Presentations

Java SE 6

Presented to the Kansas City Java User Group, January 10, 2007

This presentation gave an overview of the recently released Java SE 6.

Introduction to Web Services

Presented to the Kansas City Java User Group, May 10, 2006

This presentation gave an overview of Web Services and the associated standards and technologies. Next the Java technologies with which one can implement and interact with Web Services are covered. Finally a simple Web Service and client is built using the Apache Axis 1.x framework.

Web Services presentation (PDF, 70k)

Web Services example files (JAR, 2.2M)

Ajax - Asynchronous Javascript and XML

Presented to the Kansas City Java User Group, April 12, 2006

With Shashank Date, we presented an introduction to Ajax - Asynchronous Javascript and XML. This is a technology that can make web applications more usable and responsive to the end user. The presentation included a brief overview of the technologies involved, followed by a simple example of Ajax in action.

Presentation slideshow - prepared by Shashank Date
Basic Ajax example

C# / .NET Overview

Presented to the Kansas City Java User Group, February 9, 2005

Beginning in 2000, Microsoft released .NET and C# as its platform for enterprise software. C# is Microsoft's newest language and is Java's biggest competitor in today's market. This presentation introduced .NET and C#, and covered the following topics:

Windows Forms
ADO.NET

Presentation slideshow
Presentation code examples - most were created using SharpDevelop