Codetown ::: a software developer's community
Time: May 22, 2014 from 6pm to 9pm
Location: DeVry
Street: 4000 Millennia Blvd, Room 106
City/Town: Orlando
Website or Map: http://www.devry.edu/universi…
Phone: 321-252-9322
Event Type: meeting
Organized By: Michael Levin
Latest Activity: May 15, 2014
Born in Brooklyn, NY, Joshua Davis graduated from Blackburn College in Carlinville, IL (1989) with a degree in Computer Science. Early on in his career Joshua worked for Telecom and the Travel related industry and specialized in C++ with the Oracle toolset (PRO*C, PL/SQL, Forms, Reports, etc.). After spending time learning Java from Bruce Eckel, Joshua decided to become a Java Developer and has been programming in Java since 1999. In 2004 he met Rod Johnson at the J2EE Server Side Only Conference and has been a Spring Framework advocate ever since. Joshua spoke at SpringOne and the GR8 conference in 2010. He has also published articles in Groovy and Grails magazine. After working for two international consulting firms, he joined VMWare Professional Services in 2011 and transitioning into Pivotal PSO in 2013.
This meeting is sponsored by CambridgeWeb, www.cambridgeweb.ie. Working software developers, since 1997!
Pizza and refreshments courtesy
of Pivotal www.gopivotal.com
Please invite a friend and RSVP so we'll know how much pizza to order!
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