Jazoon'08 Themes

More than any other standard in the software segment, Java technology stands for convergence and the ubiquity of the computer. Java software already runs on practically every conceivable device and is used in everything from mobile phones to highly sophisticated high-end applications in business and at home. Moreover, Java and the Java community play an important role in the success of the open source idea. But what does its further development look like? And what are the driving trends? How are concrete problems solved using Java? Jazoon'08 offers answers to these issues first hand. Jazoon'08 covers the following areas.

Enterprise Application Technology Stacks

• Web application frameworks
• Middleware
• Object-relational mapping
• XML processing
• Web services
• Integration and interoperability frameworks and techniques
• .NET interoperability
• Eclipse RCP

Pervasive Computing

• Mobile computing
• Java Micro Edition
• Android
• Embedded systems
• Consumer technologies

The Next-Generation Web Technologies and Rich Clients

• Web 2.0 technologies
• AJAX, DHTML and mash-ups
• Rich UI technologies

Cool & Fun

• Gaming
• Entertainment
• Experimenting

Development Tools & Techniques

• IDEs and plug-ins
• Testing tools
• Profiling tools
• Application testing methodologies
• Software engineering lifecycle
• Collaboration tools

Infrastructure Technologies & Language Issues

• Java Development Kit & Runtime Environment and its development
• Application servers
• Databases
• Virtualization
• Security
• Scripting

Applications

• Real-world experiences and show cases
• Operational quality of service issues