Devoxx 2011 Trip Report + Pictures
- by arungupta
3350 attendees from 40 countries lived in "paradise" for 5 days last
week. This paradise had 170+ rock star speakers delivering 200+
hours of technical content in about 150 sessions. And it truly was a
paradise with a clear
differentiation from other Java conferences.
There were several Oracle speakers at the paradise covering the
entire gamut of Java platform. I delivered a Java
EE 6 hands-on lab (new content), showcased Java EE 7 and
GlassFish 4.0 early work at the keynote, and participated in a panel
to talk about Contexts and Dependency Injection.
The demo in the keynote showed how to deploy a Java EE application
in a managed environment. The demo showed a Conference Planner
application that can be used by conference organizers to display
sessions, tracks, and speaker information. This same application can
be deployed and display data from JavaOne 2011 or Devoxx 2011 based
upon the SQL chosen for database initialization.
If javaone-sf-2011.sql is chosen for datbase
initialization then the application looks like as shown:
If devoxx-2011.sql is chosen then the application
looks like as shown:
And of course, clicking on Tracks, Speakers, Sessions shows you
information from the respective conference.
The complete source code for the application and detailed
instructions are availaable at glassfish.org/javaone2011.
In short:
Download the sample
app and unzip
Download GlassFish build
b05.
Download platform-specific Load Balancer template
Run "bin/install.sh" to configure GlassFish
Pick javaone-sf-2011.sql or devoxx-2011.sql
for database initialization
You can also watch the application in action in this video:
A breaking news shared at the conference was that Devoxx France is coming from April 18-
20 and 75% of the talks will be in French. Stay tuned for more
details on that. I'm sure Antonio and gang will put up a great show
out there!
Just a tip for the first timers to Devoxx ...
A bus leaves from Brussels airport to Antwerp city center
between 4am - 11pm at the top of every hour, takes about 45
minutes, and costs 10 euros (only cash).
Take a tram #6 (going towards Luchtbal) from Astrid station
(next to the city center) and get off at the last station for
Metropolis. It takes about 15 minutes. Purchase a day pass at
the station using kiosks (much cheaper) or you can buy in the
bus as well (about double the price). Either way, cash only.
Here are a few pictures captured from the event:
And the complete album here:
Thank you Stephan for giving me an opportunity to speak at my first
Devoxx. I hope to be back next year, just in time for Java EE 7
going final!
