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JavaBlackBelt is pleased to support JAOO Conference taking place in Aarhus, Denmark from 4-9th October 2009.
For our members, JAOO offers a free pass worth € 1,880.- .
View the JAOO auction.
JAOO Aarhus is the premier European software conferenc...
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We are currently deep in the process of rethinking what JavaBlackBelt is about and how it should work. We believe that by making it more useful, user-friendly and smarter, you, the community, will be better served and more engaged.
In the spirit of rel...
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A new GWT Basic exam has been set up thanks to Olivier Gérardin. The exam is waiting for your questions....
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Alternative languages are currently the hottest thing on the JVM, so it's only fitting we should acknowledge them here at JavaBlackBelt, by simultaneously creating exams around two technologies that show just how vibrant the Java platform is.
There's a...
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Since a few weeks now, the BlackBelt core team has been busy with creating quality material for learning Java technology. Besides coaches we are also looking for reviewers for the course material.
If you are interested in grabbing a few more contribution...
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The Groovy - Basic exam has been released! It's a great testing tool for those getting started with Groovy, a dynamic language based on Java.
The exam covers basic Groovy skills, typically encountered early by those learning Groovy. It's main topics a...
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We're coming to Cracow, Poland for the GeeCON conference on
May 7-8 to run the JavaBlackBelt challenge.
The first ten Belted Community Members to visit us will receive a
JavaBlackBelt T-shirt or polo.
One of you can join us for free by participating ...
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People often tell us that it's quite hard to figure out what JavaBlackBelt is all about.
And our new Coached e-Learning concept is going to add an extra layer to this confusion!
To solve this problem, we were planning to modify JavaBlackBelt website...
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Yesterday, your have been many to take the JavaBlackBelt challenge at the JSpring conference (Amsterdam). iProfs hosted us on its booth where Burak (from iProfs) gave a warm welcome to everybody.
Thank you for your participation, it was fun!.
See the pi...
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Distant Learning survey results
In December 2008 we conducted a survey about Distant Learning. We are pleased to share the report (PDF) with you, which helped us determine:
How people learn Java
The perceived disadvantages of classical courses and ...
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As you may know, JavaBlackBelt has just started a new coached e-learning activity to keep on building better developers. We're going to build and enhance the courses with community involvement, just like we do the exams. The courses are currently are host...
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At QCon London 2009, we talked to attendees and exhibitors about the topics that interested them. The result is an interesting overview of what our peers are up to. We've collected the interviews into an album (which is also visible on our homepage). Topi...
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As promised in the previous news, here is the interview of the managers (of professionals having had coached e-learning)....
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Here are the interviews of the 3 first professionals having taken a JavaBlackBelt coached e-learning: Patrick, Toan, and Véronique.
We have also interviewed their managers yesterday. To be published soon...
As soon as I catch an unhappy student, I'...
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Our friends of GIDS 2009 offer 10 entrances for their conference.
5 Passes for GIDS Java Conference on 24th April
5 Passes for GIDS Workshop on 25th April
Great Indian Developer Summit is the biggest gathering of software developers from Java/J2E...
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Visiting the JavaOne pavilion ... sometimes funny, often interesting. In this (late ;-) second part, we visit AMD, Oracle, and Sun Microsystems....
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This is the interview "How JavaBlackBelt Helped my Career" of Lukasz Kryger, taken at QCon London last year.
Lukasz was the lucky winner of the free pass offered in the auction room. It may be still time to win yours....
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Our friends (which we warmly thank) from TheServerSide offer a free conference pass (worth $1695) to a member of our community. Participate to this auction and have fun at Las Vegas!...
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The results of the 3rd survey are very exciting!
See the summary, video and report.
The results of the two first surveys will be published in the coming weeks.
Thank you for your feedback!...
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As you know, we go to QCon London, March 9-13, and we are happy to offer a free pass to one of you.
Just bid in the auction room....
