Interview With Ramin Mohammadi, Student Winner of the JavaFX Coding Challenge

Chhandomay Mandal interviews Ramin Mohammadi, who won in the student segment of the JavaFX Coding Challenge. Listen to the interview on Blog Talk Radio or read the PDF transcript.

Posted at 03:59PM Jul 22, 2009 by GD in Students  | 

New Book by c0t0d0s0: New Less Known Solaris Features

Joerg Moellenkamp (also known as c0t0d0s0) has recently published his PDF book, Less Known Solaris Features.

Posted at 02:23PM Jun 25, 2009 by GD in Solaris-SunStudio  | 

JavaOne Conference Round-up

Angad Singh, a tech lead in Sun's Campus Ambassador program, has posted nine blog entries related to his week at the 2009 JavaOne conference in San Francisco. With dozens of links and more than 6000 photos and videos to capture his and his colleagues' impressions of the city and the Conference, he may yet win an award for most enthusiastic attendee response. Go, Angad!

Posted at 02:52PM Jun 24, 2009 by GD in Students  | 

CommunityOne and JavaOne Conferences: Read, Watch, Tweet -- Connect!

Can't be there in person? You can still join in.

Posted at 08:43AM May 29, 2009 by GD in JavaOne  | 

To Whet Your Appetite for CommunityOne and JavaOne Conferences

Not sure which CommunityOne and JavaOne conference sessions to attend this year? Here are some suggestions.

Posted at 05:26PM May 20, 2009 by GD in JavaOne  |  Comments[1]

Register Now for the 2009 Sun HPC Consortium (June 21-22, Hamburg, Germany)

Whether you're an application developer, CIO, or VP of research, if you're interested in high-performance computing, plan to attend the upcoming Sun High Performance Computing (HPC) Consortium in Hamburg, just before the ISC09 Conference this June. Early bird registration ends May 21, so register now.

Posted at 02:19PM May 19, 2009 by GD in Events  | 

Meet Java Champions, JUG Leaders, and the NetBeans Dream Team

Where can you find more than 30 events that feature Java Champions, Java User Group (JUG) leaders, and NetBeans Dream Team members? The Java Champions home page provides details and a schedule for the JavaOne and CommunityOne conferences (June 1-5).

Posted at 08:58AM May 08, 2009 by GD in JavaOne  | 

Java VisualVM Blogging Contest

Java VisualVM is a free tool to monitor, profile, and control Java technology-based applications. Try it and blog about your experience -- you could win USD $500. Learn more.

Posted at 03:42PM May 01, 2009 by GD in Core Java  | 

Developer Insight: Code Talk With Five Experts

In Part 2 of the Developer Insight Series, Code Talk, developers Joshua Bloch, Masood Mortazavi, Jaron Lanier, Victoria Livschitz, and Brian Harry discuss the keys to writing good code.

Posted at 10:33AM May 01, 2009 by GD in Sun Developer Network  | 

Fresh Look: Developer Content on My Sun Connection

We've updated the Developer tab for Sun Developer Network (SDN) members on the My Sun Connection portal. Log in, take a look, and let us know what you think.

Not yet an SDN member? Register for a Sun online account to join SDN, and you're in.

Posted at 11:01AM Apr 30, 2009 by GD in Sun Developer Network  | 

JavaOne Conference: Two Days Left for Discounted Registration

Register today or tomorrow for the 2009 JavaOne conference and save $200 on registration.

Get creative and submit a video to the Dude, Where's My Pass? contest, and you may get into the Conference for free.

And did we mention that students can attend free of charge?

Posted at 11:12AM Apr 21, 2009 by GD in JavaOne  | 

EduConnection Update: April 2009 Issue Is Out

The latest issue of EduConnection Update contains articles and links of interest to students and faculty. Take a look.

Posted at 09:46AM Apr 17, 2009 by GD in Students  | 

Students -- Register for 2009 JavaOne Conference for Free

Get the details and register now for JavaOne (June 2-5) and CommunityOne West (June 1-3). Learn more.

Posted at 08:05AM Apr 16, 2009 by GD in JavaOne  | 

Apps of Steel Challenge

If you're a student, developer, system administrator, or someone who just likes to develop packages, use your talents and participate for a chance to win a Toshiba OpenSolaris laptop! Find out more about the challenge.

Posted at 01:49PM Apr 14, 2009 by CW, managing editor in OpenSolaris  | 

Tutorial: How to Install OpenSolaris on VirtualBox

Sun campus ambassador Douglas Ramiro is writing a tutorial on installing OpenSolaris on VirtualBox.

Posted at 08:20AM Apr 13, 2009 by GD in Students  |