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Rich Internet Applications with Adobe Flex and Java: Secrets of the Masters Perfect AC (USA)

"I think that Flex for rich Internet client applications can become a major player. Its easy cross-platform support removes many programmer headaches, the component model offers powerful library reuse, and the result produces a very comfortable and appealing interface for the client to use. Because this book teaches you how to use Flex along with the dominant server-side development tool (Java), it?s an ideal introduction if you want to learn how to leverage these technologies."

- Bruce Eckel, author, Thinking in Java

 
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Yakov Fain's Java Blog: "The Cost of Attending the JavaOne Conference"
I did some math to calculate the minimum damage that attending JavaOne may cause to your valet

By: Yakov Fain
Feb. 24, 2006 01:30 PM

The Cost to attend the JavaOne Conference

I did some math to calculate the minimum damage that attending JavaOne may cause to  your valet. In my calculations I was assuming registration fee of $2500 (waived for speakers). I did not take into account early bird discounts or any other coupons that could bring the fees down to $1500). I did not include local transportation, parking food and drink expenses, which for some people may substantially increase the cost of attendance. So let’s see…

1. For a   speaker (non-consultant) living in the Bay area:   $0
2. For a   speaker (consultant between the projects) living in the Bay area:   $0
3. For a   speaker (consultant on the project) living in the Bay area:   $3000 - $5000 of lost earnings.
4. For a   regular attendee  (non-consultant) living in the Bay area:   $2500
5. For a   regular attendee  (consultant between the projects) living in the Bay area:  $2500
6. For a   regular attendee  (consultant on the project) living in the Bay area:   $5500 - $7700 for  lost earnings +registration fees.

For US attendees living in the East coast,  add from $1000 to $1500 for air tickets and hotel to the above.

If you do not live in the USA, add an extra $500-$1000 for more expense air tickets, and residents of some countries may have to shell out additional up to $200 for the US entry visas.

If you’ll add all these numbers, some people (or their employers) will spend at least $10000 USD to attend JavaOne.  And guess what, all these expenses won’t stop at least 12000 people (may be more) from coming in to SF this year. They must be in love with this beast  called Java. By the way, how much did you spend on you recent  vacation with your spouse/boyfriend/girlfriend? Who do you love more: them or Java?

The funny thing is that there is a substantial number of people who will come to  JavaOne, but will not attend even a single technical session. They will just hang out in the nearby bars and restaurants making new friends and contacts. Networking, networking, networking (a.k.a location, location, location)…

Anyway, I’m planning to be there participating in the Java Champions panel and some JDJ events. See you there…

P.S. I’m not going to tell you how much it's going to  cost me to be there :-)

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About Yakov Fain
Yakov Fain is a managing principal of Farata Systems, consulting, training and product company. He has authored several Java books, dozens of technical articles. SYS-CON Books released his latest co-authored book , "Rich Internet Applications with Adobe Flex and Java: Secrets of the Masters" in Spring 2007. Sun Microsystems has nominated and awarded Yakov with the title Java Champion. He leads the Princeton Java Users Group. He is an Adobe Certified Flex Instructor. Currently Yakov works on the book for O'Reilly "Enterprise Application Development with Flex".
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Yakov Fain is a Principal Consultant of Farata Systems. He's responsible for the Enterprise Architecture and emerging technologies. Yakov authored several Java books, dozens of technical articles, and his blog is hugely popular. Sun Microsystems has nominated and awarded Yakov with the title Java Champion. He leads the Princeton Java Users Group. Yakov holds BS and MS in Applied Math. You can reach him at yfain@faratasystems.com. He is Adobe Certified Flex Instructor.


Dr. Victor Rasputnis is a Managing Principal of Farata Systems. He's responsible for providing architectural design, implementation management and mentoring to companies migrating to XML Internet technologies. He holds a PhD in computer science from the Moscow Institute of Robotics. You can reach him at vrasputnis@faratasystems.com


Anatole Tartakovsky is a Managing Principal of Farata Systems. He's responsible for creation of frameworks and reusable components. Anatole authored number of books and articles on AJAX, XML, Internet and client-server technologies. He holds an MS in mathematics. You can reach him at atartakovsky@faratasystems.com


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