Unfortunately, they have wait-listed ALL FOUR of our presentations. It's rather maddening how they kept emailing us saying "your project isn't represented" and "not enough people have submitted CFPs," and now they decided that our project won't be represented.
Nick Sent from my iPhone, so please forgive brief replies and frequent typos > On Feb 2, 2014, at 1:00, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 9:40 PM, Remko Popma <remko.po...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Well done guys! > > +1 > > G >> >>> On Sunday, February 2, 2014, Nick Williams <nicho...@nicholaswilliams.net> >>> wrote: >>> Matt and I coordinated off-list today and got our presentation proposals >>> submitted to ApacheCon. Assuming they're all accepted, Log4j will have four >>> presentations representing it. Go us! >>> >>> Nick >>> >>> >>> On Jan 31, 2014, at 11:25 PM, Nick Williams wrote: >>> >>> > Matt, sorry for the delay. I've had a bad cold today. Ick. Anyway, my >>> > proposals are below. I haven't submitted them yet. Haven't seen your >>> > proposals yet--can you get them to me ASAP? If you decide you're >>> > uncomfortable committing to two presentations, I'm prepared to also take >>> > on "Extending Log4j 2: Writing Custom Appenders, Filters, and Layouts" >>> > and leave you to deal with just the first/intro one. I've been using the >>> > following guidelines from the ApacheCon website: >>> > >>> >> • Choose a submission type (Presentation, Panel, BoFs, Tutorial) >>> >> • Choose the category for your proposal (Developer, Operations, >>> >> Business/Legal, Wildcard) >>> >> • Provide a biography, including your previous speaking experience >>> >> (900 characters maximum). >>> >> • Provide us with an abstract about what you will be presenting at >>> >> the event (900 characters maximum). >>> >> • Describe who the audience is and what you expect them to gain >>> >> from your presentation (900 characters maximum). >>> >> • Tell us how the content of your presentation will help better the >>> >> Apache and open source ecosystem. (900 characters maximum). >>> >> • Select the experience level (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, >>> >> Any). >>> >> • List any technical requirements that you have for your >>> >> presentation over and above the standard projector, screen and wireless >>> >> Internet. >>> > >>> > ------- >>> > Title: Log4j 2 in Web Applications: A Deeper Look at Effective Java EE >>> > Logging >>> > Experience: Intermediate >>> > >>> > Abstract: The newly-released Log4j 2 includes much greater support than >>> > previous versions for Java EE web applications and proper initialization >>> > and deinitialization of the framework with the application lifecycle. The >>> > Servlet and JSP specifications have changed significantly in the 12 years >>> > since Log4j 1.2 first released. Some of those changes make logging >>> > easier, and some of them make it harder. In this presentation you will >>> > learn about properly configuring Log4j in a web application, what to do >>> > when the container is using Log4j, how to log within your JSPs using the >>> > Log4j tag library, and what to do when handling requests asynchronously. >>> > >>> > Audience Gain: The audience will gain a better understanding of the >>> > lifecycle and class loader hierarchy of Java EE web applications and how >>> > they affect the lifecycle and configuration of Log4j. They'll take a look >>> > at some of the different ways to initialize and configure Log4j and learn >>> > when each approach is appropriate and--more importantly--when it's not. >>> > They'll explore some of the pitfalls of asynchronous request handling and >>> > learn about the important tools that Log4j provides to help and the steps >>> > they must take to keep logging working. Finally, they'll see that logging >>> > in JSPs is easy, too, and doesn't require a single line of Java code. >>> > >>> > Benefit: This is one in a series of hopefully four different >>> > presentations on Log4j lead by the Apache Logging community. These >>> > presentations will benefit the community by providing exposure for the >>> > new version of Log4j, explaining its benefits and strengths over other >>> > frameworks, and encouraging Log4j users to improve the framework and >>> > contribute those improvements back to the community. I am submitting two >>> > presentations and Matt Sicker is submitting the other two. For the most >>> > part their order doesn't matter, but Matt's "An Intro to Log4j 2.0: A New >>> > Generation of Apache Logging" should happen earlier on the schedule than >>> > the other three. >>> > ------- >>> > >>> > ------- >>> > Title: Logging to Relational and NoSQL Databases with Log4j 2 >>> > Experience: Intermediate >>> > >>> > Abstract: The newly-released Log4j 2 contains a number of different >>> > appenders to help you deliver log events to the storage device you >>> > desire. Among those are the JDBCAppender, JPAAppender, and NoSQLAppender, >>> > allowing you to store your log events in essentially any database you can >>> > imagine. While very powerful, configuring these appenders requires more >>> > knowledge and care than configuring standard file appenders with the >>> > PatternLayout. In this presentation you will learn more about these >>> > appenders, how to properly configure and use them, and how to easily >>> > support your specific NoSQL database of choice. >>> > >>> > Audience Gain: The audience will gain a better understanding of how these >>> > three database appenders work. Configuring these appenders involves >>> > carefully mapping log event properties to columns and creating >>> > appropriate database tables and columns to match. Audience members will >>> > learn about these nuances and explore the various options, as well as how >>> > to achieve the best performance possible. Finally, only a few NoSQL >>> > databases are supported initially, but creating support for > > > > -- > E-Mail: garydgreg...@gmail.com | ggreg...@apache.org > Java Persistence with Hibernate, Second Edition > JUnit in Action, Second Edition > Spring Batch in Action > Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com > Home: http://garygregory.com/ > Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory
