This morning saw a keynote presentation from Jeet Kaul (formally of Sun) and Steve Harris of Oracle. With the new developments in the pipeline for Java SE and Java EE it seems that Oracle’s Java is set to be all pervasive in devices ranging from the mobile platform and beyond to desktop and server.
Demonstrations of simpler application deployment on Glassfish with Java modules or OSGi plug-ins together with annotated EJB integration showed how Java is loosing its ‘complex to use’ shackles. A quick JavaFX demonstration demonstrating video and audio support could mean the same deployment format for desktop to embedded devices and provide a replacement to Silverlight and Flash.
During my existence as a conference attendee I have never before experienced the lunch practice of rewarding with beer the filling of places at a table; that is until today. Thanks to Adrian Mos (the presenter on Mangrove SOA modelling framework that I attended) who diligently recruited people to sit at our table resulting in the awarding of beer served for lunch.
The Google presentations on Web toolkit and app engine were well attended, so well attended there wasn’t even standing room and I couldn’t get in. From the description of the atmosphere and odour in the room from a colleague I think I had a disappointing but lucky escape.
Now I’m slowly getting my head around some of the terms and the architectures the fog is slowly clearing.