The Java SIG from the back of the room

March 18, 2006 4 Comments

I poked my head into the Java SIG to see how it went and I was surprised to see so many Java developers as I was beginning to think there weren’t any. ;) Anyway I was very happy to see how the SIG was run. Pretty much all Q&A, no demos. The Java devs pretty much asked asked away and the Java team responded to just about all the questions. I was happy to see when Steve Citron-Pousty asked how many developers read blogs and almost every hand went up (I’ve always said the Java developers were a smart and handsome bunch). Of course Steve was sadden to hear that most didn’t know he had a blog, but it does validate what I’ve been saying all this time. Developers look for information in areas that ArcGIS Desktop users do not. Blogs should be very important to ESRI’s community.

I was glad that some Java developers are reading this blog so I’ll try and pass on more Java info as I hear it. I’ll write up my final post on day 2 at the Dev Summit and my thoughts about the whole experience probably late tonight or tomorrow.

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4 Responses to The Java SIG from the back of the room

  1. Aaron says:
    March 18, 2006 at 9:28 pm

    I think it ranked #1 session on my list. I thought the confirmation of blogs.esri.com was interesting as well as the RSS enabled forums. I eagerly await those and it sounds like the feedback they took was that more of the Java team will start blogging.

  2. Keyur Shah says:
    March 19, 2006 at 3:24 am

    Yeah, thanks Aaron and thanks James. It was indeed a good session and it truly had a “community” feel to it… I’ll personally persuade more on our team to blog… And we’ll indeed take all feedback seriously – particularly those which foster more communication among us developers.

    Looking forward to more of such candid sessions with fellow developers.

    I always give him a hard time- but thanks are overdue to Steve who put this session together!

  3. Jeremy says:
    March 20, 2006 at 8:50 am

    I second Aaron. The Java SIG was my favorite part of the conference (other than meeting so many great people). Steve did a great job of getting the ESRI java group involved. I appreciated their candor and excitment.

    My hats off to Steve and Keyur.

    Jeremy

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