talk, Jan 15, Ann Arbor, MI
* The Flex-TurboGears Jam, Feb 18-21, Crested Butte, CO
* Java Posse Roundup March 4-7, Crested Butte, CO
* The C# 3.0 Jam, April 8-11, Ann Arbor, MI
* The Architecture & Design Review
* Designing Objects & Systems DVDs
* If you've attended a MindView Open Space or Jam

Bruce Eckel http://www.mindview.net
MindView, Inc.
5343 Valle Vista
La Mesa, CA 91941

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* TIJ4 Electronic Book Now Available

At long last I've gotten the electronic version of Thinking in Java,
4th Edition ready for sale:
http://www.mindviewinc.com/Books/TIJ4/PurchaseBook.php

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* TIJ4 Solution Guide Now Available

The solution guide is also, finally, for sale:
http://www.mindviewinc.com/Books/TIJ4/Solutions

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* Speaking at CodeMash, Jan 10-11, Sandusky OH

I'm returning to the CodeMash conference again this year, to introduce
and manage the Open Spaces at the conference, and to give the "Why I
Love Python" talk I gave as a keynote at the Python conference a
number of years ago (although I'll be mentioning Ruby as well).

But to be totally honest, the real reason I'm going back is the water
slides.

http://www.codemash.org

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* The RIA Jam, January 14-16, Ann Arbor, MI

Early Bird Deadline is January 4. Bonus: Free FlexBuilder License with
your paid registration.

An Exploration of Rich Internet Application Programming with Bruce
Eckel, James Ward (Adobe), and Josh Holmes (Microsoft).

This is an exploration of different technologies, but feel free to
focus on just one. Beginners through advanced programmers are welcome.

Browser-based technologies have shown extreme limitations in
capabilities, the quality of the resulting user interface, and
consistency across platforms. In addition, Internet latency issues are
intruding more and more on the end user. This Jam explores the
different technologies available for solving these problems and
creating Rich Internet Applications (RIAs), including:

* Adobe Flex
* Microsoft Silverlight
* Sun JavaFX (discussable, but not ready at this time)

http://www.mindviewinc.com/Conferences/RIAJam

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* AA Computer Society/JUG talk, Jan 15, Ann Arbor, MI

James Ward and I will be talking about "Connecting Java with Flex
using Open-Source Blaze" at 6 pm at the SRT Solutions offices. See the
"Location and Lodging" section for directions:
http://www.mindviewinc.com/Conferences/RIAJam

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* The Flex-TurboGears Jam, February 18-21, Crested Butte, CO

We will be emphasizing the interaction between Flex and TurboGears,
but feel free to focus on either technology. Beginners through
advanced programmers are welcome.

Combining rich interfaces using Flex with rapid, dynamic server
development using TurboGears. Plus optional skiing in the afternoons.

With:

* Mark Ramm, author of the book "Rapid Web Applications with
TurboGears"
* James Ward, Flex Evangelist for Adobe
* Bruce Eckel

Early Bird Deadline is January 19. Bonus: Free FlexBuilder License
with your paid registration.

http://www.mindviewinc.com/Conferences/FlexTGJam

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* Java Posse Roundup March 4-7, Crested Butte, CO

Early Bird deadline is January 15

The JavaPosse is a very popular podcast dedicated to the Java
Language, delivered by four Java experts: Tor Norbye, Carl Quinn, Dick
Wall and Joe Nuxoll. The JavaPosse is one of the most effective ways
that I keep up on Java news and developments (usually while driving).
You can find out more and get the podcasts here:
http://www.javaposse.com

Last year's innagural conference was a great success, so we're
continuing the tradition of sessions in the morning, optional skiing
in the afternoon, then informal evening time for dinner, discussion,
etc.

This year's theme is "Don't Repeat Yourself."

The conference is limited to 70 attendees, and you'll need to get
lodging ASAP, so don't wait!

Learn more and sign up:
http://www.mindviewinc.com/Conferences/JavaPosseRoundup

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* The C# 3.0 Jam, April 8-11, Ann Arbor, MI

Focusing on the new features in C# 3.0 (you can choose to learn
earlier features as well).

With Bill Wagner, author of Effective C#, and Bruce Eckel & Jamie
King, based on their upcoming, as-yet untitled, C# 3.0 book.

* Comprehensive coverage of new C# 3.0 language and library features
* Full set of exercises and solutions to work with
* You may also choose to focus on a particular area or use exercises
from other books
* You may bring your own project and get help during the Jam
* You can choose to learn pre-3.0 features, as well

The early-bird deadline is July 31. You can find full details, and
sign up, here:
http://www.mindviewinc.com/Conferences/CSharp3Jam

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* The Architecture & Design Review

A small-group review of your system design. I'm also available to do
this on-site:
http://www.mindviewinc.com/Conferences/DesignReview

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* Designing Objects & Systems DVDs

A video seminar with Bruce Eckel and Bill Venners. You can see a
couple of video clips so you get a sense of what it's like, here:
http://www.mindviewinc.com/DVDs/DesigningObjectsAndSystems

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* If you've attended a MindView Open Space or Jam

Please write something about your experience that will let other
people know how great it is. Thanks!

Please put as much of your contact information in your signature as
you feel comfortable, but this will be on the web so if you choose to
include an email address it should be encoded somehow so that spam
bots can't get it. If you only feel comfortable saying "anonymous,"
that's OK too.

Please email your review to: mindview...@gmail.com.

Thank you for supporting OpenSpaces-style events, and I hope to see
you at a future event!