2008-09-16
The much-certified Benedikt Sattler has created objectives for an EJB3 Intermediate-level exam. It's now ready to receive contributions, so come display your EJB3 expertise and author some questions!
2008-09-11
As you know we go to Denmark September 28 - Oct 3 to JAOO.
You also know that you get 15% discount.
Now you know that one of you has the possibility to go for free :-)
2008-09-02
September 28 - Oct 3, we goe to Denmark at the JAOO conference where he will run the JavaBlackBelt challenge.
As we write this news, we think it could be interesting to put a free JAOO pass (3.286 EUR), in the auction room... we'll come back with another news if we do that.
And if you plan to go to JAOO this year, JavaBlackBelt can get you 15% off.
Just specify the promo code JBBfriends_JAOO2008 when registering on Jaoo web site.
2008-08-21
JavaBlackBelt will be with UDP at the JavaZone conference, Norway, Sept 17-18.
Our partner in Norway, UDP, kindly invites us to run a JavaBlackBelt challenge at this major European conference.
Be sure to show up in the challenge area, and if you've a yellow belt or better, request a free T-Shirt ;-)
2008-08-11
Join the the next JavaBlackBelt e-meeting Thursday 28th; 14:00 GMT-UTC (7:00 California, 10:00 New York, 15:00 London, 16:00 Brussels, 19:30 India), to share your opinion and get the last news about upcoming activities.
To participate this e-meeting, just follow this link on Thursday to start our new conferencing system.
What do you need to prepare ?
- If you plan to speak, a head set with a microphone is better than loudspeakers (to avoid echo).
- For those who don't like to speak in English, the system has a written chat.
- Please have a picture on your JavaBlackBelt account (that will be transferred to the conferencing system).
- You may test your configuration (Java, sound and microphone) with this link.
- Have a look at the recent forum threads, to get an idea of subjects we might discuss
- Don't hesitate to post things you'd like to discuss in this thread.
During this meeting we'll demonstrate some features of our next big great release ;-)
We'll open the meeting 30min before the starting time, to enable everybody test and get used to the conferencing system.
We look forward to meet many of you again.
2008-08-01
Join the the next JavaBlackBelt e-meeting Saturday August 9th; 12:00 GMT-UTC (8:00 New York, 13:00 London, 14:00 Brussels, 17:30 India), to share your opinion and get the last news about upcoming activities.
The previous e-meeting was held in May.
To participate this e-meeting, just follow this link on Saturday to start our new conferencing system.
What do you need to prepare ?
- If you plan to speak, a head set with a microphone is better than loudspeakers (to avoid echo).
- For those who don't like to speak in English, the system has a written chat.
- Please have a picture on your JavaBlackBelt account (that will be transferred to the conferencing system).
- Have a look at the recent forum threads, to get an idea of subjects we might discuss
- Don't hesitate to post things you'd like to discuss in this thread.
We'll open the meeting 30min before the starting time, to enable everybody test and get used to the conferencing system.
We look forward to meet many of you again.
2008-07-03
JavaRebel offers annual licenses to all JavaBlackBelt's brown belts, plus some at conferences and in the auction room.
JavaRebel is a JVM plugin (-javaagent) that enables to reload changes made to Java class files on-the-fly, saving developers the time that it takes to redeploy an application or perform a container restart. It is a generic solution that works for Java EE and Java standalone applications.
If you are a brown belt, send a mail to support --att-- zeroturnaround dot com, with a link to your JavaBlackBelt's profile page, and your full name.
Else you are welcome to visit JavaBlackBelt's booth at JavaZone (Norway, September 17) and JAOO (Denmark, September 28th) conferences, where challenge winners will also get a license.
If you are not a brown belt, and you cannot come to these conferences, please visit the auction room, it contains one license for July, another for August, and a final for September.
Good luck!
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2008-09-13
Pawel Wrzeszcz and Matthias Merz put their heads together to create the objectives for a Seam exam. Seam fans, come one, come all! Contribute some questions!
2008-09-10
On September 17th 2008, Utrecht (NL), Capgemini’s Java community and his partners organize an exciting evening with several sessions that keep you up-to-date on Java technology.
At this occasion Capgemini will present how JavaBlackBelt is being implemented within the company. JavaBlackBelt is not only used for learning Java related technologies, but also as a means to identify and evaluate trainings.
2008-08-28
The JavaScript-Basic exam, lead by Abhijit Akhawe from United Kingdom and Amzad Basha from India, is stable now.
You have 30 minutes to answer 20 questions related to the JavaScript programming.
2008-08-18
Our Design Patterns (GoF) exam, lead by Evgeniy Platonov, is stable now.
You have 42 minutes to answer 28 questions related to different Design Patterns (GoF mainly).
We also announce a competition for the best DP exam logo. The winner will be awarded a book. Look for details here
2008-08-05
JavaBlackBelt will be at QCon San Francisco conference Nov 17-21, 2008.
Nicolas Brasseur will animate the hibernate tutorial Tuesday AM.
Then, during the conference part, we'll run the JavaBlackBelt challenge as we do at many conferences.
If you have a yellow belt or upper on JavaBlackBelt, please come to meet us and be sure to ask for a free T-Shirt.
About QCon:
This second annual San Francisco enterprise software development conference designed for team leads, architects and project management is back!
There is no other event in the US with similar opportunities for learning, networking, and tracking innovation occurring in the Java, .NET, Ruby, SOA, Agile, and architecture communities.
Speakers include: Rod Johnson, Martin Fowler, Kent Beck and many more.
JavaBlackBelt users get $50 additional discount on tickets! Just mention "javablackbelt_50off" as promotion code when register on the QCon website.
2008-07-14
Sylvain Benoist and Steve Turner, two XML specialists from London, created objectives for an XPath v1 exam.
The exam covers XPath version 1. Now we need to fill it with questions. We would appreciate your valuable contribution.
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