These are the presentations given as a part of an Open Java Day we have conducted in Tel Aviv.

Each of these presentation is a short introduction to a new specification, framework or concept we find interesting.

Please note that many of the presentation are based on early stages of specifications and are likely to change a bit by the time those specifications are released.

The Web Beans standard provides a unified component model for Java EE.

Generally speaking, it allows for EJBs to be used as JSF components.

Web Beans provides dependency injection between EJB, JSF, Servlets and regular Java Beans and defines new scopes like conversation.

Web Beans greatly simplifies the development of JEE web applications by making the connection between the different components easy and natural.

Groovy is an Object Oriented and dynamic language based on the JVM.

Groovy has powerful language features (e.g., Closures, Builders, Categories) that are not available in Java.

Because of its seamless integration with Java, Groovy can provide powerful tools to any Java developer.

With the power of Groovy, developers can produce more readable and maintainable codes.