February New Hampshire Java Users Group Meeting 

Thinking Functional Style

Presented by Venkat Subramaniam

University of New Hampshire

DeMerritt Hall, Room 112 (note new location!)

Durham, NH

As usual, we'll have some great prizes to raffle off from our sponsors, including some awesome software from VMWare, and technical books from O'Reilly.

February's speaker is brought to NHJUG by No Fluff Just Stuff and the New England Software Symposium which will be running from March 9th to 11th 2012.  Use promo code nfjsusergroup50 when registering for a $100 discount just for being an NHJUG attendee!

About this month's talk:

Functional Programming has been around for a while, but it is gaining popularity, especially due to direct support in languages on the JVM. Writing code in functional style is not about syntax. It is a paradigm shift. In this presentation, using examples from Java, Groovy, and Scala, you will learn how to write code in functional style. We will start out discussing the elements of functional programming and then look at examples of some common operations and how you can implement those in functional style.

About this month's speaker, Venkat Subramaniam:

Dr. Venkat Subramaniam is an award-winning author, founder of Agile Developer, Inc., and an adjunct faculty at the University of Houston.

He has trained and mentored thousands of software developers in the US, Canada, Europe, and Asia, and is a regularly-invited speaker at several international conferences. Venkat helps his clients effectively apply and succeed with agile practices on their software projects.

Venkat is the author of ".NET Gotchas," the coauthor of 2007 Jolt Productivity Award winning "Practices of an Agile Developer," the author of "Programming Groovy: Dynamic Productivity for the Java Developer" and "Programming Scala: Tackle Multi-Core Complexity on the Java Virtual Machine" (Pragmatic Bookshelf). His latest book is "Programming Concurrency on the JVM: Mastering synchronization, STM, and Actors.

Directions to UNH DeMerritt Hall:

Please allow extra time to find parking and to walk to the DeMerritt hall from the parking areas. Luckily for us, parking after 6pm at UNH is not a problem.  See the following map to get Google Maps directions to DeMerritt hall: http://g.co/maps/tu7un  

Park in the "A" lot (the main "hockey" parking lot behind the railroad tracks).  After 6pm there may also be some parking available in front of Nesmith Hall as well.  Be sure not to park in the 24 hr. reserved student spaces.  The following Campus Map may also help you.   

About this meeting's sponsor, Market Street Talent:

Market Street Talent is a dynamic, results-driven executive talent search and procurement firm based on the Seacoast of New Hampshire specializing in Information Technology placement services. Market Street Talent is invested in the IT vertical, employing individuals with a deep level of IT understanding, delivering individualized attention.

Hope to see you there!