Ed's DevNexus 2014 Picks Blog

I've been blessed with the opportunity to speak at DevNexus 2014.  This is my first time speaking at a DevNexus event and I'm excited at the opportunity to meet and learn from many top-name speakers currently practicing today.  As I planned out my time here are the sessions I've added to my calendar.

 

Day 1: Monday 24 February

       

        

• 09:00 Welcome and Sven Peters Keynote, Hall A

              

  From the buzz        around his provocative "Don't use git" meme, I expect a great        wake-up presentation.

             
        

• 10:30 Intro to Vert.x 2.0 Burr Sutter, Room 103

              It'll be nice see what Burr's up to, and he's presenting on           home turf.  Also, the results for           recent JavaEE           8 developer survey included some advice that we take a           look at Vert.x.  Well, here's a great chance.
               

• 13:00 AngularJS Bootcamp, Raju Ghandi,  Ballroom F

             

  This is part 1 of a two-part workshop-type session.  This           technology was also recommended on the JavaEE 8 developer           survey.

             
        

• 14:30 Node.js intro, Ted Neward, Ballroom B

        

• 16:00 JavaEE 7 in Practice, Me, Ballroom C

             

  I'll be using           the CargoTracker           app to showcase some features in JavaEE 7.  Yes I will have           slides, likely using           the bullet-riddled           corpse anti-pattern.

             
        

• 17:30 Mobile Frameworks Smackdown, Ballroom A

             

  I'm glad to see people are still using           the smackdown           meme.

             
        

• 18:45 Recpetion, Jocks and Jills Sports Bar

       

 

Day 2: Tuesday 25 February

       

        

• 09:15 Selling your Mobile App, Jamie Turner, Hall A

             

  I don't know Mr. Turner, but this one looks good.

             
        

• 10:30 PhoneGap, Andrew Trice, Ballroom A

             

  PhoneGap is central to           Oracle's ADF           Mobile framework.  I want to see what pure PhoneGap is all           about.

             
        

• 13:00 A New Approach to the UI for Distributed Apps,        Me, Room 103

             

  May as well           just see           the abstract.

             
        

• 14:30 Retro Gaming with Lambdas, Stephen Chin, Ballroom C       

             

  After my talk, I'm sure I'll need a cool-down presentation.           This one looks interesting.  We'll see if Stephen gets me as           clued in to lambdas           as Mario           Fusco does.

             
        

• 16:00 Automated Tools for Software Development, Laura        Moore, Ballroom F.

             

  Normally I focus           on Hudson,           but it'll be nice to see what Ms. Moore has to say.

             
        

• 17:15 Closing Ceremony, Hall A

             

  Not sure what this will be, but perhaps the DevNexus folks           will take a cue from NFJS and give some stuff away.