The NetBeans Community invites you to a 2-days free event regarding the NetBeans IDE and Rich Client Platform. The event will be hosted in Athens from Friday, 17 to Saturday, 18 April 2015. This is a follow up of NetBeans days events in Utrect (Februray) and Munich (March) and will continue to different locations in the following months.

You will have the chance to learn about the latest tips and tricks of the NetBeans IDE and the NetBeans platform by experts on the subject. This is an amazing opportunity to combine your passion with holidays and taste the amazing Hellenic cuisine.

Agenda:

    Friday 17 April

    8:30-9:00: Registration, coffee

    9:00-9:10: Welcome

    9:10-9:55: "What is NetBeans?" (Geertjan Wielenga: NetBeans Product Manager)

    10:00-10:45: "Dukescript: How to turn your NetBeans application into web client app with NetBeans 8.1" (Jaroslav Tulach: NetBeans architect)

    10:45-11:00: break

    11:00-12:00: "Writing better code with NetBeans" (Mark Stephens: IDR Solutions)

    12:00-12:45: "JavaEE: A Beginner's Experience" (Vasilis Souvatzis)

    12:45-13:40: Lunch

    13:45-14:30: "Turning a JavaFX application into a NetBeans plugin" (Mark Stephens: IDR Solutions)

    14:35-15:20: "From Scrum features to NetBeans modules" (Ioannis Kostaras)

    15:30-16:00: "WildFly and Openshift plugins for NetBeans" (Emmanuel Hugonnet: RedHat)

    Sat 18 April

    8:30-9:00: Coffee

    9:00-12:30: "Workshop: Porting a Swing application to NetBeans Rich Client Platform" (Ioannis Kostaras)

 (Your laptops are required. Please download the following before the event: NetBeans 8.0.2, todo app,  hsqldb)

    12:40-13:40: Lunch

    14:00: Excursion (Sounio or Akropolis) or close up

Coffee will be provided and we look forward to a fun-filled and active event, at the end of which you will have gained many new insights, while extending your network.

The event will take place at a great venue, the Aquis Mare Nostrum Hotel Thalasso outside Athens just 20′ from Athens airport and by the Aegean sea. 

Should you choose to stay in that hotel, prices (VAT inclusive):

– Rich breakfast buffet
– Rich lunch buffet and the following drinks in limitless consumption during dinner: white / pink / red wine, draft beer, juices, soft drinks

– Single main building room with mountain views: 75 EUR per room per night in Half pension
– Double main building room with mountain views: 85 EUR per room per night in Half pension
– Double main building room or bungalow with sea view: 105 euros per room per night half pension
– Triple room in bungalow with sea view: 135 euros per room per night half pension

Lunch buffet fee: 15 euros extra per person per meal, suppl. unlimited consumption of white / pink / red wine, draft beer, juices, soft drinks.

The event is fully booked but you can still add yourself to the waiting list here.

Aquis Mare Nostrum Hotel Thalasso
Leoforos Vravronos 30
Artemis 190 16, Greece
lat, lon: 37.930312, 24.006113 (37° 55′ 49”, 24° 0′ 22′)
Google map (DO NOT CONFUSE WITH MARE NOSTRUM HOTEL THALASSO IN PORTO RAFTI)

The event is sponsored by the Anderson Software Group, which provides training in Java and JavaFX, C++, Python and Perl, OOD and UML, Linux, and C#. The organizers would like to thank the Anderson Software Group for their support of this event!

Most speakers are members of the NetBeans Dream Team!

Emmanuel Hugonnet

RedHat

Ioannis Kostaras

Vassilis Souvatzis

Mark Stephens

IDR Solutions

Jaroslav Tulach

NetBeans Architect

Geertjan Wielenga

Oracle

NetBeans PM