Demystifying OSGi - Java Colombo Meetup - 24 January 2013

The 6th Java Colombo Meetup [1] was held on 24th January 2013 (Last Thursday) at WSO2 premises. The topic on that day was "Demystifying OSGi" and it was presented by Sameera Jayasoma and Pradeep Fernando.

It was the second time I participated for this meetup. Both Sameera (@sameerajayasoma) and Pradeep (@pradeepfn) presented really well and they answered every question asked.

I joined WSO2 recently and we also had internal training sessions on OSGi & OSGi-based WSO2 Carbon Platform [2]. I would say Sameera and Pradeep are experts on OSGi.

Following is the presentation. You can also go through it to get an idea of OSGi.


I must also thank Prabath (@prabath) for organizing the Java Colombo Meetup and I admire his effort to bring the Sri Lankan Java developer community together.

Here are some photos of the event!

Next Meetup:

The next meetup [3] will be the 1st Anniversary of Java Colombo Meetup and it is scheduled to be held on 15th March.

There will be a workshop on OpenShift and keynote by Dr. Sanjiva Weerawarana (@sanjiva)

For more information and to confirm your participation visit http://www.meetup.com/java-colombo/

Ref:
[1] http://www.meetup.com/java-colombo/events/92598752/
[2] http://wso2.com/products/carbon/
[3] http://www.meetup.com/java-colombo/events/101365252/

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