March 25th, 2014 #austinjug Thanks to Mike Perez and Chris Ritchie for the graphic

Welcome Austin Java Users Group 12 Years Strong!

Last Decade of Sponsors

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Membership Growth

What’s new in the Java world? Java 8 Released! Lambda Expressions and virtual extension methods Default methods in interfaces Compact profiles Nashorn Javascript engine Launch JavaFX applications Annotations on Java types Parallel array sorting Date and Time API based on JodaTime Lots of cryptographic enhancements Removed permanent generation from Hotspot JVM Small VM (3 MB) Access to parameter names via Reflection NetBeans 8 with Java 8 support released Profiles, lambdas and streams Improved integration with JavaFX scene builder Improved HTML5, Maven, Javascript, Java EE, C/C++, PHP support

Sponsorship Questions Topic Suggestions Speaker Volunteers? Contact Rob Ratcliff

Thanks Thanks to Craig Hunt for bringing the projector every month! Thanks to Mabel Willy for providing the nametags & friendly greetings

After Meeting Networking BJ'S Restaurant & Brewery

Networking and Fun New Place! BJs

Introduction to Cassandra by Tyler Hobbs

Introducing to Cassandra Query Language (CQL) By Yuki Morishita