so one of my most favorite things is to rub elbows with the techno celebs. i just like hearing from those smart guys and gals, i do. the bestest part is when they let you ask questions...
so in case you're like me -- and you want to get it straight from the horse's mouth (to coin a phrase), here's some stuff you want to have on your radar..
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this one... sent in by my good friend Laura McLeod
Building Rich SOAP-Based Clients with Java 2 Standard Edition Technology Webinar Date: Monday, June 14, 2004 Time: 10:00-11:00 AM PST Go to http://javaoneonline.mentorware.net/ql/desktopwebinar to register for the webinar. Webinar Abstract: Web services are transforming the Internet from a Web of browser-facing applications to a Web of client independent services. The introduction of this layer of abstraction enables developers to create client applications that go far beyond what classical Web applications can provide. This session introduces the use cases and motivations for developing Web service clients based on Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE) using the Swing APIs. This talk addresses the programming model for interacting with SOAP-based Web services using the JAX-RPC API set. Included is discussion of threading, strategies for managing conversational state between a Web service and client, exception handling, packaging, and deploying applications with Java Web Start software. About The Speakers Mark Davidson is a member of the Java Foundation Classes (JFC)/Swing Team and the lead engineer for JavaBeans at Sun Microsystems. His interests are in user interface design, usability, application frameworks, development tools and designing software for easier maintenance greater productivity. Gregory Murray is a member of the BluePrints team for the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) at Sun Microsystems, Inc. He contributed to the design of the BluePrints sample application with an emphasis on the Web tier. He is a contributing author to "Designing Enterprise Applications with the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition" published by Addison Wesley. Prior to working on the BluePrints team he was a member of the Global Products Engineering group of Sun Microsystems developing internationalization tools. Register for the webinar today! Space is limited! Go to http://javaoneonline.mentorware.net/ql/desktopwebinar to sign-up for this Desktop webinar.
... and this one sent in my by good friend Holly Sharp (who is such a hottie....not to imply that Laura isn't... you know what i mean)
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