Nov 8, 2008

  • Introduction to Spring AOP - by Junie Bonifacio. This introduces you to the concepts of Aspect-Oriented paradigm that was invented by Gregor Kiczales and his team at Xerox PARC. If you want to add functionality to your program without changing a single line of code, then you should know this. Here is the presentation.
  • Apache Wicket Demo - by Daniel Custodio. This is  a demo on how to use the Apache Wicket plugin in Netbeans.
  • GWT - by Bobby Corpus. If you want to create very responsive websites without knowing any javascript, then you should see GWT in action.

Sept 27, 2008

  • Building projects using Apache Maven - by Wendell Encomienda. This is a re-run of the maven talk that was give about a year ago. New members are introduced to the de-facto build tool of apache projects.
  • Simplifying web development using Apache Wicket - by Daniel Custodio. This is a two part introduction to Apache Wicket, one of the coolest new frameworks in apache. It will make you think twice about using jsp/jsf.
  • Introduction to Orbeon Xforms - by Bobby Corpus. Xforms is a web2.0 technology that mixes xml, xsl/xpath, and ajax. It is the primary presentation technology used by Intalio BPM, Learn this to create powerful web2.0 forms.

Aug 30, 2008

  • SOA - Enabling the Agile and Flexible Business of the 21st Century - by Leslie Serafica. Learn how a Business-Driven IT architectural approach supports integrating your business as linked, repeatable business tasks or services. Ensure that IT systems can adapt quickly, easily, and economicall to support rapidly changing business needs. Help customers increase the flexibility of their business processes, strengthening their underlying IT infrastructure, and reuse their existing IT investments. Download Presentation here.
  • BPM - The Third Wave - by Leslie Serafica. Learn how the ability to change is far more prized than the ability to create in the first place. BPM enabled by a SOA infrastructure is the secret sauce to implementing this for businesses. Download presentation here.
  • BPM Demo - by Bobby Corpus. A demo using the open source Intalio BPMS platform. Click the following to download: presentation, intalio demo project, and image of the Insurance Claim Process.

Feb 16, 2007

  • Introduction to Peer-to-Peer Computing - by Bobby Corpus. Learn the benefits of Peer-to-Peer computing using the JXTA framework. In this seminar, you will be introduced to the JXTA framework. Concepts like membership service, discovery service and pipe service will be introduced. There will be a demonstration on the ResolverService where you can see peers receiving and responding to messages.

Feb 9, 2007

  • Performance Testing using Mercury LoadRunner - by Bobby Corpus. This will introduce you to creating performance test using the industry standard tool from Mercury. You will learn how to create virtual user scripts using the Mercury VUGen and how to interpret your results.

Feb 2, 2007

  • Introduction to TCP/IP Networking: Linux and Windows interoperability. by Leslie Serafica and Bobby Corpus - This is the first part of a series of seminars that will introduce the audience to networking using Linux and Windows.

Jan 27, 2007

  • Java Optimization - by Clint Barbosa.
    Learn how to speed up your java applications by implementing techniques to optimize java code.
  • Generating Reports Using IText and POI - by Aurelio Pascual. Learn how to read and write MS documents using the iText and POI libraries.
  • Using JFreeChart - by Oliver Yanto. JFreeChart is a popular opensource charting API in java. Learn how to create professional looking charts using this library.

Dec 15, 2006

  • Java Management Exentension and Java Remote Debugging - by Aurelio Pascual. Manage your servers using built-in java instrumentation. Observe your application remotely using java remote debugging.

Dec 8, 2006

  • Introduction to Data Mining - by Daniel Custodio. Introduces one of the hottest trends in business intelligence. You can download his presentation here.

Nov 30, 2006

  • Web Design Patterns - by Aurelio Pascual. This is a series on Design Patterns and best practices. The first part will cover the following: Intercepting Filter, MVC, Front Controller, Business Delegate, Service Locator, Transfer Object.
  • LaTeX - by Bobby Corpus. Learn how to typeset scientific articles containing mathematical equations like this:

\[\frac{F_i}{V}&=\frac{\partial}{\partial x_j}\big[\eta\big(\frac{\partial u_i}{\partial x_j} + \frac{\partial u_j}{\partial x_i} -\frac{2}{3}\delta_{ij}\nabla\times \vec{u}\big) \\ & + \mu_B\delta_{ij}\nabla\times\vec{u}\big]\]

using the de-facto standard LaTeX by Leslie Lamport.
NOv 24, 2006

  • Hard Core AJAX - by Clint Barbosa. Learn to code AJAX in the raw using javascript.
  • Maven Plugins - by Wendell Encomienda. An exposition of the various plugins of Maven that is useful to automate mundane development tasks.

Nov 17, 2006

  • Eclipse Plugin Howto - by Oliver Yanto. Create plugins using eclipse framework.
  • Single Server Theoretical Foundations - by Bobby Corpus. Is a 100% utilization good? What’s the reason for the 2/3 design rule? This and more will be presented in the single server queing network theory.

Details of seminar can be found here.
Nov 10, 2006

  • Maven - to be conducted by Wendell Encomienda. Maven is a software project management tool based on the Project Object Model (POM).
  • Linux Installation - to be conducted by Leslie Serafica. Covers installation tips and demo.

Nov 2, 2006

  • Film Showing - Revolution OS.
  • GWT - Google Windowing Toolkit - conducted by Edison Macabebe. Introduces AJAX technology as seen through java programming.

October 26, 2006

  • Web Services - conducted by Aurelio Pascual. Introduces Web Services framework using the wtp eclipse plugin. A live demonstration was conducted.
  • Performance 101 - conducted by Bobby Corpus. Talks about the basis of Performance Engineering with simple day to day examples.

For details of the seminar, see the article.