[LRUG] Presentations for July meeting

[Murray Steele]

Hi Wendy,

My name is Murray Steele and I'll be presenting a short (10 minutes or so)
talk about using Java code and libraries within Ruby at the next LRUG
meeting.  I plan to cover:

* why you might want to do such a thing (legacy libraries, enterprise
integration, etc...)
* how to do such a thing using YAJB
* some "fun" examples

I'm going to assume a basic understanding of Java and Ruby, but not
neccessarily the libraries that I use in my examples.

My background is one of rags to riches and back again, too Dickensian to
relate here in full, here's the synopsis:

I've plied my trade as a Java and C++ programmer for long enough to know
that I didn't want to be doing them for the rest of my career (too much
effort for too little work).  A brief stint as a Python GUI developer a
couple of years ago showed me that dynamic languages are where the fun is
and the opportunity to work as a Ruby developer presented itself to me at
just the right time.  So here I am.

Cheers

Muz

On 03/07/06, Tiest Vilee <ruby at tiestvilee.fastmail.com.au> wrote:
>
>
> Hi everyone!
>
> Off I go to Finland and Estonia, return and what do I find?  You've all
> been chatting while I've been away :-(
>
> Anyway, it seems that we have two presenters for Monday-
> Austin is probably talking about Google and the Summer of code, or
> internationalization or some such :)
> Murray is talking about YAJB
>
> guys, could you write a little bio about yourselves and a short
> description of your presentation, and send that to Wendy
> (wendy.devolder at skillsmatter.com)?  Just for the registration page.
> Picture would be good too.
>
> Looking forward to seeing you all next week.
>
> Tiest
> -----------------------------------------------
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> Nothing beside remains: round the decay
> Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,
> The lone and level sands stretch far away.
> -- Shelley
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