Re: Kawa at JavaOne

[Duncan Mak <duncanmak at gmail dot com>]

Hello Per,

Do you know if there will be a recording of this talk?


Duncan.

On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 2:26 PM, Per Bothner <per@bothner.com> wrote:
> In case anyone is going to JavaOne this year, I'll be giving a
> presentation on Monday:
>
> [CON2111]  Writing a 3-D Multiplayer Game with Kawa and JMonkeyEngine
>   Developing a modern network game is very expensive. Performance is
>   important, so people donât normally think of using Java, let alone a
>   more dynamic language. Fabric is a game that was developed by one
>   person with JMonkeyEngine and the Kawa language. It is an immersive
>   3-D multiplayer role-playing game with distinctive
>   features. JMonkeyEngine is a pure Java scene-graph-based game
>   engine. Kawa is a mature Scheme-based language with good Java
>   integration and high performance. All Fabric-specific code is in
>   Kawa. This session demonstrates unique Fabric features made possible
>   by Kawa and JMonkeyEngine and touches on Kawaâs advantages and
>   limitations compared to alternatives, especially Clojure and ABCL.
>
> Monday 5:30pm-6:30pm Holiday Inn Golden Gate 6/7/8
>
> I wouldn't object if you encourage your friends and co-workers to go :-)
>
> My "virtual" co-presenter is mikel evins, author of the Fabric game,
> which I'll be using for examples and demos.
>
> I'll be around much of Monday through Wednesday (haven't decided
> whether to go on Thursday).  One of the perks of *not* working for
> Oracle is (unless I'm mistaken) that I get to go to the Treasure Island
> event (for the first time); it would be nice to have some company
> on the bus and at the event.
> --
>         --Per Bothner
> per@bothner.com   http://per.bothner.com/



-- 
Duncan.