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Introduction


You can easily tell when a tool has matured to being a productive environment. Software developers move from playing and learning features, to supporting production systems and discussing best practices and development methodologies to ensure the success of their next project.

The ADF Enterprise Methodology Group is an effort by "experts"in ADF (that's anyone that knows whatsuch ADFa standsplace for ;-) to discuss highcommunity leveldiscussions ADFbased issuesaround beyondJDeveloper thosebest discussedpractices onand themethodologies OTNfor JDevADF Forums.Enterprise Thedevelopment. goalOn toa produceday Oracleby Wikiday pagesbases capturingADF discussions,"experts" thoughts(that's amdanyone experiencesthat inknows what needs to be done for a successful ADF project. Please join them to share your experiences andstands concernsfor in;-) whatchat shouldabout behigh outlinedlevel inADF suchconcepts, anbeyond ADFthe Methodologyhow-do-I-get-it-to-work Group.Whatposts areon the goals ofOTN thisJDeveloper group?Forums.

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History & past participants


At Oracle Open World 2008, the first ADF Methodology Group was convened and among other participants included:

  • Andrejus Baranovskis – Oracle Fusion Middleware ACE Director & bloggerVgo Software
  • Avrom Roy-Faderman– Oracle Fusion Middleware Ace Director, blogger, and author– Quovera
  • Chris Muir – Oracle Fusion Middleware ACE Director & bloggerSAGE Computing Systems
  • Eric Marcoux – Oracle Fusion Middleware ACE Director & bloggerUniversite Laval
  • Frank Nimphius - Oracle JDeveloper Product Manager & blogger.
  • Lucas Jellema – Oracle Fusion Middleware ACE Director & bloggerAMIS
  • Nathalie Roman – Oracle Fusion Middleware ACE Director & blogger – iAdvise
  • Robert Nocera – JDeveloper bloggerVgo Software
  • Sten Vesterli – Oracle ACE Director & blogger
  • Steve Muench - Oracle JDeveloper Product Manager & blogger.
  • Wilfred van der Deijl – Oracle ACE & blogger – Eurotransplant

In addition the following people havemust beenbe consistantthanked contributerfor ontheir great support to the GoogleOOW08 Group:session:

  • Edwin Biemond – JDeveloper blogger - Ordina Oracle Solutions
  • Simon Haslam – Veriton

For Further Information


For more information regarding this event please contact CHRISdotMUIRatSAGECOMPUTINGdotCOMdotAU.

Disclaimer


The usual get-out-of-legal-damages disclaimers about the content of the ADF Enterprise Methodology Group apply. Any readers and participants must take a mature approach to realising that adoption of suchideas adiscussed on the methodologygroup and any of its parts is at their own discretion and risk and mileage may vary.