Re: 2015 COMMON Thoughts!

Yes, I'm interested in the Node.js as well since I've done a log of JS
client side.  I'm very interested in "real world" applications for it as
well.

Thanks for the information, Vern!

Brad
www.bvstools.com

On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 9:14 AM, Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Hi Brad
>
> I can speak as both an attendee and a speaker. In addition, as a member of
> CAAC, I benefit from hearing some of the material from IBM throughout the
> year.
>
> 1 of my sessions was full - the one on creating XLSX files. And the lab
> for it was almost full.
>
> Open labs were well used, I was told, so people wanted to try out what
> they learned.
>
> I went to a session on node.js and finally think I have an idea of what it
> could be used for.
>
> I went to a session on the new samba support and, again, feel I have a
> better handle on it.
>
> Then a surprise about XML shredding - something I'd missed completely when
> working with XML-INTO instead of trying to master the XML support in SQL a
> couple years ago.
>
> So for me, the new technologies were there and something I can use. I
> think there was strong interest in the new stuff and living in a world of
> disparate operating systems.
>
> Vern
>
> On 5/11/2015 10:39 PM, Bradley Stone wrote:
>
>> I rarely have the time to attend these events but I would love to hear
>> from
>> those that got to attend the latest COMMON...
>>
>> What topics where hot?  What were not?
>>
>> What did you learn and bring back to your shop?
>>
>> What did you wish would have been covered, and what was covered that you
>> thought didn't need to be (and why?)
>>
>> What will you implement and what won't you implement?... and what you you
>> WISH you could implement, but can't?
>>
>> Brad
>> www.bvstools.com
>>
>
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