Presenting CRUD at 360Flex
Everybody seems to be blogging about their presentations and/or presence at 360Flex, so I thought I’d join the mix. I’m actually in San Jose right now, but headed home for the weekend in an hour or so. I’ll be returning on Sunday night ready to network, present and otherwise have fun with fellow Flex developers. My topics are “5 Minute CRUD with FDS” and “Flex with Java”.
The “5 Minute CRUD” presentation is among my favorite, and my most well received. I remember walking Ted Patrick through it during his first week at Adobe. It must have struck a nerve because almost a year later to the day, he asked me to present it at 360Flex.
The presentation starts with the more common XML-oriented CRUD, moves to using remote objects, and then ends with building out a data management infrastructure. Data storage techniques will include both a relational database and a flat XML file. I’ve arranged to give a sneak peak of some of the future of Data Services as well.
The intention of the presentation is to compare and contrast the features of Data Services while understanding the value it can bring to the development process. It’s all code (Java) with the exception of the slide with my name/email and a quick architecture slide.
If time permits, I’d like to side-step CRUD and talk about messaging as well.
The second presentation on “Flex with Java” is a bit more open-ended. I could go a number of directions, and since the presentation isn’t until the of the day on Wednesday, I have time to change it up. I could stick to the more traditional XML-oriented side of the house and talk J2EE presentation technologies (JSP, servlets), frameworks (Spring and Hibernate), or integration topics (file upload, JMS).
I’m open to suggestions here, so if you have some input I’d be happy to hear it here in comments, or you can track me down at the event.