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A good way to know about the usage of the development frameworks is to look at the job positions offered asking for knowledge on it. Indeed.com allows you to look through the history of job offers by keyword so you can have an idea of the evolution of the job demand.

The guys from the Spring Team have compared the evolution of positions asking for “java and spring” vs “java and ejb”. The growth of Spring positions is amazing, and gives an idea of how well the IT industry is adquiring this open source framework. EJB have not decreased, however I think it’s a matter of time, because the flexibility of the Spring framework and the large set of plugins to connect to other frameworks is a pro that is convincing even the more old-school project managers.

[Via the Spring Source Team Blog]

Dexma Sensors has classified for the semifinals of the Eurecan European Venture Contest 2007 Award. The semifinals will be held in Brussels, Turin, Copenhaguen, Paris and Pamplona, we’ve chosen Pamplona as it’s closer from Barcelona and from Madrid. Why mention Madrid in this post? You’ll find the answer in the previous post. We will be presenting our project in the Eurecan the Nov 5th, and the SIMO starts Nov 6th, so we’ll go directly from Pamplona to Madrid.

The Eurecan is a European Contest and as it’s said in the contest website, its purpose is “to encourage the creation of companies based on innovation and which, thereby, contribute to national and international economic development.”

The final of this contest will be held in Barcelona in December, and for sure we will do our best to be there.

Keep watching this blog to know more about the competition and our progress in it.

More information here

En Xavi i jo vam assistir com a representants de Dexma al Embedded World 2007 de Nüremberg.
Va ser una bona experiència, molts contactes amb representants d’empreses, merchandising divers (no haurem de comprar bolis en un bon temps), i entreteniment per quan la ment estava col.lapsada. Els alemanys son tant o més aficionats al futbolí que aquí a casa nostra. I si, hi havia futbolins a numerosos estands de la fira. El més interessant, el que jugaves contra una màquina (literalment); equipada amb sensors per detectar la bola en un temps récord, era un dur rival. No vam veure ningú capaç de guanyar-la. Nosaltres mateixos vam sofrir una derrota ajustada contra aquest adversari peculiar.

Centrant-nos en la part friki, hem trobat nombrosos proveïdors interessants d’embbededs, alternatives a les motes que tenim, i noves idees d’aplicacions que ens obren un ampli ventall de possibilitats alhora de desenvolupar futurs projectes. Definitivament ha estat una experiència positiva, i l’any que ve de bon gust repetirem.

Tal i com s’havia de fer, vam degustar la típica salsitxa de Nüremberg, així com plats típics de la zona i com no: les cerveses de 1/2 litre que devoren els alemanys amb les galtes vermelles.

Us deixem amb un parell de fotos que immortalizen l’estada a la fira

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