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Our monthly Bungee Connect “Jump Call” is coming up on August 7 at 2:00 MDT.

The Jump Call provides web developers in the Bungee Connect Early Access Beta with an opportunity to talk directly with the Bungee team, and ask questions about Bungee Connect.

Agenda for the August 7 Jump Call:

1. Information on the latest system update to Bungee Connect
2. New Developer Education Resources
3. Open Q&A

Please pre-register for the event, see the forums post in the Bungee Connect Developer Network.

The Bungee Boys are coming to Silicon Valley for Mashup Camp.

Brad Hintze and Ted Haeger will be hanging out all week at Mashup Camp/University, July 17-19 to show the Bungee Connect goodness and discuss whatever else is on people’s minds.

Bungee Connect Demo
Brad and Ted will demonstrate Bungee Connect on July 17 in the main hall, just after lunch. (The session was moved from the early morning timeslot to “just after lunch.”)

If you want to chat with Ted or Brad, you can contact them at:

• brad [at] bungeelabs [dot] com
• ted [at] bungeelabs [dot] com

Our Bungee Connect product manager, Dave Brooksby, recently posted an update summary in the Bungee Connect forums.

Encryption (SSL, HTTPS)
When we sent out our invites to the Bungee Connect Early Access Beta, we included a mention that we had not turned on SSL encryption yet. The team has now finished testing, and all Bungee Builder traffic is now sent over SSL. This was the first priority of this release.

Remember Me
By popular request from our initial beta testers (as well as some of the Bungee crew), the login for Bungee Builder no longer requires you to re-enter your credentials between Builder sessions. We will continue to enhance this aspect of the Bungee Connect system. Additionally, the team has improved single sign-on between the Bungee Connect resources, such as Bungee Builder, the forums and the documentation

New Sample Application
On the start page there’s a new sample application that users can explore in order to learn more about the capabilities and development paradigm of Bungee Connect. We plan to provide additional sample applications in the future.

Bungee Connect developers can read more about the update in Dave’s post in the forums.

Interested in chatting with some of the crew at Bungee Labs? We’re kicking off our first “Office Hours” session

As part of the Bungee Connect Developer Network program, we plan to hold a regular phone meeting to allow Bungee Connect developers to talk directly with the people who created Bungee Connect.

Here are the details on the first Office Hours session:

• Date: Friday, June 15, 2007
• Time: 09:00 MDT (3:00 UTC)
• Agenda:
  1. Kick-off Topic: “Learning Resources for Bungee Connect” (~10 minutes)
  2. Topic Feedback: Questions or suggestions about Learning Resources (~10 minutes)
  3. Open Q & A (~40 minutes)

Since Bungee Connect is still in its Early Access Beta phase, we are limiting attendance to beta testers who have already been granted access to Bungee Connect. Details on how to attend are in the Bungee Connect forums.

The Bungee Crew Welcomes the First Group of Early Access Beta Testers

All of us here at Bungee Labs are extremely pleased to welcome our first group of developers to Bungee Connect.

As we have previously stated, the initial group admitted on our Opening Day has been limited to a small number of developers. This allows us to carefully monitor the system for performance and scaling, as well as provide the best support possible to our beta users. After Opening Day, our goal will be to start adding groups of 50 until all registered beta testers have access. We expect to scale up rapidly, adding new groups every few days - if we run into any unforeseen snags, we will resolve issues before adding more beta accounts.

Of course throughout this process, all of our beta registrants can count on us to provide updates about the latest status of the beta, as well as what the Bungee team is learning.

Resources for Beta Testers

With the first developers now in, we would like to share with you the establishment of Bungee Connect Developer Network, our destination to help developers succeed at creating a new and diverse generation of rich internet applications. The Bungee Connect Developer Network (BCDN) site will provide you with quick access to resources such as documentation, tutorials and Bungee Connect status information during the Early Access Beta. With your feedback and suggestions, we will adapt BCDN so that we can continue to improve the support we provide our members.

We look forward to hearing from you.