NetBeans Day 2016

The NetBeans Community invites you to a day of free sessions and workshops hosted at the historic University of Greenwich campus (London) on Tuesday 31st May 2016. Join us at this free event from 10.00 to 18.00.

The day will include a wide range of NetBeans related talks with for both beginners and experts alike. You can look forward to:-

1. Demo-oriented sessions, with as few slides as possible. Lots of code!
2. Leading speakers and Top Industry experts to answer your questions.
3. Many useful takeaways and practical Tips and tricks.
4. Sessions for Desktop, server and beyond using Java and non-Java languages.
5. Tips and tricks for using NetBeans in the classroom.
6. Lots of opportunities to speak to fellow developers and users.
7. Several leading UK companies will be showcasing their innovative uses of Java and NetBeans.

Light snacks and drinks will be provided, as well as lunch, and we look forward to a fun-filled and active day, at the end of which you will have gained many new insights, while extending your network.

Provisionary Agenda - (subject to change and adjustment).

10:00 – 10:45 NetBeans Community News (Geertjan Wielenga, Oracle)

10:45 – 11:30 Current State of Java & How to Get Involved (Ben Evans, London JUG)

11:30 – 12:15 News from Java EE and Payara (Steve Millidge, Payara)

12:15 – 13:00 Free Lunch

Track 1: Sessions (45 minutes each)

13:00 – 13:45 Get Started with NetBeans IDE (Georgia Ingham/Mark Stephens, IDR Solutions)

13:45 – 14:30 NetBeans, TypesScript and Angular2 (Karsten Sitterberg, Munster JUG)

14:30 – 15:00 Tea

15:00 – 15:45 Reactive Programming with NetBeans and Java 8 (Stefan Reuter, Munster JUG)

15:45 – 16:30 Strategies for Live Coding Java (Neil C Smith, Praxis LIVE)

Track 2: Workshops (1 1/2 hours each)

13:00 – 14:30 Get Started with Oracle Open Source Solutions for Enterprise JavaScript (Geertjan Wielenga, Oracle, Thomas Kruse, Munster JUG)

14:30 – 15:00 Tea

15:00 – 16:30 Get Started Mixing AngularJS with Java EE (Nebrass Lamouchi, Davidson)

16:30 – 17:00 Raffle, Prizes

17:00 – 21:00 Dinner & Drinks