The Orlando JUG is a non-profit, vendor-independent organization. The primary goals for this group will be to provide Java-related information to its members, to facilitate contacts between its members, and to promote the use of Java technology in the Orlando Area. Through the generosity of corporate and individual sponsors, membership is free!

Index of our meeting minutes is available here

Meeting Announcement

Just a quick reminder, the Orlando Java Users Group is meeting this Thursday, December 5th. This meeting will be hosted by Valencia Community College. As always our meetings are open to anyone interested in Java so feel free to pass this along and don't forget to send a rsvp to rsvp@orlandojug.org if you are planning on attending.

Presentation: "Deploying Java Desktop Applications with Java Web Start (JAWS)" (197k zip)
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Java Web Start (JAWS) is a relatively new Sun initiative to enable developers to deploy java applications using the Internet. For most of us this immediately brings the word "applet" to mind, however JAWS is designed to create a "one-click" method for deploying and updating complex programs that run outside the browser in Windows, Linux, MAC and UNIX environments.

The presentation will consist of two parts. The first will briefly cover the basics of Java Web Start (desktop security - e.g. the JAWS sandbox, Digital Signatures, configuring your web server, and more). Since there are several articles that cover this information, this section will highlight the fundamentals and list some of the resources that are readily available.

The second part of the presentation will go beyond the current articles and cover some of the practical side of using Java Web Start. Some of the topics to be covered will be A) running applications totally inside jar files, B) some common "gotcha's", C) testing environments versus live deployment, D) splitting applications into multiple jar files, E) making sure clients have the right extensions (CLASSPATH issues) and F) mind set issues a developer must deal with when deploying using JAWS. The presentation will be available via the internet and code and batch/script files examples are provided that address several of the issues that will be covered.

Speaker: Dr. Hale Pringle
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Dr. Hale Pringle has degrees in psychology, research and administration. Hale wrote his first program in Fortran on 78K, vacuum tube driven mainframe in 1965. Since then he has specialized in research, user support (10 years at UCF), LANs, web site development and desktop applications. He has spent the last eight years creating client/server desktop applications using several SQL back-ends and a variety of front-ends. He feels it time for the industry to revisit creating desktop applications with Java as the front-end and is currently writing a book that pulls together many of the tools and techniques that are required to create viable desktop applications. Java Web Start is one of these tools.

Hale has written a GPL application called JavaDeliver which is used to enter, track and bill deliveries. He is currently working on an application that will be released as a GPL Client Management System. GPLCMS is a general purpose system that tracks client information, creates documents by merging database information with word processing templates, and allows users to tack/annotate outgoing and incoming documents relevant to each client.

Dr. Pringle currently does private consultant work in the Orlando area and can be contacted at hale@halepringle.com

Hosts: Valencia Community College
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When: December 5 th, 2002 at 6:30 PM
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Agenda:
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6:30pm - 7:00pm: Networking, Pizza & Sodas Served
7:00pm - 8:00pm: Presentation, Questions/Discussion
8:00pm - ?: Networking

Where:
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Valencia Community College, West Campus, Room: 6-202

Directions
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Here is a map to the college. (http://locations.mapquest.com/client/valenciacommunitycollege1/west)
>From the I-4, take the EastWest Expressway Westbound to Kirkman Rd.
Go south on Kirkman Rd about 1.5 miles.
Turn right on Valencia CC Drive.
Room 6202 is on the second floor of the library.
There is visitor parking in front of the Library.
(We can park in any of the parking lots as long as we don't use the faculty spaces. )
Here is a map of the campus. (http://valenciacc.edu/AboutUs/locations/west_campus.html)

(If you already know how to get to Valencia, be sure you are headed toward WEST campus, as opposed to East, Osceola, or Winter Park campuses.)

RSVP: Please send your rsvp to rsvp@orlandojug.org so that we can estimate the number of people attending the meeting.

Please tell your co-workers and fellow Java enthusiasts. As always I hope to see you there.

-Brian

OJUG Program Chair
info (at) orlandojug (dot) org

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