August meeting of the Mountain View Java Users Group

Date: Wednesday, August 25th, 1999
Time: 7.00pm-8.45pm
Location: California Zephyr Room, Building One (SC1) Bay Networks
 see directions below

Agenda:
7.00 to 7.05-Announcements
7.05 to 8.05-Debugging Technologies for Java-based Systems
by Sriram Sankar, President/CEO, Metamata, Inc.
8.05 to 8.30-Q&A
8.30 to 8.45-Product Demos

(All are welcome, no membership fee, no prior reservation necessary)
Note: For the "Announcements" section if you have something you would like announced, or any "News" (upcoming conferences, information about similar groups, applets...etc) please send mail to (Sudhakar Ramakrishnan) sudha@best.com prior to the meeting. A bulletin board would be placed for product announcements/job openings/miscellaneous announcements.

Debugging Technologies for Java-based Systems

By Sriram Sankar

This presentation will cover different approaches to the task of debugging Java systems, and explore their pros and cons. It will also discuss specific issues related to debugging Java, given its use in a variety of networked environments ranging from applets to application servers to embedded systems, and given its unique features such as being an interpreted language and having automatic garbage collection. The format will be interactive with the audience with a goal to resolve the needs of the real Java developer and the various technologies available for Java debugging.

Biography: Sriram Sankar

Sriram Sankar is president and CEO of Metamata, Inc., a 2 year old Java developer products company (http://www.metamata.com). Metamata specializes in pure Java debugger technology for all Java VM's (browsers, application servers, and embedded system included). Prior to Metamata, he was one of the founders of SunTest, a business unit of Sun dedicated to Java testing tools. SunTest grew from 6 employees to over 50 in about 1 year before it was absorbed into JavaSoft. Earlier, he has held research positions at Sun Microsystems Laboratories and Stanford University.

Sriram holds a PhD in Computer Science from Stanford University. His technical areas of interest includes software development environments, language design, compiler technology, formal methods, and software testing.

Prior to Metamata, Sriram's significant achievements include JavaCompilerCompiler (http://www.metamata.com/JavaCC) - currently the most popular parser and scanner generator for Java; and ADL (http://adl.xopen.org), an assertion based software testing environment developed in collaboration with X/Open.

Directions:

Bay Networks
California Zephyr Room, Building One (SC1)
4401 Great America Parkway
Santa Clara, CA

From 101 North - SF Area

take 101 South
(Approximately 25 miles from SFO)
Exit Great America Parkway, turn left onto Great America Parkway, 1/4 mile Bay Networks is located at the corner of Great America Parkway & Mission College Blvd. Building One (SC1) is @ 4401 Great America Parkway - Santa Clara. Go into the lobby. California Zephyr Room is located on the first floor on the right hand side.

From 101 South Area:

take 101 North
(Approximately 4 miles)
Exit Great America Parkway, turn right onto Great America Parkway, 1/4 mile Bay Networks is located at the corner of Great America Parkway & Mission College Blvd.

It is advised that if you are coming from the Peninsula take 280 South and make an interchange @ 92 East to 101 South (Follow other directions from there).
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Last Updated : August 20, 1999