Hi Wendy,<br><br>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:<br><br>* why you might want to do such a thing (legacy libraries, enterprise integration, etc...)
<br>* how to do such a thing using YAJB<br>* some "fun" examples<br><br>I'm going to assume a basic understanding of Java and Ruby, but not neccessarily the libraries that I use in my examples.<br><br>My background is one of rags to riches and back again, too Dickensian to relate here in full, here's the synopsis:
<br><br>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.
<br><br>Cheers<br><br>Muz<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 03/07/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Tiest Vilee</b> <<a href="mailto:ruby@tiestvilee.fastmail.com.au">ruby@tiestvilee.fastmail.com.au</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br>Hi everyone!<br><br>Off I go to Finland and Estonia, return and what do I find? You've all
<br>been chatting while I've been away :-(<br><br>Anyway, it seems that we have two presenters for Monday-<br>Austin is probably talking about Google and the Summer of code, or<br>internationalization or some such :)<br>Murray is talking about YAJB
<br><br>guys, could you write a little bio about yourselves and a short<br>description of your presentation, and send that to Wendy<br>(<a href="mailto:wendy.devolder@skillsmatter.com">wendy.devolder@skillsmatter.com</a>)? Just for the registration page.
<br>Picture would be good too.<br><br>Looking forward to seeing you all next week.<br><br>Tiest<br>-----------------------------------------------<br>And on the pedestal these words appear:<br>"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
<br>Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!"<br>Nothing beside remains: round the decay<br>Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,<br>The lone and level sands stretch far away.<br> -- Shelley<br><br>_______________________________________________
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