Gateway JUG

February 2011 Announcements

The February 1st meeting has been canceled because of the winter storm now entering the St. Louis area!

The presentation is rescheduled for March 1st.

• Our next meeting will be March 1st at 7:00pm. Topic: "League of Legends" - Java Programming Challenges of Online Gaming
  
• We have partnered with the Gateway Groovy Users group to meet on our same night at 6:00pm - 7:00pm. The Gateway JUG meeting will then follow at 7:00pm. So come out for a healthy dose of Groovy, Grails, and Java starting at 6:00pm.
  
  • To RSVP for the Gateway JUG, please visit http://www.meetup.com/GatewayJUG/
  • To RSVP for the Gateway Groovy Users group, please visit http://www.meetup.com/GatewayGroovyUsers/
• Upcoming Training Topics: Web Development; Intermediate Android; Groovy. Details to be discussed at our February 1st meeting.

Wanted! Java Speakers ... If you have a favorite API, just learned a new tool or technique, or just want to share a design or development experience that will be informative and useful to other members, please send an e-mail to president{at}gatewayjug{dot}org to get on our presentation schedule.

March 1, 2011 Meeting: "League of Legends" - Java Programming Challenges of Online Gaming

Because of winter weather, this meeting was rescheduled from February 1st to March 1st.

Come and see just how much fun you can have with Java!

Launched in October of 2009, League of Legends has taken the online gaming world by storm.  The winner of GameSpy.com's PC Game of the Year, LoL has quickly accumulated a devoted following growing at an exponential rate.  Staying ahead of such scale challenges, while no small feat, has proven less difficult due to smart choices made during initial architecture design.  This presentation will detail the core choices and challenges of that journey.  It will include lessons learned during initial product creation such as scale testing, metrics gathering, and planning for 24/7 operation.  Key design decisions will also be explored in detail, including League of Legends’ extensive use of Oracle Coherence caching and grid computing capabilities.

Scott's presentation is sure to be an exciting and entertaining, as well as informative one.  Hope to see you all there!

Speaker: Scott Delap

Sponsor: NetEffects

Scott Delap

 

Scott Delap is a Scalability Architect at Riot Games, Inc. creator of the award winning online MOBA game League of Legends. He focuses on architecture for large scale, fault tolerant application platforms. Scott is also the former lead Java editor for InfoQ.com. In past lives Scott is the author of the popular Desktop Java Live ebook and a seasoned UI developer. Scott is a frequent presenter at conferences such as JavaOne, QCon, and No Fluff Just Stuff. He won a Java Rockstar Award for his 2006 JavaOne presentation on Swing Threading.

NetEffects, Inc.

 

Since 1995 NetEffects has been providing faster, smarter, better information technology contract staffing solutions and consulting services around the world for a variety of industries including retail, financial services, pharmaceutical, telecommunications and government services. With hundreds of consultants in the field, we’re the preferred IT staffing provider for some of the largest corporations in the world…retaining 98% of our clients.

 

As a company, we have chosen NOT to participate in the recession.  In March we were named the 6th largest Information Technology Consulting Firms in the St. Louis area by the St. Louis Business Journal!

Justin Miller

Justin Miller writes Java code for a local information technology firm which focuses on providing software for primarily utility cooperatives and telecommunications companies. In his spare time he enjoys learning more about Groovy, Clojure, and Android development. He received his Master's degree in Computer Science from the University of Missouri - Rolla. His research interests include machine learning and computer security.

Contegix

  
 

 
Contegix is an award-winning managed hosting provider based in St. Louis, Missouri. Contegix offers fully managed servers, colocation hosting, and cloud hosting. As the 2010 Linux Journal Reader's Choice runner-up for best Linux-friendly hosting company, Contegix passionately delivers industry leading support for Linux servers and applications.