Silicon Valley Code Camp (Oct. 8 & 9) is a community-driven developer conference. Developers will learn from their fellow developers in 212 sessions about code, of course, but also about legal issues, branding and community building. Experts from Oracle and the community are sharing their technical know-how during those 2 days in session formats ranging from informal discussions to presentations.

Conveniently scheduled on the weekend with a free entrance, the conference has become more popular over the years and has 1,787 registered this year. The support of many sponsors makes this conference happen and this year Oracle is a platinum sponsor.

Oracle Experts Pieter Humphrey In-memory session replication with WebLogic and GlassFish, Coherence  http://blogs.oracle.com/devtools Sun., Oct. 9 –  10:45am   An engineer's introduction to in-memory data grid development http://blogs.oracle.com/devtools Sun., Oct. 9 – 9:15am Patrick Curran JCP and the Future of Java http://htp://jcp.org Sun., Oct. 9– 9:45am Juan Camilo Ruiz Extending the JSF controller for reusability Sun., Oct. 9 - 2:45pm Arun Gupta The Java EE 7 Platform: Developing for the Cloud http://blogs.sun.com/arungupta Sat., Oct. 8 - 11:15am Deploy and Monitor your Java EE 6 session in a fully-clustered GlassFish http://blogs.sun.com/arungupta Sat., Oct. 8 - 9:45pm Todd Farmer Building Java Applications for MySQL Sun., Oct. 9h – 1:15pm Simon Law High-Performance SQL Applications Using In-Memory Database Technology Sun., Oct. 9h –  10:45am

Experts from the Community Stephen Chin JavaFX 2.0 With Alternative Languages- Groovy, Clojure, Scala, Fantom, and Visage http://steveonjava.com/ Sat., Oct. 8h – 11:15am John David Duncan MySQL Cluster With and Without SQL http://mysqlblog.lenoxway.net Sat., Oct. 8h – 1:45pm Peter Pilgrim Progressive Enhanced JavaFX 2.0 Custom Components http://www.xenonique.co.uk/blog/ Sat., Oct. 8th – 5:00pm Prashant Deva Chronon - DVR for Java http://www.chrononsystems.com Sat., Oct. 8h – 11:15am Slava Imeshev Best Practices for Scaling Java Applications with Distributed Caching http://www.cacheonix.com Sun., Oct. 9h – 1:15pm Manish Pandit Play! as you REST : Using Play! Framework to build RESTful services http://twitter.com/lobster1234 Sat., Oct. 8th – 1:45pm

GlassFish 3.1.1 was released last week; congratulations to the GlassFish community!  GlassFish 3.1.1 now supports Java SE 7, including the Java language improvements provided by Project Coin, and you can also benefit from the Java SE 7 JVM improvements. Other features include:

• More extensive platform support with AIX 6.1 and 7.1 integration and support for Solaris 11 Express Edition 
  
• Better performance and faster runtime on Oracle GlassFish Server with 64-bit load balancing plug-in support
  
• Performance and stability enhancements to Weld, EclipseLink, and Jersey runtimes

• New in EclipseLink 2.3: support for multiple tenants, composite persistence units, and extended entities 
• Support now available for OSGi/HTTP, OSGi/Web, OSGi/JDBC, OSGi/Java EE Hybrid applications
• Improved fidelity when using GlassFish Embedded APIs

GlassFish 3.1.1 provides enhanced developer productivity, better performance, and a more extensive runtime. It's easy to download and get started.

Resources
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GlassFish 3.1.1 Download
GlassFish 3.1.1 Release Notes (PDF) 
GlassFish 3.1.1 Documentation Set
GlassFish Podcast with GlassFish Engineering Manager Sathyan Catari
The Aquarium Blog for GlassFish News

Thinking about submitting a session for JavaOne 2011? That's great! Here are some tips that will help your JavaOne submission stand out:

• Write an abstract that is easy to read and describes the value of the presentation. Do explicitly mention what is being discussed during the session rather than making a blank marketing or strategy pitch. For example, include mention of demonstration, case study, customer/partner participation, quantitative facts, etc.
• Submissions should be:
•     Java-related topics (not technologies such as Flex, .NET, Objective C, etc... unless it's specifically a topic about how such things INTEGRATE with Java)
•     Non-product pitches (JavaOne is a technology conference!)
•     Interesting/innovative uses of Java (be creative!)
•     Practical relevant case studies/examples/practices/etc. (showcase your skills!)
•     Presentations should offer a unique solution

The last tip is a great reminder: it's not the Java technology itself that matters, but how Java solves a problem. That should be your focus. Learn more tips by visiting the JavaOne Call For Papers website, it has a whole page of Tips and Guidelines.

While these are all good tips to make your submission stand out, the most important tip we can give is make sure to get your submissions in on time. The JavaOne 2011 Call for Papers closes on May 23!