About HJUG

HJUG is dedicated to the use of the Java™ Technology. We are one of the many Java User Groups worldwide. HJUG thanks Rice University Computer Science Department, Professors Dan Wallach and Robert 'Corky' Cartwright for their continuous sponsorship.

HJUG also thanks the Computer Science Technology Department of Houston Community College System, especially Abbas Alamnehe.

HJUG Officers

President:
Jim Bethancourt
jimbethancourt AT gmail DOT com

Vice President of Free Stuff:
Dan Sline
dan AT slinestop DOT com

Java Resource Coordinator:
Adam Roberts
aroberts AT alum DOT rit DOT edu

Houston TechFest Coordinator:
Stephen Nimmo
stephennimmo AT gmail DOT com

Java Community Process Representative:
Daniel Solano Gómez
jcp AT sattvik DOT com

The HJUG is adopting JSR 347, the Data Grid JSR. This idea came from the London Java Community's adopting several JSRs

Get Involved!

The JSR 347 Page
JSR 347 discussions Google Group
Data Grids for the Java Platform on github

JSR 347 In the News

JSR 347 on Twitter
Java Data Grid Specification: JSR-347
JSR 347: Data Grids for the Java platform, a call for EG members
The backlash against the data grid JSR and JCP reform

JSR 347 Timeline:

May 2011: finalise expert group
December 2011: Early Draft of spec and API
May 2012: Public Review
September 2012: Final Release

JSR 107 - Caching

JSR 107's JCP page JSR 107 on GitHub

Educate Yourself!

These presentations and resources are on caching, data grids, and other technologies that are needed for the JSR 347 spec.

Data Grids
DataGrids JSRs
Data Grids for Extreme Performance, Scalability and Availability
A Tale About Caching (JSR 107) and Data Grids (JSR 347) in Enterprise Java
Java Persistence API on the Grid
Leveraging the Data Grid with Hazelcast
Megastore: Providing Scalable, Highly Available Storage for Interactive Services
Life beyond Distributed Transactions: an Apostate�s Opinion

Caching
Cache entry on Wikipedia
Cache Fundamentals, Dangers, and Tuning(10 MB)
The Essence of Caching
JSR107: The new Caching Standard

References
The Ghost in the Virtual Machine A Reference to References - Slides(43 MB) Presentation on Parleys
Understanding, Using, and Debugging Java Reference Objects

Upcoming Meetings

Free membership. Free meetings. Free food (usually pizza).

Sponsors

Java Training

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