Central California Java User Group (CCJUG) first / inaugural meeting. Discussing topics, future, future JCP membership and Adopt a JSR programs.

1. Central California Java User
Group
09/12/2014, Bitwise Industries
Founder: Csaba Toth

2. CCJUG
 Welcome!
 About User Groups in general
 JUGs: www.java.net/jugs/java-user-groups
 Our communication will be through meetup.com
 https://java.net/projects/ccjug
 Monthly meetings
 Every 2nd Friday of the month
 6pm, venue: Bitwise or Todd’s place

3. Central California JUG
 A little About me
 9+ years CAD software developer (C/C++)
 4+ years Java, J2EE developer
 C#, JS and web developer also
 User Group Junkie!
 co-founder of NJUG in 2012 (now 450+ members),
NashDotNet, NLUG, NashFP
 Central Cal .NET UG, GDG Fresno
 Central California JUG!!!

4. Upcoming topics
 Open-source e-commerce framework,
webshop, including deploy to the web
 Trends in Java, recap from JavaOne
 Multi-platform game utilizing PlayN framework
 Please present if you have something to show,
I’ll schedule you ahead
 *Any* Java related topic
 Streaming vJUG meetings

5. Java eco-system and JCP
 JCP and JSR is an open process!!!
 CCJUG will join JCP:
 Will have voting rights, and other rights:
http://jcp.org/en/participation/overview
 Once JCP member, as a CCJUG member you
are also indirectly member of JCP
 Further possibilities
 Look at http://adoptajsr.org

6. Acronyms
 JUG - Java User Group
 JSR - Java Specification Request
 JCP - Java Community Process
 RI - Reference Implementation
 TCK - Technology Compatibility Kit

7. Adopt a JSR
 Most of slides from Martijn Verburg and James
Gough

8. What is the Adopt a JSR
program?
 See http://adoptajsr.org for full details
 A JUG lead initiative to improve standards in
the Java ecosystem
 Groups of JUG members work on Java
Specification Requests

9. Why should the JUGs get
involved?
 To move the entire Java ecosystem forward
 To become part of the solution as opposed to staying
silent
 To be at the forefront of new technology
 To ensure that ivory tower standards do not occur
 To make sure the useful libraries and APIs get built
 To boost the careers of JUG members
 Gain new technical and community skills and much
more!
 It’s fun!

10. How does it help the Standards?
 Standards get earlier feedback
 Leading to more developer friendly APIs
 Standards get 'end user/developer' expert input
 Standards get developed more quickly, JUGs can help
build
 Reference Implementations (RI)
 Technical Compatibility Kits (TCK)
 JUGs can also help with management of the JSR
 Managing mailing lists, Triaging issues, Testing,
Evangelism, + more!

11. Who’s involved already?
 See http://adoptajsr.org for up to date
details
 The London Java Community (UK)
 SouJava (Brazil)
 GoJava (Brazil)
 Houston JUG (USA)
 Chennai JUG (India)
 + Several more starting out

12. What difference have they really
made?
 SouJava helped push through JSR-348
 Reforming the Java Community Process (JCP)
 Open mailing lists
 Public Issue trackers
 Standards reviewed early and often
 The LJC is helping make sure JSR-310 gets through
 Date and Time for Java 8
 Focussed on building the Technology Compatibility Kit (TCK)
 ~50% by Dec 2011
 Ensures that you get the new Date and Time API for Java 8
 Houston JUG is working on Data Grids
 Vital technology for the cloud space
 Avoids vendor lockin

13. Thanks for coming!
 Stay tuned!