I have just been told that a couple of our presentations were miss-marked. Please stand by... :-)
Nick Sent from my iPhone, so please forgive brief replies and frequent typos > On Feb 18, 2014, at 7:38, Nicholas Williams <nicho...@nicholaswilliams.net> > wrote: > > 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
