Monday (President's Day) Pasadena JUG: Liferay Sync

[David Noble]

Hi folks,

Just as a reminder, our next meeting is scheduled for this Monday night, Feb 20. It's been brought to my attention that some people may not have realized this is President's Day when they RSVPed, and it's a holiday for some organizations.

If you think we should reschedule, please respond to this email and/or change your RSVP. The Liferay folks have indicated they can be flexible, although I don't know if that means Feb 27 specifically, for example.

What do y'all think?

http://meetup.com/pasadenajug


Gail Hernandez will describe the development of Liferay Sync, an open source package that provides file synchronization capabilities similar to Dropbox.com.

Rough Agenda:

7:00pm - 7:15pm Start to Eat & Mingle
7:15pm - 7:25pm Introductions
7:25pm - 7:30pm Identify those with open positions (please no announcements from contingency recruiters)
7:35pm - 7:37pm Speaker & Talk Introduction
7:37pm+ The Talk!

Liferay Sync works with the web based Liferay Document Library to provide desktop access to files stored in the Document Library.  The concept is simple enough.  Keep the files and folders that are in the web-based folder in sync with the files on the users’ local desktop.  Like many things, the devil is in the details.  Many design constraints further clouded the issue.  We wanted a lightweight application that could run on any OS, no heavy weight database and fast performance. Most of all we want no data loss. The solution was a Java engine, with a Java based UI, connected with C++ based shell extensions for complete integration into the environment. This presentation will discuss the hurdles faced, the design decisions and tradeoffs that had to be made, as well as plans and goals for the future.

Gail Hernandez is a Senior Software Engineer at Liferay, Inc. She joined the company in March 2011, after working in the defense industry for the past decade. There, she developed an eclectic collection of experience. She has worked on diverse projects including C3I systems for unmanned aircraft, Open Road Tolling systems, mobile command center systems for first responders, and GPS systems. Gail holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Cal Poly Pomona and a M.S. in Software Engineering from Cal State Fullerton.

- Dave

[Julie]

Well, I was hoping it'll be this coming Monday so I can attend.  Otherwise, I won't be able to attend coming from WLA.  :(

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[David Noble]

By my tally, we have:

5 votes to reschedule

3 votes to keep it this Monday or they'll have to miss it

25 still RSVPed to attend

Cecilia & Andres, your votes count the most for providing the presenter and facility.

How do you feel about it? If reschedule, would we be talking about Feb 27?

- Dave