uPortal Developers Meeting at UW-Madison - 2006.09

Agenda

UW-Madison - Detailed Agenda

Meeting Minutes

Detailed Minutes

Date and Time

September 11 and 12 (Monday and Tuesday), 2006
9 AM to 4 PM each day

Developers are encouraged to stay for the remainder of the week (September 13 - 15) for a coding session. A wireless internet connection will be available, but developers will need to bring their own laptops. The purpose of this coding session is to give developers a chance to work together in person on the coding of uPortal 2.x and uPortal 3.

Host and Location

Madison, WI 53706

Directions to Campus

The meeting will be held at The Pyle Center. Monday and Tuesday will be in room 227. Wednesday through Friday will be in room 217.

The Pyle Center
University of Wisconsin-Extension
702 Langdon Street Madison, WI 53706-1420
Front Desk: 608-262-1122

Directions from Hotel

Campus Maps

Preparation

It is recommended that you review the following before coming to the uPortal developers meeting:

• The overview document that outlines the major goals of uPortal 3.
• uPortal 3 code that has been developed so far. You can find it in the CVS up3 sandbox module.
• The Pluto Portlet container
• The WSRP4J framework
• The JSR 168 Portlet Specification
• The WSRP Specification
• The Spring Framework, especially the concept of Inversion Of Control (IoC) and the Spring JDBC abstraction framework
• The Sakai Project
• The JA-SIG Issue Tracker, with an eye towards the uPortal 3 Road-map, and the uPortal 2 Road-map
• The first draft of the uPortal 3 Community Development Roadmap
• The [uPortal Requirements Gathering Process]

Presentations

• uPortal 3 User Experience.ppt

Local hotels

The Lowell Inn and Conference Center
610 Langdon Street
Madison, WI 53703-1104
Front Desk: 608-256-2621
Reservations: 866-301-1753
Note: This is right next to the conference location.

• Room Rate $77
• The Lowell Inn does not offer shuttle service. A cab is recommended for transportation from the airport.

Best Western Inn Towner and Highland Club
2424 University Avenue Madison, WI 53726-3811
Telephone: 608-233-8778
Ask for "JA-SIG" block in order to get special rate.

• The hotel has complimentary shuttle service from airport to hotel, as well as shuttle service to and from campus. You must call beforehand to make shuttle arrangements.
• Room Rate $89
• Block of rooms will be released on August 20, 2006. Must call before 8/20 to get special rate.
• Rooms reserved:
  • 25 rooms for Sunday 9/10 and Monday 9/11
  • 10 rooms for Tuesday through Thursday.  9/12-14.
    Note, the hotel is sold out for Friday night .... there is a football game on Saturday!

Meals

A buffet lunch will be provided on Monday and Tuesday. It will feature at least one meat and one vegetarian option.
Morning breaks will be catered all week with coffee, tea, brewed decaf, assorted pastries, and juices.
Afternoon breaks will be catered all week with assorted sodas, bottled waters, cookies, and a specially selected snack item of the day.
If you have any special diatary needs, please contact Jim Helwig as early as possible.

Transportation

Directions from Madison's airport (MSN) to the Best Western Inn Towner - MSN to Inn Towner

Attendance List

Questions

For questions about the meeting or meeting location, contact:
Eric Dalquist

Coding Session Pictures