Franz Tech Corner News: A Web Application Delivery Framework for AllegroServe

The Franz Tech Corner, April 10, 2008

In this issue:

1. A Web Application Delivery Framework for AllegroServe
2. A major CLIM update on all platforms
3. Free Webinar: Social Network Analytics using an RDF Database
4. European Common Lisp Meeting, Amsterdam, April 19-20
5. JavaOne Conference, San Francisco, May 6-9
6. Semantic Technologies Conference, San Jose, May 18-22
7. 1st European Lisp Symposium, Bordeaux, France, May 22-23
8. Training Schedule

1. A Web Application Delivery Framework for AllegroServe

This Tech Corner article describes a simple framework for delivering
AllegroServe web applications. It includes built-in code to run a
server as a daemon or NT Service, allows on the fly reloading of the
published application, offers telnet access for debugging from the
localhost only, and automatically sets up logging with additional
support for log rotation. It also includes a sample web application to
demo these capabilities.

Read the full article here:
http://franz.com/support/tech_corner/aserve-framework.lhtml

2. A major CLIM update on all platforms

The update was made available in mid-March. There are different
Windows and UNIX/UN*X-like versions. Updates are downloaded with
sys:update-allegro or, on Windows using the IDE, with the Download
Patches dialog accessible from the Help menu. The following issues are
among those dealt with in the update:

* Added support for international character input/output on Motif
platforms.

* Added support for loading pixmaps from CL streams on Motif by
passing an explicit format argument to make-pattern-from-bitmap-file.

* Modified the minimal width of text fields on Windows so they can now
be narrower than 75 pixels.

* Fixed behavior of multi-value selection list boxes on Windows.

* Fixed the cursor positions reported by text-field-cursor on Windows.

All CLIM users should get the update. The CLIM documentation has not
changed.

for details:
http://franz.com/support/tech_corner/#clim-patch-033108

3. Free Webinar: Social Network Analytics using an RDF Database

Wednesday, May 7, 10:00 - 11:00 am Pacific.

Many enterprise databases contain information about people, companies,
along with relationships between people and companies. The Semantic
Web carries the promise that we can use Semantic Technologies to
analyze networks of people and companies as well as events in time and
space. In this seminar, we will show how we can combine the current
state of the art for RDF and OWL reasoning with a number of well-known
Social Network Analytics.

Register for this event at:
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/447096814

4. European Common Lisp Meeting, Amsterdam, April 19/20, 2008

Arthur Lemmens and Edi Weitz are proud to announce the European Common
Lisp Meeting 2008. The meeting will consist of a Sunday full of talks
on April 20, 2008, with optional dinners on Saturday and Sunday
evening.

See http://weitz.de/eclm2008/

5. JavaOne Conference, San Francisco, May 6-9

We will be participating on a panel, PAN-5542 "Developing Semantic Web
Applications on the Java Platform". Save $100 by registering before
May 5th.

For more information on the conference and to register:
http://java.sun.com/javaone/sf/index.jsp

6. Semantic Technology Conference, San Jose, May 18 - 22

Registration is now open. Franz, as a Gold Sponsor of this important
event, will be there exhibiting our products and services. Will you
join us? Semantic technology is here, and SemTech 2008 is THE place to
learn about it. We will be giving a talk, "GeoTemporal Reasoning and
Social Network Analytics for Business Intelligence".

For more information on the talk:
http://www.semantic-conference.com/session/505/

The conference organizers are offering Franz customers $200 (USD) off
registration fees when you use the coupon code "ST8FNZ"! We hope to
see you in May in Silicon Valley!

For more information and to register:
http://www.semantic-conference.com/

7. 1st European Lisp Symposium, Bordeaux, France, May 22-23

Important Dates:
* Author notification: April 14, 2008
* Versions for symposium proceedings: April 28, 2008

Accepted research papers will be invited for a special issue of the
Journal of Universal Computer Science (J.UCS). See the symposium
website for more details.

See http://prog.vub.ac.be/~pcostanza/els08

8. Training Schedule

Allegro CL Certification Program - Basic and Intermediate courses
available. Next 3-day sessions in 2008:

- Basic, May 7, 14 and 21
- Intermediate, June 11, 18 and 25

Ask us about previously recorded programs that are available if you
are unable to attend the live course.

http://franz.com/services/classes

Make the most of your Allegro CL application by utilizing our
consulting services,

http://franz.com/services/consulting/

Lisp Jobs - http://lispjobs.wordpress.com/

For more information about other Franz products and services, please
contact your product application manager or email sales@franz.com.