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Unfortunately, all good things must come to end and that means it is time to pack my things, check-out of my hotel room in NOLA and catch a flight back to Tampa. The good thing is that the excitement of SpringOne / 2GX doesn’t have to end. I am little late to press with completing this post (MacBook battery, sleep, travel, work), but anyone who works with me or who lives with me can tell you that I am still amped about what I saw and experienced at SpringOne / 2GX.

At the beginning of day four, I checked out Hamlet D’Arcy’s presentation on Groovy and OSGI. I have seen a presentation at the Tampa JUG on OSGI, courtesy of my colleague, Vladimir Vivien and Hamlet’s presentation really helped me get a hold of the technology again. He is a wealth of knowledge and a talented software developer / presenter.

One of my favorite presenters, Venkat Subramaniam, discussed design patterns in Java and Groovy. It was a very useful presentation. Venkat is an incredible presenter and the content of his presentations are right on point. He knows what he is doing!

After lunch, I checked out Jeff Brown’s (SpringSource / Grails) presentation on using Grails without a browser. I really enjoyed Jeff’s presentations all week. It is awesome to hear about a technology that I feel passionate about from the source. As Jeff said, Grails is a Web framework but Grails really offers more that just rapid Web development, it is also a platform. He proved that in his presentation.

SpringOne / 2GX 2009 was a great event. My Rod Johnson bobble-head is already on my desk solving enterprise Java problems. The No Fluff Just Stuff crew and SpringSource hosted a great event, at a great venue, in a beautiful city. Looking forward to the 2010 event.