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Subject: [GT2006] Update! Cocoon GetTogether 2006 (Oct 2-4,Amsterdam)
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 16:52:10 +0200
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Thread-Topic: [GT2006] Update! Cocoon GetTogether 2006 (Oct 2-4,Amsterdam)
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From: "Arje Cahn" <a.cahn@hippo.nl>
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       *******************************
       *                             *
       *   Cocoon GetTogether 2006   *
       *                             *
       *     October 2nd to 4th      *
       *                             *
       * Amsterdam, The Netherlands  *
       *                             *
       ****** www.cocoongt.org *******

Hi all,

Here's a little Cocoon GetTogether 2006 update!
First of all, a big Thank You to everyone who responded to my emails!

Ideas for talks
---------------

Here's the (long!) list of subjects for sessions that we all came up =
with:

- Success stories (why someone chose Cocoon, for what, what was great =
and=20
  what not?)
- Comparison of Cocoon with other web frameworks
- Why should I upgrade to 2.2?
- A "meet the Cocoon devs" session at the hackaton for users. This =
session=20
  should be moderated and the topics come from the participating=20
  non-committers.
- Perspectives of the portal block, relations to other Apache portal=20
  projects
- Some shorter, flashier presentations of what you can achieve with=20
  Cocoon, right from the core developers
- A session with "kowledge flashes", 5 to 10 minutes per subject
- A "guided tour" through Cocoon where Reinhard interviewed Carsten and=20
  Sylvain about the internals
- Some demos of actual Cocoon sites, with explanations of why, how, etc
- Optimisation techniques, (efficient, performant Cocoon) across the =
whole=20
  lifecycle of an application
- The secret gems of Cocoon (what do people not know about that is =
really cool)
- Interactive apps, authentication, user tuned content
- How to get involved (find out what the community needs from =
contributers)
- Some sessions that focus on technologies that are often used together =
with=20
  Cocoon, with Guru's:
    - Maven 2
    - Spring 2
    - FOP 0.92
    - Cocoon and Web Services/SOA
    - Lepido=20
- Some howto's / best practices for
    - Configuration
    - Using Spring
    - Building Cocoon
- 10 Reasons to use Cocoon
- A "What's new in 2.2 and how to use it track" with different topics, 5 =
to=20
  10min per topic.
- What's up for Cocoon 3.0?
- The Funky Cocoon AJAX tour (with lots of samples!)
- A session like "moving from xsp and sitemap actions to flowscript and=20
  jxtemplate" to introduce existing users to the latest Cocoon =
techniques=20
  and guide them in upgrading their older bits of code
- A short (!!) introduction to OSGi (what's all that fuzz about?!)
- Best practice + case studies for cocoon based Intranet Portals
- Integration of Cocoon and Open Source Workflow Servers, Cocoon based=20
  Workflow applications in general
- Cocoon Forms: "meta form application" (let the users create form based =

  applications by assembling cocoon forms with the help of CF)
- Short, practical case studies: high-level architecture, integrating=20
  Cocoon, etc.=20
- How to NOT get lost in Cocoon technologies: flow, binding, xsp, =
jxtemplate,=20
  cforms, authentication, portal, etc.=20
- How does Cocoon provide login, authorization, menu, form processing,
  templating, integration with backends (database)?=20
- How to create a "typical" project with cocoon, regarding=20
  sitemap hierarchy and organization, class model, deployment, =
artifacts,=20
  where do flows scripts must go, etc?
- Case studies showing large web applications
- Cocoon for 'non-java' professionals and Cocoon project management
- What is the required knowledge in order to hire a professional that =
should=20
  work in a cocoon project?
- Does separation of concerns work in a real world situation?
- Reducing risk when building large projects with large teams
- How to tweak Cocoon for performance=20
- Real numbers on cocoon performance, real hardware and real deployment=20
  topology (load balancing, session replication)
- A caching tour. How can I use caching effectively and what can I cache
- Measuring performance. How can I know at what speed my cocoon site is=20
  running?=20
- The Cocoon toolset: tools that can help shorten development time / =
tools=20
  for testing / monitoring

And a final note from Bertrand: "Talking to community members, I get a =
feeling that we're using Cocoon in wildly different ways, and I think =
it's one of its major strengths - let's show this at the GT!"

(+1 from me!)

Many thanks to all who shared their thoughts - it gives so much more =
insight in what everyone's expecting from a good Cocoon conference. =
Great! Now, all we have to do is do it 8-)

Audience
--------

There was some interest from the FOP guys at the ApacheCon Europe to =
come by at the CocoonGT and (ab)use our hackaton for their own efforts. =
I guess Cocoon could only benefit from that, so I'd say they are more =
than welcome to do so! Also, I'd welcome anyone from Forrest, Lenya, =
Daisy or any other Cocoon-related project at this years Cocoon =
GetTogether. The more, the marrier!

Rooms
-----

We have the possibility of renting an extra (smaller) room during one or =
more of the 3 days, almost for free. So, we *could* do parallel sessions =
of some kind.... Any thoughts?

Sponsoring
----------

There's already been interest from possible sponsors.. With *awesome* =
plans.. We have to see how it works out, but it sounds really tempting!=20
If you'd like to sponsor the GT, please drop an email at =
info{at}cocoongt.org and we'll send you a list of options. Starting as =
low as 400 euro's, you can already make a difference! Hey, this is a =
community driven event, with a very low entrance fee.. We need those =
sponsors!

What's next?
------------

I'll send out the Request for Proposals next week, so people can sign up =
for talks. The talks should take into account the above list of =
subjects, but do not necessarily have to be limited to it! Please share =
any new ideas on the Cocoon-dev or -users list in the meantime!

That's it for now!

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Kind regards,

Arj=E9 Cahn

Hippo =20

Oosteinde 11
1017WT Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Tel  +31 (0)20 5224466
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