December 16, 2003 Meeting An overview of J2EE Rapid Application Development (RAD) Tools. Please note that this month's meeting will be at the Holdiay Inn Hotel. See the directions below. Description: It seems all the major J2EE vendors such as Sun, Oracle, IBM and BEA have recently announced development tools that give average corp. america business application developers (aka enterprise developers) the same rapid development capabilities previously only found in Microsoft VB or PowerBuilder. We are now working to get a few representatives to demonstrate some of these tools and their advanced capabilities for building JSP, Struts and/or Faces-based database driven web applications. Speaker: TBD November 4, 2003 - Special Event A Special Evening with James Gosling Description: The Atlanta Java Users' Group cordially invites you to a technical talk and Q&A session given by Sun Fellow and Java creator, James Gosling. As Vice President of Sun Microsystems Laboratories, James will communicate the most recent news concerning Java since the JavaOne conference, and entertain an extended Q&A session. This past year, James has spent a large amount of time developing the Real-Time Specification for Java. In addition to creating Java, James has also developed the NeWS window system, and the original Unix Emacs editor. James holds a BSc from the University of Calgary, and a Ph. D. from Carnegie-Mellon University. We expect a very large turnout for this special event. We will be sending out a link to RSVP so we can better plan for seats. Our current plan is to host this event at the Holiday Inn Select but allow for at least 450+ seats (normal meetings can only accommodate 200 attendees). About AJUG Meetings AJUG meets on the third Tuesday of each month from 6:30 to 9:30 PM in the Perimeter Center area. Our meetings emphasize high-quality technical content and we encourage interaction among attendees. From 6:30 to 7:00, attendees can interact and enjoy light refreshments before the meeting starts officially at 7:00 PM. Click a link below to find out more about past and future AJUG meetings or to download presentation material: Meetings by Year: 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 If you would like to volunteer to be a technical presenter or have comments or suggestions with regard to any aspect of our monthly meeting, please email AJUG Program Committee. Meeting Directions HOLIDAY INN SELECT ATLANTA PERIMETER DUNWOODY 4386 CHAMBLEE-DUNWOODY RD ATLANTA, GA 30341 Phone: (770) 457-6363 Fax: (770) 458-5282 DRIVING DIRECTIONS FROM ALL MAJOR ARTERIES TRAVELING I-85 SOUTH Take I-285 Westbound and proceed to Exit-30 (Chamblee-Dunwoody Road) When exiting, continue straight to the third traffic light. Turn left The Holiday Inn Select will be on your right. TRAVELING I-85 NORTH Take 1-85 North to Interstates 75 & 85 (joint to come to downtown district) and then separate again. Stay on I-85 North until you find Georgia Highway 400 (signs). Exit onto Georgia 400 Northbound (.50 cents toll). Pass the tollbooth and exit onto I-285 Eastbound. Go to Exit 30, Chamblee-Dunwoody Road and turn right off the exit ramp; The Holiday Inn Select will be on your right. TRAVELING I-75 SOUTH Take I-285 Eastbound to exit 30 (Chamblee-Dunwoody Road). Turn Right off the exit ramp. The Holiday Inn Select will be on your right. TRAVELING I-75 NORTH Travel I-75 NORTH until you find 285 Eastbound. Take 285 East to exit 30 (Chamblee-Dunwoody Rd). Turn right off the exit ramp. The Holiday Inn Select will be on your immediate right. TRAVELING I-20 EAST Travel I-20 East, until you find I-285 North. Take 285 North to exit 30 (Chamblee-Dunwoody Rd) and turn right from the exit ramp The Holiday Inn Select will be on your right. TRAVELING I-20 WEST Take I-285 North to Exit 30 (Chamblee-Dunwoody Rd). Go to the third traffic light and turn left. The Holiday Inn Select will be on your right. HINT: INTERSTATE 285 FORMS A COMPLETE CIRCLE