[GR-Jug] GR-JUG survey

[Eric Piehl]

GR-JUG,

I agree with Rick Mason that having an agenda sent out ahead of time allows busy people to decide if a particular program is
valuable for them.  From experience at other volunteer organizations, it is nice to have program topics picked out three- to
fifteen-months in advance.  Nice for the presenters, too!

As a newbie, I want to see everything:

1a).  Presentations and demos.

2b).  Weekly if beginning Java on agenda.  That would speed the learning process.  Else Monthly is fine.

3 all topics) except object-oriented design.  I am a C++ guy, but all Java is new to me (except JScript).

4) What other Java topics are you interested in?
  Beginning Java:  where do I start?
  Demos.
  Which IDEs, debuggers, class libraries, plug-ins, J2SE vs. J2EE,  are good for which environments, or which tasks?
  Any browser-awareness needed?
  JSP overview and use.
  EJB overview and use.  
  Tomcat overview and use.
  JSF overview and use.
  JFS overview and use.
  Accessing flat files or databases:  My SQL, Oracle, SQL Server, JDO.
  Debugging.
  Available cool apps you can adapt for your site.
  Staying up to date.

5)  No presentations for me for a while, until I find something interesting that others might not know.

--Eric Piehl
ericpiehl at comcast.net