About KCJava
The Kansas City Java User Group serves your interests! Are you a Java developer, programmer, or architect? Or are you just interested in learning about Java? Our meetings are free and open to all who are interested.
Over the years we have had many hosts and presentations. Some presentations are given by our members while others are provided by product and tool vendors.
KCJava is 100% supported by its sponsors. There are no fees for membership or for attending the meetings. All you need to do is come to our meetings and enjoy yourself!
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KCJava moderates an email list for group discussions and announcements. If you're interested in joining the list, please visit the email list home page.
Meetings
No December 2009 Meeting
There will not be a December meeting due to conflicts with the holiday season. We'll see you all in 2010!
Location and Time
Meetings are typically the second Wednesday of each month at Centriq Training located at 8700 State Line Road, Suite 200, Leawood, Kansas (map). Meetings start at 6:30pm and typically last about two hours. Please RSVP if you plan to attend. In the event of inclement weather please call Centriq's weather hotline, 913-322-7009, after 3:30 pm on the meeting day to verify that the meeting has not been cancelled.
Next Meeting
Topic: Grails
Date: January 13, 2010
Speaker: Gregg Bolinger
From the Grails site, "Grails is a high-productivity web framework based on the Groovy language that embraces the coding by convention paradigm, but is designed specifically for the Java platform."
During the presentation, the speaker will give away 3 copies of Grails: A Quick Start Guide.
Future Meetings
February 10, 2010 - Open
March 10, 2010 - Open
Past Meetings - 2009
VirtualBox, November 2009
VMWare, October 2009
Agile Programming -- Fundamental Rules of Software Productivity, September 2009
Design Patterns Reconsidered, August 2009
Spring Security, July 2009
Hazelcast, June 2009
Architectural Implications of RIA, May 2009
Flex and Java, April 2009
Spring, March 2009
Groovy, February 2009
OSGi, January 2009
Pearson Education Sponsorship
KCJava has another book sponsor, Pearson Education, which represents the Addison-Wesley and Prentice Hall technical imprints! They are also Sun�s publishing partner for Sun Microsystems Press. Thank you to Pearson for helping support our group!
O'Reilly Sponsorship
Beginning October 2007, O'Reilly Media, Inc. has donated several books that were given away as door prizes. We'd like to thank O'Reilly for their generous donation!
Meeting Sponsors
KCJava thanks our sponsors for their generous support!
Advantage Tech
Allied Global Services
Centriq Training - our meeting room sponsor
Cerner Corporation
MegaForce LLC
The Mergis Group
Midwest Consulting Group, Inc.
Riverpoint Group LLC
TEKsystems
TriCom Technical Services
Volt Services Group - our web hosting sponsor