Sun Tech Days Plus was an exclusive annual event of Sun Microsystems which happened in Bangalore on 27th Feb, 08 at Hotel Grand Ashok. Actually it was an extension to the main event which was happening in Hyderabad. They started with the Keynotes of Rich Green live from Hyderabad. After the speech of Rich green there was a Demo showcase and that was really cool. Guys were showcasing their work using java technologies like Swing, J2me and JavaFX.
After the demo showcase they started with the sessions. The first session was on Java SE 6 Update N. Update N is the new release of java SE 6 that introduces new features and enhancements. It was pretty interesting to know that how Sun is taking quick moves to enhance java features and capabilities.
Another interesting session was on Batch processing with Spring Batch. Spring Batch is a lightweight batch framework designed to enable the development of robust batch applications vital for the daily operations of enterprise systems. This session was from Accenture and they showcased a simple example as well for doing a batch processing using Spring batch.
Apart from other sessions I liked one interesting session on Metro and REST. Project Metro is the new name for the web services stack from Sun. So we can say Metro is nothing but JAX-WS + Project Tango combination. JAX-WS is the standardized web services stack and Project Tango (also known as WSIT) is the interoperability toolkit (interoperability with .Net 3.0). REST (Representational State Transfer) describes an architecture style of networked systems. There’s a debate going on in the industry that says REST is better method for building Web services than SOAP. The whole web services space looks quite interesting and Sun has given good support for web services development in the new release of NetBeans IDE. There were some other sessions as well on JavaFX and Java Persistence API by Sun guys and there was a session on Unit testing J2EE applications using JUnit by Accenture guys. Overall the event was good with the main focus on showcasing Sun’s new technologies and initiatives which will really create some sort of awareness among the techies about the new technologies.
