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Here is a preview of this year’s unofficial O’Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON) Java Conference. This year’s Java Conference focuses on the practical, giving you the tools you need to get the job done with this important, platform-independent language. The program features such topics as using Ant to build software; using Struts to build your websites; searching text with Lucene; and help in selecting an Open Source J2EE implementation.

Java Tutorials


What Works In Software Development

Michael G. Schwern


Norman Nunley

Day: Monday, July 7
Time: 8:45am - 12:15pm
Location: Salon F
Track: Apache, Apps, Emerging Topics, Java, MySQL, Perl, PHP, PostgreSQL, Python, Ruby, XML


Enterprise Java Development on a Budget

Christopher Judd, Judd Solutions, LLC


Brian Sam-Bodden

Day: Tuesday, July 8
Time: 8:45am - 12:15pm
Location: Salon A
Track: Java


Building Web Applications With The Struts Framework

Craig McClanahan, Sun Microsystems, Inc,.


Amy Roh
, Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Day: Tuesday, July 8
Time: 1:45pm - 5:15pm
Location: Salon A
Track: Java

Java Keynotes


An Open Source Tool Framework for the Enterprise

Paul Buck, Director of Eclipse Development, IBM

Day: Wednesday, July 9
Time: 9:30am - 10:15am
Location: Oregon Ballroom
Track: Keynote


The Business and Economics of Open Source in the Enterprise

Stormy Peters, Hewlett-Packard Company

Day: Thursday, July 10
Time: 8:45am - 9:30am
Location: Oregon Ballroom
Track: Keynote

Java Sessions


Applied Ant

Erik Hatcher, eHatcher Solutions, Inc

Day: Wednesday, July 9
Time: 10:45am - 12:15pm
Location: Eugene
Track: Java


Introduction to Lucene

Erik Hatcher, eHatcher Solutions, Inc

Day: Wednesday, July 9
Time: 1:45pm - 2:30pm
Location: Eugene
Track: Java


Looking Beyond JDBC

Satya Komatineni, Active Intellect, Inc.

Day: Wednesday, July 9
Time: 2:30pm - 3:15pm
Location: Eugene
Track: Java


Java Data Objects (JDO): What It Is and Why It Matters

Ron Hitchens, Ronsoft Technologies

Day: Wednesday, July 9
Time: 4:30pm - 5:15pm
Location: Eugene
Track: Java


Deciding on an Open Source J2EE Platform

Ed Lyons, NetNumina Solutions

Day: Wednesday, July 9
Time: 5:15pm - 6:00pm
Location: Eugene
Track: Java


Beyond Struts

Michael Rimov, Centerline Computers


Craig McClanahan
, Sun Microsystems, Inc,.

Day: Friday, July 11
Time: 10:30am - 11:15am
Location: Columbia
Track: Java