November 19, 2003

Next meeting

This is the scheduled date for the November meeting, using the "3rd Wednesday of the month" algorithm.

Update 10 Nov: Venue will be Liverpool Central Library. Times ca. 6pm - 8pm

Update 18 Nov:map

  • Introduction
    • at last meeting, the JDO talk showed an aspect of serverside java relating to storage, while the Symbian one showed how to run java on smartphones. Now we can show with real world examples how to get them working together!
  • The internet and java servers.
    • How the domain naming system works and how URLs are more than they seem.
  • How java can process data on servers.
    • A new breed of software - the "application server" and what it really is. How java based webservers use the url to direct web requests to do their work.
  • Smartphones.
    • How a J2ME app can communicate with a J2EE webserver. The universal http request/response mechanism. Local processing (e.g. for cryptography)
  • Real world examples.
    • The ICC ("Internet Connection Checker")
    • CrazyWarp's the user registration system.

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