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The Apache Software Foundation Announces Program, Speaker Lineup, Sponsors for ApacheCon Europe
The ApacheCon Europe Planning team today announced the program, speaker lineup, and sponsors for
ApacheCon, the official conference of The Apache Software Foundation.
ApacheCon
returns to Europe 5-8 November 2012 at the Rhein-Neckar-Arena in
Sinsheim, Germany, attracting Open Source users, developers,
gurus, students, novices, and enthusiasts to the newly-introduced
"Community Edition" of ApacheCon --a smaller, less formal event aimed at
a more technically-oriented audience, and featuring an array of
sessions focused on Apache projects and initiatives, plus MeetUps,
FastFeather and Community Tracks, Hackathon, and BarCamp. This is an
ideal opportunity for technologists currently developing Apache-based
solutions, as well as those interested in committing code to an Apache
project, contributing to the Apache Incubator, or enhancing their Open
Source products and community practices.
ApacheCon Europe
Community Edition is organized and run by the Apache community; all
content for ApacheCon has been selected by Apache Project Management
Committees. 13 tracks explore key Open Source applications and issues, from Big Data and Smart Search to Cloud and Infrastructure, and include:
Apache
Daily –-the tools, frameworks, and components used on a daily basis,
such as Apache Logging, Apache Maven, Apache Ant, Apache Buildr, Apache
Commons, and more.
ApacheEE
–-all about Java Enterprise projects at the ASF, including Apache
OpenWebBeans, Apache OpenEJB, Apache TomEE, Apache Tomcat, Apache
MyFaces, Apache DeltaSpike, Apache BVal, and Apache OpenJPA.
Big
Data [sponsored by Hortonworks] –-the ASF projects at the forefront of
high-volume performance, innovation, and analytics, such as Apache
Cassandra, Apache Hadoop, Apache HBase, Apache Hive, Apache Kafka,
Apache Mahout, Apache Pig, Apache Whirr, Apache ZooKeeper and friends.
Camel in Action –-common problems, solutions, and best practices with Apache Camel.
Cloud
[sponsored by Citrix and HP] –-many Apache initiatives play a key role
in powering today's Cloud, from Apache Libcloud and Deltacloud, to
Apache Whirr, Accumulo, and Cloudstack, to Apache Hadoop + friends.
Community
–-if you've ever wanted to know how to become involved with the ASF
--from becoming a Committer to bringing a project to the Apache
Incubator to learning how the ASF works-- or are seeking information on
how Open Source can benefit your organization or ways to improve your
Open Source community experience, this is the place to roll up sleeves
and get started.
Linked
Data –-adopting, linking, and interoperating the Web of Data using the
latest in annotating, processing, extracting, reasoning, and semantics
with Apache Jena, Apache Any23 (Incubating), Apache Clerezza
(Incubating), and Apache Stanbol (Incubating).
Lucene/Solr
and Friends [co-located with Lucene Eurocon; sponsored by LucidWorks]
–-the latest in search and analytics with Apache Lucene/Solr, Apache
Tika, Apache ManifoldCF and more.
Modular
Java –-developing and deploying applications in public and private
Cloud environments using Apache Felix, Apache ACE, Apache Karaf, Apache
Aries, Apache Sling.
NoSQL
Database –-use cases and latest developments in dovetailing Big Data
with Apache Cassandra, Apache HBase, Apache CouchDB, Apache Accumulo,
and more.
OFBiz
–-the ins and outs of Apache OFBiz (Open For Business), the Open Source
Enterprise Resource Planning suite of applications that integrate and
automate many business processes, including catalogue management,
eCommerce, CRM, warehousing, manufacturing, project management, HR
functionality, FiCo, and more.
OpenOffice
[sponsored by Oracle] –-the Apache OpenOffice ecosystem, with dedicated
hackathons, MeetUps, and evening sessions, as well as use cases, and
technical sessions on Writer, Calc, Impress, Math, Base, and Draw.
Web Infrastructure –-the backbone of the Web, including Apache HTTP Server, Apache Tomcat, Apache Traffic Server, and more.
The full presentation list is available at http://www.apachecon.eu/schedule/list/
Registration and Special Savings
Register
by 1 October 2012 to take advantage of Early Bird rates with savings up
to €150. Students benefit with a super-discounted registration rate of
€75, made possible by a special subsidy from Google. Sign up today at http://www.apachecon.eu/tickets/
Sponsorship
ApacheCon
Europe is underwritten through a generous donation by Platinum Sponsor
SAP. Joining them are Citrix, Google, Hortonworks, and LucidWorks at the
Gold level; HP and Oracle at the Silver level; and evening events
sponsor The Open Bastion. For sponsorship information, contact Melissa
Warnkin at ea@apache.org or on +1 908 343 3214.
We look forward to seeing you in November!
-The ApacheCon Planning Committee
Posted at 12:16PM Sep 21, 2012
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Media Alert: The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache Wicket™ v6.0
Who The Apache Software Foundation (ASF): all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of nearly 150 Open Source projects and initiatives.
What Version 6.0 release of Apache Wicket, the Open Source component-based Java Web application framework in use at Symantec, Walmart, Netherlands Internal Revenue Service, and more.
Why Apache Wicket v6.0 is the latest version of the popular Java component-oriented Web framework used by thousands of development shops around the world, including an array of large and small organizations such as Symantec Corporation, Walmart, Vegas.com, email provider GMX, and the Dutch Internal Revenue Service. Providing an Open Source, component-oriented development model for Web application development, Wicket eases the creation and maintenance of complex Java Web applications; v6.0 enhances core functionality and offers many new features, from OSGi compatibility to AJAX attributes to Big Data support.
"This release delivers a reinvigorated implementation of our client side API that enables developers to integrate rich JavaScript libraries and components with minimal effort. We have updated and broadened the capability and flexibility of many existing features throughout the framework," said Martijn Dashorst, Vice President of Apache Wicket.
Where As with all Apache products, Apache Wicket is overseen by a self-selected team of active contributors; a Project Management Committee (PMC) guides the Project's day-to-day operations, including community development and product releases. The Apache Wicket PMC has released a new Technical Fact Sheet on Apache Wicket v6.0 at https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/entry/apache_wicket_v6_0_0
Posted at 01:07PM Sep 05, 2012
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Apache Wicket v6.0.0 Technical Fact Sheet
- Out-of-the box JQuery integration
- Complete control over AJAX requests
- Improved event registration in browsers
- Support for large datasets in components
- Dependency management for client side javascript libraries
- Experimental support for websockets
Java 6 required -This release moves the minimum required Java version to Java 6. This means that Wicket applications running on earlier Java versions meaning to upgrade, also need to upgrade their Java runtime.
AJAX Attributes - With the new and improved AJAX implementation, you can alter any aspect of an AJAX request through AjaxRequestAttributes. For example you can specify that the request should be executed using POST instead of GET, or that the AJAX request should be multi-part, etc. See the migration guide or the JavaDoc of AjaxRequestAttributes for all possible options.
Browser event registration replaces inline events - Wicket now uses JavaScript event registration instead of inline attributes for AJAX components. This enables multiple event listeners to be attached to a markup tag, cleans up the rendered markup considerably and reduces the amount of generated markup.
IDataProvider now uses long instead of int - The IDataProvider<T> interface and implementations now use long instead of int for index and size parameters to better line up with the Java Persistence API and other persistency frameworks. Big data is now possible with Wicket!
${label} replaces ${input} in feedback messages - Previous Wicket versions used the input that was provided by users in error messages when validations failed. This led to error messages like "1234a is not a valid number". In Wicket 6 the feedback messages use the label of the invalid form component instead. You can set the label by calling setLabel() on the form
Resources can declare dependencies - It is now much easier to create resource contributions with dependencies, for example a JQuery plugin can declare a dependency on JQuery and other resources such as embedded style sheets. Users of such resources don’t have to provide these dependencies themselves, and the dependencies are linked in the appropriate order.
OSGi compatible packaging - Wicket's packaging has been made compatible with OSGi bundles by moving some classes to different packages. The full list can be found in our migration guide. This makes it much easier to deploy Wicket applications in an OSGi environment.
The complete set of changes is available in the migration guide at http://s.apache.org/wicket-6.0-migration
Availability and Oversight
As with all Apache products, Apache Wicket v6.0.0 is released under the Apache License v2.0, and is overseen by a self-selected team of active contributors to the project. A Project Management Committee (PMC) guides the Project's day-to-day operations, including community development and product releases. Apache Wicket source code, documentation, and related resources are available at http://wicket.apache.org/
"Apache", "Wicket", "Apache Wicket", and "ApacheCon" are trademarks of The Apache Software Foundation. All other brands and trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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Posted at 01:07PM Sep 05, 2012
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