Reminder: Spring Web Flow Tonight

[Burr Sutter]

You still have the ability to claim the AJUG discount for this weekend's 
Greater Atlanta Software Symposium!
www.nofluffjuststuff.com/sh/2005-10-atlanta
Use discount code: "nfjs2005spec" when registering

Tonight's Meeting 10/18/2005 6:30pm - We have a special report on the state
of the Atlanta Job Market. Everyone should be interested in what skills are
popular and how valuable they are.  Vincent Mayers of Anteo Group will be
leading the discussion on market conditions, skills, rates, trends, etc.
Place: Holiday Inn Select - 4386 Chamblee Dunwoody Rd, Atlanta, GA 30341
Facility Phone: (770) 457-6363 Exit 30 - one exit east of Ashford-Dunwoody
off 285.
Cost: Free (sign up for our email-list at www.ajug.org)
Contact: Burr Sutter
Contact Phone: 770-714-3292

Topic: Managing Web Conversations with Spring Web Flow

This should be one of our most exciting technical events this year. We have
a great short-presentation focused on the Atlanta Job Market by our local
sponsor Anteo Group.  

Our main event is one of the contributors to the Spring Framework, Keith
Donald from Interface 21.  Everyone has been building Struts-based
applications for years so in this session we really wish to deep-dive into
Spring MVC and Web Flow!!!
The Spring Framework has been one of the hottest technologies to take off in
2005 and promises to be a must-have skill for Java developers.  Keith is
also a speaker at the Greater Atlanta Software Symposium by No Fluff Just
Stuff
(www.nofluffjuststuff.com/sh/2005-10-atlanta) and you still have a few more
days to sign up!  Don't miss the most technically in-depth professional
developers' conference to visit Atlanta!  The conference includes sessions
from Bruce Tate, Dave Thomas, Kito Mann and Dion Almaer as well!  

Our AJUG session will explore Spring Web Flow (SWF), a core module of
Spring's web stack, and its architecture as a powerful controller technology
based on a finite-state machine. 

Keith will discuss in detail SWF's capabilities, including its ability to
capture web application page flows as self-contained, reusable modules that
make dynamic and sophisticated page navigation decisions. Keith will
demonstrate SWF's solutions to important issues facing web application
developers in areas such as application transactions, duplicate submits,
security, testability, browser-navigation button use, and state management. 

This session will also show how Spring Web Flow may be leveraged in a
variety of web environments as a compliment to "traditional" controllers.
You'll see how to embed flows within a number of established frameworks in
the web space, including Struts, Spring MVC, and JSF. You'll also see how it
integrates with the rest of the Spring Framework. 

You can expect to see in-action the benefits of using a declarative,
test-driven approach to building page flows to orchestrate controlled
navigations that drive business processes. You'll leave with an
understanding on when to use Spring Web Flow, and how to use it in a
best-practice manner. 

Speaker: 
Keith Donald is a core Spring project member and principal with Interface21,
a global company led by the creators of the Spring Framework. An experienced
developer and mentor, Keith has built applications for customers spanning a
diverse set of industries including banking, network management, information
assurance, education, and retail. He specializes in translating business
requirements into technical solutions. 

Keith is the founder of the Spring Rich Client Project and co-lead of Spring
Web Flow with Erwin Vervaet. Lately you can find him leading Spring training
courses across the US and abroad, assisting with the planning of the
upcoming worldwide "Spring Experience" event in Bal Harbour Beach on
December 7th - 10th, and serving as a guest speaker on advanced Spring with
the NoFluffJustStuff (NFJS) tour.