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SUMMARY:Scala + so just what is an Enterprise Service Bus and should I care
 ?
DESCRIPTION:Java Meetups > The Auckland Java Group\n\nAs announced at the l
 ast Auckland JUG\, we will be starting the formal talks at 6:30pm. Discussi
 on from 6-6:30 will be an open topic lead by James\, Richard or Robin.\n\nS
 cala\n\nThe first talk will be by Anthony Stubbs who was unfortunately unab
 le to present last time due to tonsillitis - on Scala\, dubbed as Java 3 or
  the successor to Java by some. Scala is a strongly typed functional OO lan
 guage hybrid that is designed to add functional programming capability to w
 hat Java programmers already know - giving nicer syntax\, closures\, proper
 ties\, DSL capabilities and a whole host of language best practices in a ni
 ce\, tidy bundle. You can use Scala with your existing Java code as they in
 teroperate (they both run on the JVM) and you may find that Scala will prov
 ide you with that productivity boost your team is really looking for. We ar
 e very pleased Anthony is able to present\, and if you are interested in th
 e future of Java at all\, you should definitely expose yourself to Scala.\n
 \nThe second talk is to be presented by our erstwhile President - James Bea
 mish-White! Finally having managed to wrangle a talk from him\, he presents
  on a topic that should interest all developers interested in integration a
 nd long running processes that consist of many steps done by different peop
 le.\n\nDeveloping By Numbers - Drawing an application with OpenESB\n\nOpenE
 SB (https://open-esb.dev.java.net/) is - surprise surprise - an open source
  Enterprise Service Bus. It is developed primarily by Sun\, and may in the 
 future merge with the Sun commercial integration product\, Sun Java CAPS. T
 his talk will discuss a real life project using OpenESB\, the challenges\, 
 tribulations and frustrations of developing it\, and the reasons for choosi
 ng (and not choosing) an ESB in general.\n\nAdditionally\, we'll have some 
 background discussions on XML\, JAXB\, (https://jaxb.dev.java.net/ - the Ja
 va binding framework that's getting built into the JDK)\, XML Annotations (
 and more frustrations) and SOA (Severely Overused Acronym) in general.\n\nA
 uckland  1010 - New Zealand\n\nWednesday\, July 9 at 6:00 PM\n\nPhoto: http
 ://photos3.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/d/f/b/e/event_4737278.jpeg\n\nAtte
 nding: 50\n\nDetails: http://java.meetup.com/162/calendar/7893644/
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