For this meeting Zemian Deng will present an introduction to Mule ESB as integration platform.

Mule Presentation for Orlando JUG(~ 1 HR)
I. What is SOA and When to Use it (5 mins)
  A. Definition of SOA & ESB
  B. Use cases
II. What is Mule and how it compare to other implementations (10 mins)
  A. MuleESB
     - The service bus
     - Transporter
     - Endpoint
     - Messages
  B. Brief comparisons to
     - JBossESB
     - ApacheFuse
     - SonicESB
III. Mule in Action Demo (45 mins)
  A. Setup and running Mule
  B. Writing POJO as service
  C. Deploying service as process flow in Mule
  D. Distributing process flow in multiple nodes/server: File name too long

My name is Zemian Deng, and I do software design and development using Java. One of the recent project I've involved with is to evaluate Mule (http://mulesource.org) as an integration platform. I would like to share with the local user group on what I learned with Mule, and to show a concrete example of SOA implementation demo using it. I will cover the meaning of SOA in general, when to use it effectively, and then will go through a mule demo with source code. I will assume users familiar with Java5, Freemarker Template Spring Bean XML configuration, Eclipse IDE, and Maven2 build tool.

For this meeting Fred Sells will present developing Rich Internet Applications (RIA's) by combining Flex with Turbogears.

Flex is a (mostly) open source IDE from Adobe that uses seamlessly combines XML layout definitions with ActionScript programming to create Flash applications. A fairly robust application can be built using the xml layout definitions with minimal ActionScript programming. Flex applications support a wide variety of server-side API's, including XML and JSON.

Turbogears is an open source web framework written in Python that is similar to Ruby on Rails. Turbogears supports all the major RDBMS's and uses either SqlAlchemy or SqlObject to provide Object-Relationship-Mapping (ORM) to simplify server side coding. A basic web application can be implemented in just two files: a database model and a controller containing the business logic. Although Turbogears is primarily used with any one of several HTML templating engines, it also supports JSON.

This presentation will focus on rapid development of RIA's using Flex on the client side with static XML files to simulate server-side responses, then migrate to JSON with a Turbogears backend.

BIO

Fred Sells is employed at Adventist Care Centers where he develops web applications in Python and Java. He has been programming in Python since 1990 and Java since 2000. Prior to this, he was founder and President of Sunrise Software International which developed ezX, a GUI-builder for the Unix environment. Fred has also consulted to The New York Stock Exchange and developed command and control software for the U.S. Navy. He is a graduate of Purdue University and currently working on an MS in Computer Information Science from Boston University.

This session will explore Spring Web Flow (SWF), a core module of Spring's web stack, and its architecture as a powerful controller technology based on a finite-state machine. Keith will discuss in detail SWF's capabilities, including its ability to capture web application page flows as self-contained, reusable modules that make dynamic and sophisticated page navigation decisions. Keith will demonstrate SWF's solutions to important issues facing web application developers in areas such as application transactions, duplicate submits, security, testability, browser-navigation button use, and state management. This session will also show how Spring Web Flow may be leveraged in a variety of web environments as a compliment to "traditional" controllers. You'll see how to embed flows within a number of established frameworks in the web space, including Struts, Spring MVC, and JSF. You'll also see how it integrates with the rest of the Spring Framework. You can expect to see in-action the benefits of using a declarative, test-driven approach to building page flows to orchestrate controlled navigations that drive business processes. You'll leave with an understanding on when to use Spring Web Flow, and how to use it in a best-practice manner. The Spring Framework: ---  The Spring Experience:  ---  Interface21, Inc:
For those of you who want to study up before Keith's talk, he recommends: Starting at www.springframework.org/documentation The Introduction to the Spring Framework by Rod Johnson is particularly good read. From there, I'd recommend downloading Spring Framework 1.2.3 and Spring Web Flow PR5 (http://www.springframework.org/download ) You can then go to the Spring Web Flow WIKI for information about it: http://opensource.atlassian.com/confluence/spring/display/WEBFLOW/Home I'd recommend starting with the SWF "Quick start" and experimenting with the sample applications in the download distribution (see spring-webflow-samples/readme.txt for how to build/deploy the samples). The "Phonebook" sample is a good general purpose sample to learn from. "Sellitem" is another good sample, showing a wizard implementing with Spring Web Flow. Other than that, there are a wealth of technical articles accessible from www.springframework.org/documentation. There is also a in-depth reference manual on the Spring Framework. Another intro to Spring Web Flow: www.theserverside.com/articles/article.tss?l=SpringWebFlow
Speaker Bio: Keith Donald is a core Spring project member and principal with Interface21, a global company led by the creators of the Spring Framework. An experienced developer and mentor, Keith has built applications for customers spanning a diverse set of industries including banking, network management, information assurance, education, and retail. He specializes in translating business requirements into technical solutions. Keith is the founder of the Spring Rich Client Project and co-lead of Spring Web Flow with Erwin Vervaet. Lately you can find him leading Spring training courses across the US and abroad, planning the upcoming "Spring Experience" event in Bal Harbour Beach on December 7th - 10th, and serving as a guest speaker on advanced Spring with the NoFluffJustStuff (NFJS) tour.