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ApacheCon US 2008 in New Orleans - Registration Now Open!
ApacheCon US 2008 will be held 3-7 November in New Orleans, Louisiana. The conference schedule has been published and the days for the early bird prices are already counting down. This year's US conference promises to be a special one with a number of new activities and events.
This year ApacheCon features: over a dozen training workshops and over 60 presentations, the new BarCamp Apache, the co-located OFBiz Symposium, Camp Hadoop, the Fast Feather Track, funny Lightning Talks, exiting Keynote sessions, the Hackathon for ASF contributors, and much more.
The Apache Software Foundation welcomes Microsoft as a Platinum Sponsor
At OSCON, Microsoft announced their Sponsorship of The Apache Software Foundation, joining Google and Yahoo! at Platinum level. The generous contributions by Sponsoring organizations and individuals help offset the day-to-day operating expenses to advance the work of The ASF.
The Apache Software Foundation's "Apache Way" continues to gain momentum, recognition and influence on the future of open source technologies
The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) – stewards, incubators, and developers of leading Open Source projects – today announced that both the organization's community and its meritocratic process (known as "the Apache Way") continues to gain recognition as one of the most influential, prominent and innovative leaders in Open Source.
A midyear review of the initiatives underway at the all-volunteer Foundation showed that not only does the Apache HTTP Server continue to be the world's most popular Web server software, but numerous ASF Projects lead the way in Open Source technology, and the ASF community is also playing a vital role in championing the collaborative development of consensus-driven, enterprise-grade solutions.
Free Video Streams from ApacheCon Europe 2008
ApacheCon Europe 2008 held in Amsterdam was a great success, and attracted higher than ever attendance figures, with about 500 registered attendees. This figure represents an increase of more than 40% over the previous year, demonstrating the rapidly growing interest in Apache and Open Source software amongst European businesses. If you have not been able to attend ApacheCon Europe, you can still watch videos of all keynotes and select talks online. Keynote sessions and the opening plenary are available free of charge.
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Session Overview : Agile is a way to quickly develop working applications by focusing on progressive requirement rather than processes. Agile development is done in iterative manner with short requirements, quick builds and frequent releases. Agile methodology when compared to traditional practices like waterfall model, makes development easier, faster and adaptive.
The session would provide a roadmap for building enterprise-class Java applications using agile methods. It would include introduction to agile methodology and when and why it should be used. Various practices used for agile development (Agile Modeling, Agile Draw, Agile estimation) would be discussed. Agile development based Case Study would be drawn using: Light weight technologies like Spring; ORM for database handling; Test Driven Development approach; Build management & Configuration control in concurrent development environment. Session would also include coding practices to make code adaptable to new requirements and tips for using IDE (Eclipse & Netbeans) for agile development.