The Sun Tech Days worldwide developer conference for 2009-10 is a multi-city world tour designed to showcase how the developer community can leverage Sun technologies, services and products to drive the next generation of industry innovation.
The first stop was in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Dec. 8-9, 2009. The next venue will be Hyderabad, India on March 24-25, 2010; then St. Petersburg, Russia on April 8-9, 2010; and finally Beijing, China on April 29-30, 2010.
Each Tech Days event for 2009-10 has four tracks:
Track 1: Enterprise Computing
This track highlights various technologies and APIs that deliver simpler and more powerful development of enterprise applications. In these expert-led sessions, developers learn about Java Enterprise Edition 6 specification, how GlassFish version 3 delivers the reference implementation, details of Java persistence architecture and Servlet 3.0 APIs, MySQL updates, building Web 2.0 applications using Comet and much more.
Track 2: Client Technologies
Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) offer a dynamic, engaging experience that improves user satisfaction and increases effectiveness. Many of the sessions in this track address how Java technologies can be applied to these types of applications. Client-side technologies covered in this track include Java Standard Edition, JavaFX and Java Micro Edition.
Track 3: OpenSolaris
OpenSolaris provides a complete development environment to fit developers' needs, whether they want to develop web services, enterprise systems software, scientific programs or desktop applications. In this track, developers learn the new features and functionality of the latest release including open networking, new ways to port applications with the OpenSolaris SourceJuicer, high availability and application performance maximization, how to build high quality C/C++ applications and much more.
Track 4: Hands-on Labs
In this track, developers participate in hands-on development with sessions on Rich Internet Application (RIA) development, JavaFX, REST, Java Persistence API, NetBeans IDE, OpenSolaris, ZFS, DTrace, MySQL and other technologies.
The Tech Days program will also include:
- Demo Showcase: Demos highlighting NetBeans IDE, MySQL, GlassFish, Identity and Role Management, StarOffice and OpenOffice.org, OpenSolaris, solutions from Sun partners including Oracle, Intel, SoftwareFX and more.
- Lightning Talks: Content organized and delivered by community speakers around the different track topics.
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Sun Tech Days 2009-2010
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