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Welcome to the NYC Java Study Groups JUG (Java User Group), a

http://Java.net

We are an independent vendor neutral professional association of Java developers who meet monthly collaborating on Java technologies for all levels of expertise. We feature expert speakers, study groups and networking.

We are the Java SIG (Special Interest Group) of the NYPC Users Group

This JUG has a forum at Yahoo Groups called nycjava_net

. For more info stop by a meeting.

summer meetings:

NYC Java Study Groups JUG Meetings (Mon. and Thurs each week);
General Meetings (first Thursday of month - joint meeting Aug 7 see below)

all events over summer will be at NYU Silver Center 32 Waverly Place Room 713 6:30pm-
- no rsvp required but be prepared to show some ID - except for meeting below please RSVP

Aug General Meeting: Special Meeting: we are hosting the Semantic Web Meetup

'note: please rsvp at above meetup.com link - (if filled you can still show up bring id)

Topic: Clojure for the Semantic Web Exploration

Meetup Track: This Session is hands on and technical

Speakers: Rich Hickey and David Siegel

Rich Hickey will join forces with the New York Semantic Web Meetup to extend Clojure for the use in the development of Semantic Web applications.

http://clojure.org

Clojure is a dynamic programming language that targets the Java Virtual Machine. It is designed to be a general-purpose language, combining the approachability and interactive development of a scripting language with an efficient and robust infrastructure for multithreaded programming. Clojure is a compiled language - it compiles directly to JVM bytecode, yet remains completely dynamic. Every feature supported by Clojure is supported at runtime. Clojure provides easy access to the Java frameworks, with optional type hints and type inference, to ensure that calls to Java can avoid reflection.

Clojure is a dialect of Lisp, and shares with Lisp the code-as-data philosophy and a powerful macro system. Clojure is predominantly a functional programming language, and features a rich set of immutable, persistent data structures. When mutable state is needed, Clojure offers a software transactional memory system and reactive Agent system that ensure clean, correct, multithreaded designs.

Session prep:

Introduction to Clojure (from June's General Meeting below)
http://blip.tv/file/9...

June General Meeting:

Topic: Clojure for Java Programmers

Presentation now available online (with audio): (Thanks Rich!)
http://clojure.blip.tv/file/982823

Speaker: Rich Hickey

Clojure http://clojure.org is a dynamic functional programming language for the JVM. This talk will provide an overview of Clojure, including a gentle introduction to its syntax for those with no prior experience with Lisp, an overview of features, and a discussion of Java integration. Also covered will be Clojure's approach to functional programming, immutability, and concurrency and how they help solve some of the problems faced by Java programmers using threads and locks today.

Bio:

Rich Hickey, the author of Clojure, is an independent software designer, consultant and application architect with over 20 years of experience in all facets of software development. Rich has worked on scheduling systems, broadcast automation, audio analysis and fingerprinting, database design, yield management, exit poll systems, and machine listening, in a variety of languages.

Current Study Groups:

SCJP 6 (Sun Certified Java Programmer Certification) study group
Advanced Java study group (covering EJB 3, design patterns, advanced topics) - resumes in fall

Past NYC Java Study Groups JUG General Meetings (previous meetings slides available)

Other NYC Java events and meetings:

NYC Java Meetup: The monthly Java networking event - every third Monday (RSVP at link
(presentation, discussions, networking) - door prizes Monday June 16 6:30pm-9pm for the topics and presenters and to rsvp please check the link.

The NYJavaSIG.com JUG (usually 3rd Wed at Google - RSVP at link)
this month it's on JRuby on June 18

Additional JUGs/Meetups in tri-state area:
Princeton NJ JUG
Connecticut JUG
The Northern NJ Java Meetup Group

Note: for additional JUGs in NJ/CT/PA/MA areas please see the complete JUG list over at http://java.net

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