16th ODSC Conference, ODSC Europe 2018, will be in London!
About the Conference
The 3rd annual ODSC Europe in London brings together the most influential data scientists, practitioners, innovators, and thought leaders in Data Science, Artificial Intelligence and Big Data.
ODSC Europe showcases the best and the brightest when it comes to Data Science, including many open source data science pioneers.
This 4-day event will feature 90 in-depth talks, 23 hands-on workshops and 12 intense half and full-day training sessions.
Day One - Accelerate AI Sessions
The Accelerate AI Business Summit holds talks and panels about the Business of AI and data science plus network with industry leaders.
Day One and Two - Training Sessions
Enhance your data science skills through 20 training sessions taught by world-class data science instructors, in small class sizes. Here you'll strengthen your technical skills and boost your professional profile through hands-on trainings led by core contributors.
Day Three and Four - Workshop and Talk Sessions
Further your data science knowledge and connect with like-minded individuals at the many conference talks and workshops.
Tools, Topics, and Languages
Impress your boss and colleagues with the skills you gain at ODSC Europe. Here’s just a sample of the tools, topics, and languages we'll be covering in 3 days:
Topics:
Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Predictive Analytics, Natural Language Processing, Big Data
In addition to the data-science core-topic, we’ve organized 6 other tracks, each highlighting their own unique collaborations and convergences.
Machine & Deep Learning / Learn the latest models, advancements & trends
Data Science Kick-Starter / Acquire the skills to launch your data science career
Data Science for Quant Finance / See how data science is predicting markets and transforming finance.
Data Science Research / Hear top academics & researchers discuss the newest developments
Big Data Science / Witness the intersection of big data and data analytics
Open Data Science / Harness the universe of free data
Rockstar Speakers
We’re gathering the best and brightest minds in data science for you. Learn the newest data science trends and insights from over 90 industry experts. Please see our event website for a complete list.
Networking Opportunities
Connect with 1,500 of your data science peers from around the world at these networking opportunities provided throughout the conference:
Daily Coffee Breaks / Review the talks over coffee
Lunch / Share a meal and ideas with like minded individuals
Networking Reception / Meet to form business relationships
Meet the Expert Session / Drop in and bring your questions to the experts
Dinner with Data Scientist is a self-organized event. ODSC suggests the venue and provides a signup sheet. Each individual is responsible for their own dinner cost.
We are all Equifax, Higher Maturity Levels & DevOps with Serverless
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We are all Equifax - the data behind DevSecOps
In March 2017, hackers took three days to identify and exploit a new vulnerability in Equifax’s web applications. In the post-Equifax world, moving new business requirements (e.g., a non-vulnerable version of Struts2) into production in under three days might just be your new normal. Join this session to better understand how DevSecOps teams are applying lessons from W. Edwards Deming (circa 1982) and Gene Kim (circa 2013) to improve their ability to respond to new business requirements and cyber risks within their software development lifecycle.
About the speaker:
Stefania Chaplin is a Solutions Engineer at Sonatype. She is responsible for helping customers understand and implement DevSecOps across the EMEA region. She has a history as a Python/Java developer and enjoys the challenge of improving the quality of software across different languages and ecosystems. Stefania is passionate about women in technology and is Founder and President of 'Women at Sonatype'.
DevOps Higher Maturity Levels
DevOps practices have been evolving and changing so rapidly, but the maturity of the main principles are almost defined decades ago. We will be discussing the higher level principles of DevOps and how those fit with the current day practices, including the challenges faced during applying those into your environment.
About the speaker:
Derya Sezen is currently working as Cloud and DevOps Consultant under @kloia_com. He has migrated 10+ companies to AWS and was involved in several Containerisation and DevOps Automation projects.
DevOps with Serverless
Find out more about bringing DevOps and serverless together in this talk with Yan Cui. He'll cover using serverless to accelerate feature development, deployment framework, testing, CI/CD, logging, monitoring and distributed tracing and Config management.
About the speaker:
Yan is an experienced engineer who has worked with AWS for nearly 10 years. He has been an architect and lead developer with a variety of industries ranging from investment banks, e-commerce to mobile gaming. In the last 2 years, he has worked extensively with AWS Lambda in production, and he has been very active in sharing his experiences and the lessons he has learnt, some of his work has even made their way into the Serverless Well-Architected whitepaper published by AWS.
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Agenda:
6.30pm - Doors open
6.45pm - We are all Equifax - the data behind DevSecOps - Stefania Chaplin
Big thanks to Skills Matter for sponsoring the venue for this event. Don't forget to also register your attendance on their website: https://skillsmatter.com/meetups/11257-ljc-london-java-community
This event is organised by RecWorks on behalf of the London Java Community.
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Reactive Java & JDK9, 10, 11 and Beyond: Delivering New Features to the JDK
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Reactive Java
Writing reactive Java services is becoming more common. With Java Reactive Streams becoming part of JDK 9 and Spring 5 including WebFlux, this trend is only going to continue. In this talk, Bartosz will explain how reactive services can help us deliver better solutions on the server side. He will also introduce Reactive Streams and Reactor based WebFlux with a practical demo. Microservices changed how we deliver software, reactive microservices can be the next big change.
About the speaker:
Bartosz Jędrzejewski is a Lead Software Developer at Scott Logic. He uses Java and JavaScript to solve all kind of problems- from hobby projects to enterprise financial systems. Currently, he's fascinated by Microservice Architecture and writes about it on his blog - e4developer.
JDK 9, 10, 11 and Beyond: Delivering New Feature in the JDK
JDK 10 was released only six-months after JDK 9, demonstrating that the new fast cadence for the OpenJDK works. Even with such a short development cycle, there were still over a hundred new features covering the language, core libraries and the JVM.
In this session we’ll take a look at how the Java platform is evolving with the introduction of big features like the Java Platform Module System (JPMS) in JDK 9, local variable type inference in JDK 10 and dynamic class file constants in JDK 11. We’ll also cover many of the smaller features that will make your life as a developer easier.
What might JDK 12, 13 and 14 include? To answer that question, we’ll explore some of the longer-term plans for Java, like project Amber, Loom and Valhalla.
About the speaker:
Simon Ritter is the Deputy CTO of Azul Systems. Simon has been in the IT business since 1984 and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from Brunel University in the U.K. Originally working in the area of UNIX development for AT&T UNIX System Labs and then Novell, Simon moved to Sun in 1996. At this time, he started working with Java technology and has spent time working both in Java development and consultancy. Having moved to Oracle as part of the Sun acquisition, he managed the Java Evangelism team for the core Java platform, Java for client applications and embedded Java. Now at Azul, he continues to help people understand Java as well as Azul’s JVM technologies and products.
Agenda:
6pm: Doors open/registration
6.15pm: Reactive Java
6.45pm: Break for drinks
7.05pm: JDK 9, 10, 11 and Beyond: Delivering New Feature in the JDK
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A big thank you to WeWork South Bank for sponsoring tonight's venue and drinks.
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DevOps Higher Maturity Levels & DevOps with Serverless
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DevOps Higher Maturity Levels
DevOps practices have been evolving and changing so rapidly, but the maturity of the main principles are almost defined decades ago. We will be discussing the higher level principles of DevOps and how those fit with the current day practices, including the challenges faced during applying those into your environment.
About the speaker:
Derya Sezen is currently working as Cloud and DevOps Consultant under @kloia_com. He has migrated 10+ companies to AWS and was involved in several Containerisation and DevOps Automation projects.
DevOps with Serverless
Find out more about bringing DevOps and serverless together in this talk with Yan Cui. He'll cover using serverless to accelerate feature development, deployment framework, testing, CI/CD, logging, monitoring and distributed tracing and Config management.
About the speaker:
Yan is an experienced engineer who has worked with AWS for nearly 10 years. He has been an architect and lead developer with a variety of industries ranging from investment banks, e-commerce to mobile gaming. In the last 2 years, he has worked extensively with AWS Lambda in production, and he has been very active in sharing his experiences and the lessons he has learnt, some of his work has even made their way into the Serverless Well-Architected whitepaper published by AWS.
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Big thanks to Skills Matter for sponsoring the venue for this event. Don't forget to also register your attendance on their website: https://skillsmatter.com/meetups/11257-ljc-london-java-community
This event is organised by RecWorks on behalf of the London Java Community.
You can see our latest jobs here - https://recworks.co.uk/java-developer-jobs-london/
You can see our privacy policy here - https://recworks.co.uk/privacy-policy/
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What is a thread? How do we decide on threading models for our software? Why do operating systems use preemptive multitasking when scheduling threads? Should we even be thinking in terms of threads?
This talk walks through a brief history of threads and thread coordination to the present where we now use preemptive multitasking for all but embedded applications. Judd will argue that threads are the wrong abstraction to think about when writing high performance software. Preemptive scheduling was created when we didn’t trust other processes running on our computers. With multicore systems and applications running on dedicated machines, we can get more predictable latency and higher throughput with cooperative multitasking. Various language constructs such as futures, await and coroutines attempt to address this.
Judd will use the Agent model to walk through the Basic Agent Framework (Part of https://github.com/real-logic/agrona) and show how it can be used to write high performance applications.
About The Speaker:
Judd Gaddie works at TransFICC where he is building a low-latency API for the fixed income electronic trading markets. He was previously Performance Team Lead at LMAX Exchange, where he was responsible for optimising the system for higher throughput and lower latency. He has spent many hours hunting down and trying to prevent performance regressions through automated performance testing as part of a Continuous Delivery pipeline.
Hot code is faster code, JVM warm-up & JIT compilation:
What is the JVM warm-up problem, and how does it affect our software? How can we aid the runtime in optimising our programs, and is it even a good idea to do so?
This presentation explores the lifecycle of Java code, and how the JVM evolves the runtime representation of code during program execution. From bytecode to assembly and back again (via some uncommon traps), we will cover practical tips on ensuring that Java code is running fast when it matters most.
Technically, the talk covers the operation of the JIT compiler, looking in detail at a number of optimisation techniques employed by the JVM. Benchmarks are used to demonstrate how the various JIT runtime flags can be used to alter the behaviour of the compiled code. The talk briefly looks at alternative technologies such as AOT compilers provided by other JVM vendors, and the experimental AOT compiler introduced in Java 9.
About The Speaker:
Mark Price has worked on high-throughput, large-scale, and low-latency distributed systems for more than ten years. Previously Lead Performance Engineer at LMAX Exchange and Senior Performance Engineer at Improbable, Mark is now a freelancer applying his experience of low-latency systems to multiple projects.
When not continuing his exploration of the limits of Java/JVM/OS performance, the topics that currently cause him to wake up at 3am for a quick coding session are: lock-free algorithms, kernel tracing with eBPF, and the delights of the Rust programming language.
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Agenda:
6pm - Doors open
6.15pm - Threading Models & The Agent Abstraction - Judd Gaddie
6.55pm - Break
7.15pm - Hot code is faster code, JVM warm-up & JIT compilation - Mark Price
Big thanks to GridGrain Systems (www.gridgain.com) for sponsoring this event.
This event is organised by RecWorks on behalf of the London Java Community.
You can see our latest jobs here: https://recworks.co.uk/java-developer-jobs-london/.
You can see our privacy policy here: http://recworks.co.uk/privacy-policy
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An evening with Java Rockstar and Champion - Sebastian Daschner
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Title: Cloud Native, Service-Meshed Java Enterprise With Istio
Abstract:
In enterprise software, we see more and more of the cloud native technologies, especially container orchestration and service meshes, emerging and slowly taking over the market. Developers are facing the challenge which technology to choose to implement microservices for a cloud native setting. Java Enterprise has been used for software solutions for a long time and its APIs are well-established in the ecosystem. However, is it possible to develop cloud native, service-meshed Java Enterprise applications that fulfil concerns such as scalability, resiliency, and telemetry — in an effective, manageable way?
This session shows how to implement service-meshed applications using Java EE 8 and MicroProfile. We will develop a mesh of microservices, managed by Kubernetes and Istio. We’ll see why especially the Java Enterprise approach fits the concepts behind container orchestration and service meshes well. The session also includes how to integrate the required cross-cutting concerns, such as monitoring, tracing, or resiliency into our applications, where developers have to actively integrate technology themselves and where the platform support us. Especially the cooperation between Java EE and MicroProfile provides a potent technology. All of the time will be spent live-coding while explaining the concepts and solutions.
Title: 7 Principles of Productive Software Developers
Abstract:
When working as a software developer, as well as in any other job, it’s important to be productive and to get things done. You want to focus on what adds value, increase your development speed, and cut out as many of the cumbersome, boring and repetitive tasks as possible.
This session shows seven principles how to accomplish the goal of being more effective and efficient as a Java developer. These principles include technical as well as self-organizational aspects. We’ll see how to implement them, especially how we can get the most out of our tools, why the invention of the mouse was a setback in productivity, and which mindsets to follow. This talk is not limited to specific tools or technologies yet it’ll provide examples and experiences, and it is brought to you by a German — from the country of efficiency.
About the speaker:
Sebastian is a self-employed Java consultant, author and trainer and is enthusiastic about programming and Java (EE). He is the author of the book ‘Architecting Modern Java EE Applications’.
He is an avid participator in the JCP, helping forming the future standards of Java EE, serving in the JAX-RS, JSON-P and Config Expert Groups and collaborating on various open source projects. For his contributions in the Java community and ecosystem he was recognized as a Java Champion, Oracle Developer Champion and double 2016 JavaOne Rockstar.
Besides Java, Sebastian is also a heavy user of Linux and container technologies like Docker. He evangelizes computer science practices on his blog.
When not working with Java, he also loves to travel the world — either by plane or motorbike.
Find him on Twitter @DaschnerS
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Agenda:
6pm - Doors open/Registration
6.20pm - Cloud Native, Service-Meshed Java Enterprise With Istio
7.20pm - Pizza
7.40pm - 7 Principles of Productive Software Developers
8.40pm-9pm - Questions/Wrap up
This event is organised by RecWorks on behalf of the London Java Community.
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8-9 Nov 2018: A brand new 2 day strategic data leaders workshop & conference led by Peter Jackson & Caroline Carruthers.
-An immersive and practical full-day data leadership workshop
-A brand new, dynamic and interactive data leaders conference format
-The UK’s first peer-to-peer CDO awards programme
-All sessions led by Peter Jackson & Caroline Carruthers, authors of The Chief Data Officer’s Playbook
-For data leaders, by data leaders
Big Data LDN is the UK’s largest free to attend data & analytics conference and exhibition. It is open to all and will host leading global data and analytics experts, ready to arm you with the tools you need to deliver the most effective data-driven strategy.
With content divided into comprehensive sections, you’ll have the opportunity to ask the big questions, share ideas with forward-thinking, likeminded peers, and learn from leading members of the Data community.
Big Data LDN is back for a third year and is set to be larger than ever in 2018. The two day event is essential for those with businesses wanting to deliver a data-driven strategy.
Get the latest updates on Machine Learning, AI, Fast Data, DataOps, Analytics, Microservices, Governance, Customer Experience/Customer Engagement and much more.
Expect 130 speakers, 8 Theatres, Panel Debates, Use-cases and more…
Be in the vanguard of the data revolution, sign up to Big Data LDN and learn how to build a bright data-driven future for your business.
Register free here and visit our stand at the event
https://bigdataldn.com
Welcome to the first LJC Workshop Day being held on Saturday 28th July.
ALL WORKSHOPS START AT 10AM - PLEASE ONLY SELECT TICKETS FOR ONE OF THEM.
Please register for your chosen workshop on Eventbrite with your full name. Photo I.D will be required on the day. We will send you a separate email confirming what you will need to participate in your workshop.
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Workshop 1: Kotlin: the server side with Uberto Barbini
Kotlin language is very powerful and incredibly productive. It is currently used mostly for Android development but it has great potentiality on the backend.
This workshop will show you how to implement and improve a backend application architecture based on EventSourcing architecture using functional programming in Kotlin.
Kotlin is also very friendly to functional paradigm. You will learn the bases of Functional Programming and how immutability and pure functions can simplify development of complex concurrent systems.
We will implement the code of a backend to allow a pizza shop chatbot to take orders and query the status of orders and statistics. All from scratch and without using any framework.
What the attendee will learn:
Kotlin language
Using Kotlin coroutines and functional constructs
Understand how model a business domain in functional programming
Understand how Event Source architecture works
Workshop 2: Building Microservices with Apache KAFKA with Sudhesh Rajan
In this workshop, we will go through the fundamentals of Kafka, and how Kafka capabilities can be leveraged to develop scalable microservices. Then we will dive deep into some code to develop a working example of a small CRM system.
Workshop 3: Authorisation: Concepts and Implementation with Omar Bashir
Describe fundamental concepts of authorisation in cyber security and build a simple entitlements service using a Java open source security framework.
Workshop 4: Hazelcast Essentials: In-Memory Data Grids Training with Neil Stevenson
Hazelcast® Essentials is a course designed for Java Developers looking to take their first steps in understanding In-Memory Data Grids (IMDG).
Workshop 5: Introduction to Docker Workshop with Barry Evans
You will follow Barry as he explains the core Docker and container concepts, and then demonstrates in live coding how to run basic Docker commands, create your own Dockerfile, and even make a cow talk! A review of the main Dockerfile instructions available, and how to interact with Docker registries follows, finishing off with steps for connecting your containers to the world, looking at some of the common Docker commands you would use in the real world, and how to manage your own containers by using the docker CLI.
Workshop 6: Developing cloud-native Java microservices with Jamie Coleman + Andrew Rouse
A hands-on workshop providing first-hand experience developing secure, fault-tolerant, configurable and monitorable cloud-native microservices using Eclipse MicroProfile.
Workshop 7: Java Containers 101 with Mofe Salami
A workshop aimed at people who have no experience with (Docker) containers and want to know how they can get started with running their Java applications as containers.
Check out the blog for some interviews with our workshop hosts - http://londonjavacommunity.co.uk/blog/
This event is organised by RecWorks on behalf of the London Java Community. You can see our latest jobs here: https://recworks.co.uk/java-developer-jobs-london/. You can see our privacy policy here: http://recworks.co.uk/privacy-policy
Big thank you to IBM Code for providing the venue.
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Over the last three months Zan Markan ran a survey of the global Kotlin ecosystem. His goal was to learn how developers use and adopt Kotlin - either in work or side projects, or just for playing around, and what are some of the most popular resources for learning it. The survey was a great success, and gained over 2400 responses in total! The results are meant to become a resource for the Kotlin community. Something we can all look at for interesting insights that will also help drive adoption of Kotlin in our teams and organisations.
To give you a taster, here’s a few questions he asked in the survey:
• How big is Android as a proportion of all Kotlin developers
• Are people happy naming libraries and tooling with K
• What are the favourite features of the language
• What kind of DSLs are people building with Kotlin and for what use-cases
This talk will answer all these questions, and more. But be warned, some answers might surprise you.
Speaker Bio:
Zan is a Developer turned Evangelist at Pusher with over 8 years of experience in software development. He spends the days educating developers across the world about the wonders of programming, realtime technologies, and good API design (and nights fighting crime). Before DevRel he used to dabble in mobile and SDK development, especially on Android. Currently he fancies Kotlin, Node, TypeScript, and the UX of APIs in general. Other hobbies include speaking at conferences and yelling at computers.
Ten Things To Do With GraalVM:
Oracle Labs is working on a new native compiler for the Java Virtual Machine called Graal. Graal is 'one compiler to rule them all', meaning we use it for both just-in-time compilation, and ahead-of-time compilation, for Java, JavaScript, Ruby, R, Python, C and other languages.
You may have heard the term 'Graal' but you are probably not aware of how many incredible things it can do.
It can run your Java application faster, compile Java to standalone native executables that start instantly, compile Java libraries to native libraries, run languages like JavaScript, Ruby, R, Python, including polyglot programs written in more than one of these languages, it can run native languages like C and C++ on the JVM, it gives you tools like debuggers that work across languages, and much more.
Speaker Bio:
Chris Seaton is a Research Manager at the Virtual Machine Group in Oracle Labs, where he leads the work to implement Ruby using the next generation of Java Virtual Machine technology and other projects, and a Visitor at the University of Manchester.
Before this he completed a PhD at the University of Manchester under the supervision of Doctor Mikel Luján, where he researched programming languages and irregular parallelism. Before that, he completed a MEng at the University of Bristol on languages with mutable syntax and semantics.
Between his undergraduate degree and starting his PhD, he commissioned into the British Army, serving in training and operations in the UK and around the world. In his spare time, he's now a captain in the Cheshire Yeomanry squadron of the Queen's Own Yeomanry, Cheshire's historic reserve light cavalry squadron.
You can read our interview with Zan and Chris here: http://bit.ly/2uX2ogl
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6.00pm: Doors open.
6.15pm: The State of Kotlin - Zan Markan
6.45pm: Break
7.00pm - Ten Things To Do With GraalVM - Chris Seaton
8:00pm - Finish
Big thanks to Oracle Cloud for providing the venue.
This event is organised by RecWorks on behalf of the London Java Community. You can see our latest jobs here: https://recworks.co.uk/java-developer-jobs-london/. You can see our privacy policy here: http://recworks.co.uk/privacy-policy
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Threading Models & The Agent Abstraction & Hot code is Faster Code
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Threading Models & The Agent Abstraction:
What is a thread? How do we decide on threading models for our software? Why do operating systems use preemptive multitasking when scheduling threads? Should we even be thinking in terms of threads?
This talk walks through a brief history of threads and thread coordination to the present where we now use preemptive multitasking for all but embedded applications. Judd will argue that threads are the wrong abstraction to think about when writing high performance software. Preemptive scheduling was created when we didn’t trust other processes running on our computers. With multicore systems and applications running on dedicated machines, we can get more predictable latency and higher throughput with cooperative multitasking. Various language constructs such as futures, await and coroutines attempt to address this.
Judd will use the Agent model to walk through the Basic Agent Framework (Part of https://github.com/real-logic/agrona) and show how it can be used to write high performance applications.
About The Speaker:
Judd Gaddie works at TransFICC where he is building a low-latency API for the fixed income electronic trading markets. He was previously Performance Team Lead at LMAX Exchange, where he was responsible for optimising the system for higher throughput and lower latency. He has spent many hours hunting down and trying to prevent performance regressions through automated performance testing as part of a Continuous Delivery pipeline.
Hot code is faster code, JVM warm-up & JIT compilation:
What is the JVM warm-up problem, and how does it affect our software? How can we aid the runtime in optimising our programs, and is it even a good idea to do so?
This presentation explores the lifecycle of Java code, and how the JVM evolves the runtime representation of code during program execution. From bytecode to assembly and back again (via some uncommon traps), we will cover practical tips on ensuring that Java code is running fast when it matters most.
Technically, the talk covers the operation of the JIT compiler, looking in detail at a number of optimisation techniques employed by the JVM. Benchmarks are used to demonstrate how the various JIT runtime flags can be used to alter the behaviour of the compiled code. The talk briefly looks at alternative technologies such as AOT compilers provided by other JVM vendors, and the experimental AOT compiler introduced in Java 9.
About The Speaker:
Mark Price has worked on high-throughput, large-scale, and low-latency distributed systems for more than ten years. Previously Lead Performance Engineer at LMAX Exchange and Senior Performance Engineer at Improbable, Mark is now a freelancer applying his experience of low-latency systems to multiple projects.
When not continuing his exploration of the limits of Java/JVM/OS performance, the topics that currently cause him to wake up at 3am for a quick coding session are: lock-free algorithms, kernel tracing with eBPF, and the delights of the Rust programming language.
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Agenda:
6pm - Doors open
6.15pm - Threading Models & The Agent Abstraction - Judd Gaddie
6.55pm - Break
7.15pm - Hot code is faster code, JVM warm-up & JIT compilation - Mark Price
Big thanks to GridGrain Systems (www.gridgain.com) for sponsoring this event.
This event is organised by RecWorks on behalf of the London Java Community.
You can see our latest jobs here: https://recworks.co.uk/java-developer-jobs-london/.
You can see our privacy policy here: http://recworks.co.uk/privacy-policy
Continue the conversation at our Slack Group: https://londonjavacommunity.slack.com
Sign up here if you're not a member: https://barrycranford.typeform.com/to/IIyQxd
Over the last three months Zan Markan ran a survey of the global Kotlin ecosystem. His goal was to learn how developers use and adopt Kotlin - either in work or side projects, or just for playing around, and what are some of the most popular resources for learning it. The survey was a great success, and gained over 2400 responses in total! The results are meant to become a resource for the Kotlin community. Something we can all look at for interesting insights that will also help drive adoption of Kotlin in our teams and organisations.
To give you a taster, here’s a few questions he asked in the survey:
• How big is Android as a proportion of all Kotlin developers
• Are people happy naming libraries and tooling with K
• What are the favourite features of the language
• What kind of DSLs are people building with Kotlin and for what use-cases
This talk will answer all these questions, and more. But be warned, some answers might surprise you.
Speaker Bio:
Zan is a Developer turned Evangelist at Pusher with over 8 years of experience in software development. He spends the days educating developers across the world about the wonders of programming, realtime technologies, and good API design (and nights fighting crime). Before DevRel he used to dabble in mobile and SDK development, especially on Android. Currently he fancies Kotlin, Node, TypeScript, and the UX of APIs in general. Other hobbies include speaking at conferences and yelling at computers.
Ten Things To Do With GraalVM:
Oracle Labs is working on a new native compiler for the Java Virtual Machine called Graal. Graal is 'one compiler to rule them all', meaning we use it for both just-in-time compilation, and ahead-of-time compilation, for Java, JavaScript, Ruby, R, Python, C and other languages.
You may have heard the term 'Graal' but you are probably not aware of how many incredible things it can do.
It can run your Java application faster, compile Java to standalone native executables that start instantly, compile Java libraries to native libraries, run languages like JavaScript, Ruby, R, Python, including polyglot programs written in more than one of these languages, it can run native languages like C and C++ on the JVM, it gives you tools like debuggers that work across languages, and much more.
Speaker Bio:
Chris Seaton is a Research Manager at the Virtual Machine Group in Oracle Labs, where he leads the work to implement Ruby using the next generation of Java Virtual Machine technology and other projects, and a Visitor at the University of Manchester.
Before this he completed a PhD at the University of Manchester under the supervision of Doctor Mikel Luján, where he researched programming languages and irregular parallelism. Before that, he completed a MEng at the University of Bristol on languages with mutable syntax and semantics.
Between his undergraduate degree and starting his PhD, he commissioned into the British Army, serving in training and operations in the UK and around the world. In his spare time, he's now a captain in the Cheshire Yeomanry squadron of the Queen's Own Yeomanry, Cheshire's historic reserve light cavalry squadron.
You can read our interview with Zan and Chris here: https://londonjavacommunity.wordpress.com/2018/07/17/the-state-of-kotlin-and-ten-things-to-do-with-graalvm/
6.00pm: Doors open.
6.15pm: The State of Kotlin - Zan Markan
6.45pm: Break
7.00pm - Ten Things To Do With GraalVM - Chris Seaton
8:00pm - Finish
Big thanks to Oracle Cloud for providing the venue.
This event is organised by RecWorks on behalf of the London Java Community. You can see our latest jobs here: https://recworks.co.uk/java-developer-jobs-london/. You can see our privacy policy here: http://recworks.co.uk/privacy-policy
Continue the conversation at our Slack Group: https://londonjavacommunity.slack.com
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Java in a World of Containers/Spring Cloud, Docker & Kubernetes- Lessons Learned
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About The Session:
Container technologies are rapidly becoming the de-facto way to deploy cloud applications, of which an enormous amount are written for the JVM. Oracle's Java teams have committed to making Java a good citizen in the world of containers. This talk will cover some of the new (and old) tools and techniques for reducing container size, for improving startup time and sharing of data between JVMs, and the recent work that has gone into interacting with container resource limitations.
About The Speaker:
Matthew Gilliard is a (somewhat) functional programmer who enjoys all kinds of language nerdery. He currently works at Oracle on the Fn Project, an open-source serverless compute platform. Helping to make Java in the cloud as good as it can be. Past lives include OpenStacking, teaching English to highschoolers and a whole lot of Clojure and Java.
@MaximumGilliard
About The Session:
With Kubernetes becoming the de facto (vs. OpenShift, EKS, PKS, GCE, etc.) abstraction for cloud providers, we need to get ready and step up our game to make sure that we are designing with these environments in mind. This presentation will cover the challenges, lessons learned and conclusions from a Java Open Source project while adopting these technologies. This session is not an introduction to Kubernetes, quite the opposite, it will highlight why Kubernetes is great, but not a magic silver bullet that will solve all your problems. You need to be ready to make some hard choices.
About The Speakers:
Mauricio Salatino (https://www.salaboy.com) is currently the Activiti Cloud OSS (https://www.activiti.org) Tech Leader working at Alfresco. Previously Mauricio worked for Red Hat / JBoss in the Drools & jBPM projects, where he author 4 books about these projects. With more than 10 years of experience in Java and in the Business Automation field Mauricio is pushing forward to modernise a very conservative industry by following the Open Source Way.
Ryan Dawson is a core member of the Activiti team at Alfresco (https://www.activiti.org/about), helping to drive forward the Activiti open source project. He has spent 10 years working in Java Development scene in London across a variety of industries.
***This is a placeholder for the event which is being run on Eventbrite. See the full details and register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/spring-cloud-docker-kubernetes-lessons-learned-in-the-context-of-an-oss-project-tickets-47419167005 ***
Agenda:
6.30pm: Doors open
6.45pm: Java in a World of Containers - Matthew Gilliard
7.20pm: Break
7.35pm: Spring Cloud, Docker & Kubernetes - Lessons Learned in the context of an OSS Project
8.35pm: Finish
Big thank you to Skills Matter (https://skillsmatter.com) for providing the venue for tonight's meetup. Don't forget to also register your attendance on their website: https://skillsmatter.com/meetups/11171-spring-cloud-docker-and-kubernetes-lessons-learned-in-an-oss-project
This event is organised by RecWorks on behalf of the London Java Community. You can see our latest jobs here: https://recworks.co.uk/java-developer-jobs-london/. You can see our privacy policy here: http://recworks.co.uk/privacy-policy
Continue the conversation at our Slack Group: https://londonjavacommunity.slack.com
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Welcome to the first LJC Workshop Day being held on Saturday 28th July.
ALL WORKSHOPS START AT 10AM - PLEASE ONLY SELECT TICKETS FOR ONE OF THEM.
Please register for your chosen workshop on Eventbrite with your full name. Photo I.D will be required on the day. We will send you a separate email confirming what you will need to participate in your workshop.
***This is a placeholder for the event. See the full details and register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ljc-workshop-day-tickets-47512783013 ***
Workshop 1: Kotlin: the server side with Uberto Barbini
Kotlin language is very powerful and incredibly productive. It is currently used mostly for Android development but it has great potentiality on the backend.
This workshop will show you how to implement and improve a backend application architecture based on EventSourcing architecture using functional programming in Kotlin.
Kotlin is also very friendly to functional paradigm. You will learn the bases of Functional Programming and how immutability and pure functions can simplify development of complex concurrent systems.
We will implement the code of a backend to allow a pizza shop chatbot to take orders and query the status of orders and statistics. All from scratch and without using any framework.
What the attendee will learn:
Kotlin language
Using Kotlin coroutines and functional constructs
Understand how model a business domain in functional programming
Understand how Event Source architecture works
Workshop 2: Building Microservices with Apache KAFKA with Sudhesh Rajan
In this workshop, we will go through the fundamentals of Kafka, and how Kafka capabilities can be leveraged to develop scalable microservices. Then we will dive deep into some code to develop a working example of a small CRM system.
Workshop 3: Authorisation: Concepts and Implementation with Omar Bashir
Describe fundamental concepts of authorisation in cyber security and build a simple entitlements service using a Java open source security framework.
Workshop 4: Hazelcast Essentials: In-Memory Data Grids Training with Neil Stevenson
Hazelcast® Essentials is a course designed for Java Developers looking to take their first steps in understanding In-Memory Data Grids (IMDG).
Workshop 5: Introduction to Docker Workshop with Barry Evans
You will follow Barry as he explains the core Docker and container concepts, and then demonstrates in live coding how to run basic Docker commands, create your own Dockerfile, and even make a cow talk! A review of the main Dockerfile instructions available, and how to interact with Docker registries follows, finishing off with steps for connecting your containers to the world, looking at some of the common Docker commands you would use in the real world, and how to manage your own containers by using the docker CLI.
Workshop 6: Developing cloud-native Java microservices with Jamie Coleman + Andrew Rouse
A hands-on workshop providing first-hand experience developing secure, fault-tolerant, configurable and monitorable cloud-native microservices using Eclipse MicroProfile.
Workshop 7: Java Containers 101 with Mofe Salami
A workshop aimed at people who have no experience with (Docker) containers and want to know how they can get started with running their Java applications as containers.
This event is organised by RecWorks on behalf of the London Java Community. You can see our latest jobs here: https://recworks.co.uk/java-developer-jobs-london/. You can see our privacy policy here: http://recworks.co.uk/privacy-policy
Big thank you to IBM Code for providing the venue.
Continue the conversation at our Slack Group: https://londonjavacommunity.slack.com
Sign up here if you're not a member: https://barrycranford.typeform.com/to/IIyQxd
Welcome to the first LJC Workshop Day being held on Saturday 28th July.
ALL WORKSHOPS START AT 10AM - PLEASE ONLY SELECT TICKETS FOR ONE OF THEM.
Please register for your chosen workshop on Eventbrite with your full name. Photo I.D will be required on the day. We will send you a separate email confirming what you will need to participate in your workshop.
***This is a placeholder for the event. See the full details and register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ljc-workshop-day-tickets-47512783013 ***
Workshop 1: Kotlin: the server side with Uberto Barbini
Kotlin language is very powerful and incredibly productive. It is currently used mostly for Android development but it has great potentiality to replace other JVM languages on the backend as well.
This workshop will show you how to implement and improve a backend application architecture based on EventSourcing architecture using functional programming in Kotlin.
Kotlin is also very friendly to functional paradigm. You will learn the bases of Functional Programming and how immutability and pure functions can simplify development of complex concurrent systems.
We will implement the code of a backend to allow a pizza shop chatbot to take orders and query the status of orders and statistics. All from scratch and without using any framework.
What the attendee will learn:
Kotlin language
Using Kotlin coroutines and functional constructs
Understand how model a business domain in functional programming
Understand how Event Source architecture works
Workshop 2: Building Microservices with Apache KAFKA with Sudhesh Rajan
In this workshop, we will go through the fundamentals of Kafka, and how Kafka capabilities can be leveraged to develop scalable microservices. Then we will dive deep into some code to develop a working example of a small CRM system.
Workshop 3: Authorisation: Concepts and Implementation with Omar Bashir
Describe fundamental concepts of authorisation in cyber security and build a simple entitlements service using a Java open source security framework.
Workshop 4: Hazelcast Essentials: In-Memory Data Grids Training with Neil Stevenson
Hazelcast® Essentials is a course designed for Java Developers looking to take their first steps in understanding In-Memory Data Grids (IMDG).
Workshop 5: Introduction to Docker Workshop with Barry Evans
You will follow Barry as he explains the core Docker and container concepts, and then demonstrates in live coding how to run basic Docker commands, create your own Dockerfile, and even make a cow talk! A review of the main Dockerfile instructions available, and how to interact with Docker registries follows, finishing off with steps for connecting your containers to the world, looking at some of the common Docker commands you would use in the real world, and how to manage your own containers by using the docker CLI.
Workshop 6: Developing cloud-native Java microservices with Jamie Coleman + Andrew Rouse
A hands-on workshop providing first-hand experience developing secure, fault-tolerant, configurable and monitorable cloud-native microservices using Eclipse MicroProfile.
Workshop 7: Java Containers 101 with Mofe Salami
A workshop aimed at people who have no experience with (Docker) containers and want to know how they can get started with running their Java applications as containers.
This event is organised by RecWorks on behalf of the London Java Community. You can see our latest jobs here: https://recworks.co.uk/java-developer-jobs-london/. You can see our privacy policy here: http://recworks.co.uk/privacy-policy
Big thank you to IBM Code for providing the venue.
Continue the conversation at our Slack Group: https://londonjavacommunity.slack.com
Sign up here if you're not a member: https://barrycranford.typeform.com/to/IIyQxd
The State of Kotlin and Ten Things To Do With GraalVM
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The State of Kotlin:
Over the last three months Zan Markan ran a survey of the global Kotlin ecosystem. His goal was to learn how developers use and adopt Kotlin - either in work or side projects, or just for playing around, and what are some of the most popular resources for learning it. The survey was a great success, and gained over 2400 responses in total! The results are meant to become a resource for the Kotlin community. Something we can all look at for interesting insights that will also help drive adoption of Kotlin in our teams and organisations.
To give you a taster, here’s a few questions he asked in the survey:
• How big is Android as a proportion of all Kotlin developers
• Are people happy naming libraries and tooling with K
• What are the favourite features of the language
• What kind of DSLs are people building with Kotlin and for what use-cases
This talk will answer all these questions, and more. But be warned, some answers might surprise you.
Speaker Bio:
Zan is a Developer turned Evangelist at Pusher with over 8 years of experience in software development. He spends the days educating developers across the world about the wonders of programming, realtime technologies, and good API design (and nights fighting crime). Before DevRel he used to dabble in mobile and SDK development, especially on Android. Currently he fancies Kotlin, Node, TypeScript, and the UX of APIs in general. Other hobbies include speaking at conferences and yelling at computers.
Ten Things To Do With GraalVM:
Oracle Labs is working on a new native compiler for the Java Virtual Machine called Graal. Graal is 'one compiler to rule them all', meaning we use it for both just-in-time compilation, and ahead-of-time compilation, for Java, JavaScript, Ruby, R, Python, C and other languages.
You may have heard the term 'Graal' but you are probably not aware of how many incredible things it can do.
It can run your Java application faster, compile Java to standalone native executables that start instantly, compile Java libraries to native libraries, run languages like JavaScript, Ruby, R, Python, including polyglot programs written in more than one of these languages, it can run native languages like C and C++ on the JVM, it gives you tools like debuggers that work across languages, and much more.
Speaker Bio:
Chris Seaton is a Research Manager at the Virtual Machine Group in Oracle Labs, where he leads the work to implement Ruby using the next generation of Java Virtual Machine technology and other projects, and a Visitor at the University of Manchester.
Before this he completed a PhD at the University of Manchester under the supervision of Doctor Mikel Luján, where he researched programming languages and irregular parallelism. Before that, he completed a MEng at the University of Bristol on languages with mutable syntax and semantics.
Between his undergraduate degree and starting his PhD, he commissioned into the British Army, serving in training and operations in the UK and around the world. In his spare time, he's now a captain in the Cheshire Yeomanry squadron of the Queen's Own Yeomanry, Cheshire's historic reserve light cavalry squadron.
6.00pm: Doors open.
6.15pm: The State of Kotlin - Zan Markan
6.45pm: Break
7.00pm - Ten Things To Do With GraalVM - Chris Seaton
8:00pm - Finish
Big thanks to Oracle Cloud for providing the venue.
This event is organised by RecWorks on behalf of the London Java Community. You can see our latest jobs here: https://recworks.co.uk/java-developer-jobs-london/. You can see our privacy policy here: http://recworks.co.uk/privacy-policy
Continue the conversation at our Slack Group: https://londonjavacommunity.slack.com
Sign up here if you're not a member: https://barrycranford.typeform.com/to/IIyQxd
Ben Falk will be leading a session getting volunteers to log as many subject access requests as possible, from as many organisations as possible, as a first step towards building a ‘data democracy.’
You will be given instructions on how to request your data from organisations that include the Home Office, the NHS and Facebook, hopefully highlighting how much of your data is available to you, and prompting you to ask the question ‘what do I do with all this?’
Please bring a laptop or tablet if you wish to take part.
Welcome to the first LJC Workshop Day being held on Saturday 28th July.
ALL WORKSHOPS START AT 10AM - PLEASE ONLY SELECT TICKETS FOR ONE OF THEM.
Please register for your chosen workshop on Eventbrite with your full name. Photo I.D will be required on the day. We will send you a separate email confirming what you will need to participate in your workshop.
***This is a placeholder for the event. See the full details and register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ljc-workshop-day-tickets-47512783013 ***
Workshop 1: Kotlin: the server side with Uberto Barbini
Kotlin language is very powerful and incredibly productive. It is currently used mostly for Android development but it has great potentiality to replace other JVM languages on the backend as well.
This workshop will show you how to implement and improve a backend application architecture based on EventSourcing architecture using functional programming in Kotlin.
Kotlin is also very friendly to functional paradigm. You will learn the bases of Functional Programming and how immutability and pure functions can simplify development of complex concurrent systems.
We will implement the code of a backend to allow a pizza shop chatbot to take orders and query the status of orders and statistics. All from scratch and without using any framework.
What the attendee will learn:
Kotlin language
Using Kotlin coroutines and functional constructs
Understand how model a business domain in functional programming
Understand how Event Source architecture works
Workshop 2: Building Microservices with Apache KAFKA with Sudhesh Rajan
In this workshop, we will go through the fundamentals of Kafka, and how Kafka capabilities can be leveraged to develop scalable microservices. Then we will dive deep into some code to develop a working example of a small CRM system.
Workshop 3: Authorisation: Concepts and Implementation with Omar Bashir
Describe fundamental concepts of authorisation in cyber security and build a simple entitlements service using a Java open source security framework.
Workshop 4: Hazelcast Essentials: In-Memory Data Grids Training with Neil Stevenson
Hazelcast® Essentials is a course designed for Java Developers looking to take their first steps in understanding In-Memory Data Grids (IMDG).
Workshop 5: Introduction to Docker Workshop with Barry Evans
You will follow Barry as he explains the core Docker and container concepts, and then demonstrates in live coding how to run basic Docker commands, create your own Dockerfile, and even make a cow talk! A review of the main Dockerfile instructions available, and how to interact with Docker registries follows, finishing off with steps for connecting your containers to the world, looking at some of the common Docker commands you would use in the real world, and how to manage your own containers by using the docker CLI.
Workshop 6: Developing cloud-native Java microservices with Gkerta Seferi + Andrew Rouse
A hands-on workshop providing first-hand experience developing secure, fault-tolerant, configurable and monitorable cloud-native microservices using Eclipse MicroProfile.
Workshop 7: Java Containers 101 with Mofe Salami
A workshop aimed at people who have no experience with (Docker) containers and want to know how they can get started with running their Java applications as containers.
This event is organised by RecWorks on behalf of the London Java Community. You can see our latest jobs here: https://recworks.co.uk/java-developer-jobs-london/. You can see our privacy policy here: http://recworks.co.uk/privacy-policy
Big thank you to IBM Code for providing the venue.
Continue the conversation at our Slack Group: https://londonjavacommunity.slack.com
Sign up here if you're not a member: https://barrycranford.typeform.com/to/IIyQxd
We are pleased to bring you the next event of the Docklands.LJC, a group within the main London Java Community that focuses on the developer community in and around Canary Wharf each month.
*** Please note ***
Your *FULL NAME* is required by building security in order to attend. If your username is not your full name, please add it when registering, otherwise you will be REMOVED from the registration list.
Arrive from 6:15pm, talks will begin promptly at 6:30pm. Attendees arriving after 6:40pm may not be admitted.
Talk Details:
Production Profiling: What, Why and How
Everyone wants to understand what their application is really doing in production, but this information is normally invisible to developers. Profilers tell you what code your application is running but few developers profile and mostly on their development environments. Thankfully production profiling is now a practical reality that can help you solve and avoid performance problems.
Profiling in development can be problematic because it’s rare that you have a realistic workload or performance test for your system. Even if you’ve got accurate perf tests maintaining these and validating that they represent production systems is hugely time consuming and hard. Not only that but often the hardware and operating system that you run in production are different from your development environment.
This pragmatic talk will help you understand the ins and outs of profiling in a production system. You’ll learn about different techniques and approaches that help you understand what’s really happening with your system. This helps you to solve new performance problems, regressions and undertake capacity planning exercises.
Speaker Bios:
Sadiq Jaffer
Sadiq holds a PhD in Autonomous Robotics and has for years consulted for multi-national companies designing and implementing highly scalable intelligent platforms. His experience has included deep learning systems, embedded platforms, desktop and mobile games development.
Richard Warburton
Richard is a Software Engineer, Teacher and Java Champion. He is a cofounder of Opsian and has a long-standing passion for improving Java performance. He’s worked as a developer in different areas including HFT, Static Analysis, Compilers and Network Protocols. He has written the book “Java 8 Lambdas” for O’Reilly and helps developers learn via http://iteratrlearning.com and http://www.pluralsight.com/author/richard-warburton. He is a regular speaker on the conference circuit and holds a PhD in Computer Science from The University of Warwick.
Talk Details:
Java EE, Jakarta EE, EE4J and MicroProfile an Update
There's a lot happening in Enterprise Java at the Eclipse Foundation. This session will provide an update on the move of Java EE to the Eclipse Foundation and the establishment of a new standards process under the name Jakarta EE. The session will provide an update on the process of moving, some key milestones and possible timelines. It will also review the governance of Jakarta EE it's relationship to MicroProfile and EE4J and show you how to get involved. The session will also look at the current progress of MicroProfile.
Speaker Bio:
Steve Millidge
Steve is the founder of Payara Services the creators of Payara Server and Payara Micro. Steve has been involved in Java EE since the first releases of the Servlet API. Steve is a board member of the Eclipse Foundation, Strategic Member of the Jakarta EE Working Group, EE4J PMC member and project lead and committer for a number of key Jakarta EE projects.
***This is a placeholder for the event which is being run on Eventbrite. See the full details and register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/docklandsljc-production-profiling-what-why-and-how-whats-happening-in-jakarta-ee-tickets-47582290913 ***
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Congratulations! You're working in a software team. Now what? Not everyone has a long term plan, or even needs one. But... if you don't have a clear picture of what you like and dislike about your job, your career can wander aimlessly and end up in places you may not like. In this talk, Joe offers advice and guidance about nudging your career to maximise your happiness and success.
About The Speaker:
Joe Schmetzer creates software, aiming to achieve business goals and delight the user. Joe’s blog ( https://exubero.com/) gives you an insight to his current thinking and activities.
Talk 2 Details:
An in-depth look at what makes software development a roller coaster where the highs of 0 compiler warnings are quickly cancelled out by the pain of long hours, bad requirements, endless configuration, clueless managers and a plethora of other issues which make death by a thousand cuts seem like a good idea…. They will answer questions such as: “Why is programming often called an art despite having its underpinnings in formal logic?” “How can I rediscover the delight I felt when I first started coding?” “What’s that rush I feel when my test passes? Am I addicted to TDD?” Combining Psychology, Philosophy and Computer Science, Dr Holly Cummins will present a series of practical tips to help you rediscover the euphoria that you felt the very first time a metal box in front of you came to life and cried out “Hello World”.
About The Speaker:
Holly Cummins is the technical lead of IBM’s Bluemix Garage London, and the former delivery lead for the WebSphere Liberty Profile. She is a co-author of Enterprise OSGi in Action and has spoken at JavaOne, Devoxx, JavaZone, The ServerSide Java Symposium, JAX London, GeeCon, and the Great Indian Developer Summit, as well as a number of user groups. Outside of her work at the Garage, Holly enjoys, cake engineering (“baking”), running, and sewing.
You can read our interview with Holly on the LJC blog: https://wp.me/pGe7Q-rJ
***This is a placeholder for the event which is being run on Eventbrite. See the full details and register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/who-do-you-want-to-be-the-software-developers-guide-to-fun-in-the-workplace-tickets-47510955547 ***
Agenda:
6.00pm: Doors open.
6.15pm: Who Do You Want to Be? - Joe Schmetzer
7pm: Break
7.15pm - The Software Developer's Guide to Fun in the Workplace - Holly Cummins
8:00pm - Finish
Big thanks to WeWork Spitalfields (https://www.wework.com/buildings/spitalfields--london) for providing the venue and drinks for the evening.
This event is organised by RecWorks on behalf of the London Java Community. You can see our latest jobs here: https://recworks.co.uk/java-developer-jobs-london/. You can see our privacy policy here: http://recworks.co.uk/privacy-policy
Continue the conversation at our Slack Group: https://londonjavacommunity.slack.com
Sign up here if you're not a member: https://barrycranford.typeform.com/to/IIyQxd
Serverless: The Missing Manual & Serverless Architecture in the Java Ecosystem
Description changed:
Talk 1 Details:
Do serverless cloud platforms leave you with more questions than answers? This session will focus on migrating from traditional applications to serverless cloud platforms. You’ll learn about serving files without a web server, managing application state in a stateless environment, running background processes in ephemeral runtimes and more. These techniques will enable you to build modern applications using serverless platforms. This session is for developers who see the benefits of serverless but are struggling to adjust to a serverless world.
About the speaker:
James Thomas is the Lead Developer Advocate for Serverless at IBM Cloud. He spends his time speaking at conferences, writing blog posts or creating open-source code to share the awesomeness of serverless cloud platforms. James is a committer on Apache OpenWhisk, the open-source serverless platform. He wrote (and maintains) the official JavaScript client library. He also created the OpenWhisk provider plugin for The Serverless Framework.
Talk 2 Details:
In this session, we'll start with a short introduction to Serverless and what it means to developers, and why it's important to understand this technology. Then we'll survey Serverless options on the Java ecosystem to give you an idea of what is currently available.
About the speaker:
Pratik Patel is the CTO of Atlanta based TripLingo (http://www.triplingo.com/). He wrote the first book on 'enterprise Java' in 1996, “Java Database Programming with JDBC.” He has also spoken at various conferences and participates in several local tech groups and startup groups. He's in the startup world now and hacks iOS, Android, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Rails, and ….. well everything except Perl.
Pratik's speciality is in large-scale applications for mission-critical and mobile applications use. He has designed and built applications in the retail, healthcare, financial services, and telecoms sectors. Pratik holds a master's in Biomedical Engineering from UNC, has worked in places such as New York, London, and Hong Kong, and currently lives in Atlanta, GA.
***This is a placeholder for the event which is being run on Eventbrite. See the full details and register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/serverless-the-missing-manual-serverless-architecture-in-the-java-ecosystem-tickets-47583061217 ***
Agenda:
6.00pm: Doors open.
6.15pm: Serverless: The Missing Manual - James Thomas
7.00pm: Break
7:15pm: Serverless Architecture in the Java Ecosystem - Pratik Patel
8.05pm: Questions
Big thanks to IBM Code (https://developer.ibm.com/code/community/cities/london/) for providing the venue, pizza and drinks for the evening.
This event is organised by RecWorks on behalf of the London Java Community. You can see our latest jobs here: https://recworks.co.uk/java-developer-jobs-london/. You can see our privacy policy here: http://recworks.co.uk/privacy-policy
Continue the conversation at our Slack Group: https://londonjavacommunity.slack.com
Sign up here if you're not a member: https://barrycranford.typeform.com/to/IIyQxd
Docklands.LJC:Production Profiling:What,Why & How/What's Happening in Jakarta EE
Description changed:
We are pleased to bring you the next event of the Docklands.LJC, a group within the main London Java Community that focuses on the developer community in and around Canary Wharf each month.
Our first talk is from Richard Warburton and Sadiq Jaffer on Production Profiling and the second session is from Steve Millidge, Director of the Eclipse Foundation, covering what’s happening in Jakarta EE.
*** Please note ***
Your *FULL NAME* is required by building security in order to attend.
If your username is not your full name, please add it when registering, otherwise you will be REMOVED from the registration list.
Arrive from 6:15pm, talks will begin promptly at 6:30pm. Attendees arriving after 6:40pm may not be admitted.
Everyone wants to understand what their application is really doing in production, but this information is normally invisible to developers. Profilers tell you what code your application is running but few developers profile and mostly on their development environments. Thankfully production profiling is now a practical reality that can help you solve and avoid performance problems.
Profiling in development can be problematic because it’s rare that you have a realistic workload or performance test for your system. Even if you’ve got accurate perf tests maintaining these and validating that they represent production systems is hugely time consuming and hard. Not only that but often the hardware and operating system that you run in production are different from your development environment.
This pragmatic talk will help you understand the ins and outs of profiling in a production system. You’ll learn about different techniques and approaches that help you understand what’s really happening with your system. This helps you to solve new performance problems, regressions and undertake capacity planning exercises.
Speaker Bios:
Sadiq Jaffer
Sadiq holds a PhD in Autonomous Robotics and has for years consulted for multi-national companies designing and implementing highly scalable intelligent platforms. His experience has included deep learning systems, embedded platforms, desktop and mobile games development.
Richard Warburton
Richard is a Software Engineer, Teacher and Java Champion. He is a cofounder of Opsian and has a long-standing passion for improving Java performance. He’s worked as a developer in different areas including HFT, Static Analysis, Compilers and Network Protocols. He has written the book “Java 8 Lambdas” for O’Reilly and helps developers learn via http://iteratrlearning.com and http://www.pluralsight.com/author/richard-warburton. He is a regular speaker on the conference circuit and holds a PhD in Computer Science from The University of Warwick.
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Who Do You Want to Be? & The Software Developer's Guide to Fun in the Workplace
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Talk 1 Details:
Congratulations! You're working in a software team. Now what? Not everyone has a long term plan, or even needs one. But... if you don't have a clear picture of what you like and dislike about your job, your career can wander aimlessly and end up in places you may not like. In this talk, Joe offers advice and guidance about nudging your career to maximise your happiness and success.
About The Speaker:
Joe Schmetzer creates software, aiming to achieve business goals and delight the user. Joe’s blog ( https://exubero.com/) gives you an insight to his current thinking and activities.
Talk 2 Details:
An in-depth look at what makes software development a roller coaster where the highs of 0 compiler warnings are quickly cancelled out by the pain of long hours, bad requirements, endless configuration, clueless managers and a plethora of other issues which make death by a thousand cuts seem like a good idea…. They will answer questions such as: “Why is programming often called an art despite having its underpinnings in formal logic?” “How can I rediscover the delight I felt when I first started coding?” “What’s that rush I feel when my test passes? Am I addicted to TDD?” Combining Psychology, Philosophy and Computer Science, Dr Holly Cummins will present a series of practical tips to help you rediscover the euphoria that you felt the very first time a metal box in front of you came to life and cried out “Hello World”.
About The Speaker:
Holly Cummins is the technical lead of IBM’s Bluemix Garage London, and the former delivery lead for the WebSphere Liberty Profile. She is a co-author of Enterprise OSGi in Action and has spoken at JavaOne, Devoxx, JavaZone, The ServerSide Java Symposium, JAX London, GeeCon, and the Great Indian Developer Summit, as well as a number of user groups. Outside of her work at the Garage, Holly enjoys, cake engineering (“baking”), running, and sewing.
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Agenda:
6.00pm: Doors open.
6.15pm: Who Do You Want to Be? - Joe Schmetzer
7pm: Break
7.15pm - The Software Developer's Guide to Fun in the Workplace - Holly Cummins
8:00pm - Finish
Big thanks to WeWork Spitalfields (https://www.wework.com/buildings/spitalfields--london) for providing the venue and drinks for the evening.
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Evolving Event-Driven Microservices with CQRS&Event Sourcing with Axon Framework
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***Please be aware the meetup is being held this Wednesday 27th June.***
About The Session:
Events are becoming increasingly important in modern architectures. Although CQRS and Event Sourcing are increasingly being adopted, the complexity of implementing it is often highly over-estimated.
In this session, we will first briefly cover the background of CQRS and Event Sourcing, and how it addresses some common requirements that modern applications have.
We will open up the IDE and look at the anatomy of an Axon Framework based monolith application. Next, we're going to evolve that monolith into microservices, extracting components into separate services, without changing any of the business logic. We'll also see how we can easily connect Axon's Event Bus to RabbitMQ using Spring AMQP.
At the end of this session, you'll have a clear view on what CQRS and Event Sourcing can do for you, and the role Axon Framework plays in making it easy to implement.
About The Speaker:
Allard Buijze has been applying Domain Driven Design for almost 10 years and CQRS for about 7. Being a hands-on person, he couldn't help but notice that most developers lack the technical guidance needed to turn their models into working code. As a result, Allard 'accidentally' created Axon Framework, a Java based framework that helps developers build applications based on the CQRS architectural style, while strictly separating the technical from the functional concerns.
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A big thank you to OpenCredo (https://opencredo.com/) for providing tonight's venue.
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Spring Cloud, Docker & Kubernetes - Lessons Learned in an OSS Project
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About The Session:
With Kubernetes becoming the de facto (vs. OpenShift, EKS, PKS, GCE, etc.) abstraction for cloud providers, we need to get ready and step up our game to make sure that we are designing with these environments in mind. This presentation will cover the challenges, lessons learned and conclusions from a Java Open Source project while adopting these technologies. This session is not an introduction to Kubernetes, quite the opposite, it will highlight why Kubernetes is great, but not a magic silver bullet that will solve all your problems. You need to be ready to make some hard choices.
About The Speakers:
Mauricio Salatino (https://www.salaboy.com) is currently the Activiti Cloud OSS (https://www.activiti.org) Tech Leader working at Alfresco. Previously Mauricio worked for Red Hat / JBoss in the Drools & jBPM projects, where he author 4 books about these projects. With more than 10 years of experience in Java and in the Business Automation field Mauricio is pushing forward to modernise a very conservative industry by following the Open Source Way.
Ryan Dawson is a core member of the Activiti team at Alfresco (https://www.activiti.org/about), helping to drive forward the Activiti open source project. He has spent 10 years working in Java Development scene in London across a variety of industries.
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Agenda:
6.30pm: Doors open
6.45pm: Spring Cloud, Docker & Kubernetes - Lessons Learned in the context of an OSS Project
7.45pm - Questions
Big thank you to Skills Matter (https://skillsmatter.com) for providing the venue for tonight's meetup. Don't forget to also register your attendance on their website: https://skillsmatter.com/meetups/11171-spring-cloud-docker-and-kubernetes-lessons-learned-in-an-oss-project
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The LJC are pleased to welcome Duncan McGregor and Nat Pryce for a live coding event this June.
About The Session:
Kotlin neatly fills a gap between the verbosity of Java and the complexity of Scala, has excellent tooling and a fun keyword, so what's not to like?
In this session we introduce the Kotlin language through converting and then refactoring Java code. We’ll code our way through a structured series of exercises designed to familiarise the audience with the features and patterns of the language.
About The Speakers:
Duncan McGregor has been programming professionally for 25 years. He was lucky enough to ride the Object-Oriented wave of the 90s, the Agile wave of the 00s, and what he is convinced will be called the Distributed-Functional wave of the, erm 10s.
When not writing about himself in the third person, Duncan codes, runs conference sessions on things that interest him, and throws his money away in entrepreneurial ventures. His blog is called What I Should Have Said.
Nat Pryce is a co-author of Growing Object-Oriented Software Guided by Tests. An early adopter of XP, he has written or contributed to several open source libraries and tools that support TDD and was one of the founding organizers of the London XP Day conference. He works programmer, architect, trainer, and consultant in a variety of industries, including e-commerce, media, telecoms, finance, retail and marketing communications. He has delivered business-critical systems that range from embedded devices to large compute farms supporting global business. His blog is named Mistaeks I Hav Made.
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The future for UK drones policy - regulation, innovation and commercial application
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THIS EVENT IS CPD CERTIFIED
This timely seminar will consider the future for the usage, regulation and commercialisation of drones in the UK.
It takes place following the Government’s announcement that it will seek to bring forward a draft Drone Bill in the summer of this year and that new laws governing drone usage will come into force in July - seeking to ensure safety whilst also setting out aspirations to put the UK at the forefront of drone technology development.
In the context of further initiatives, including Project Chatham and the government-funded Flying High Challenge, which will support cities in the development of drone technology that can transform critical services, delegates will discuss next steps for promoting the development of the UK drone industry - including infrastructure, innovation, insurance and commercial applications.
Following the publication of the European Aviation Safety Agency's proposed regulatory framework for drones, planned sessions will consider regulatory and safety priorities, including geofencing, licensing and cyber security.
This seminar will be a timely opportunity to discuss next steps for cyber security in the UK - including key issues around preparedness, international cooperation and how the response is organised.
It takes place following the Attorney General’s recent speech setting out the UK’s position on the application of international law with respect to cyberspace, and is timed as implementation begins of the EU directive on the security of Networks and Information Systems (NIS Directive).
Delegates will discuss latest developments and priorities for key sectors involved in critical national infrastructure and their suppliers, and the wider group of organisations and individuals affected by the threats to cyber security.
Further sessions assess the work of the National Cyber Security Centre, following the recent publication of its report on the cyber threat to UK business, as well as discussing key measures from the Secure by Design review - which outlines plans to build security into the design of internet connected devices.
The future for the mobile market in the UK - consolidation, competition and regulation
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This timely seminar is bringing together senior regulators and government officials with stakeholders to discuss issues at a key point in the development of the UK mobile market, focusing on consolidation, competition and regulation.
Discussion will focus on the impact of consolidation and other market factors on competition in the mobile market and the offer to consumers.
Delegates will also examine issues around technology and infrastructure rollout, including coverage, quality of service and network extension; and consider what further regulatory action might be needed to improve mobile services and support fair competition.
Further sessions assess the impact of Ofcom’s recent initial spectrum auction - aimed at increasing mobile broadband capacity for current users and paving the way for 5G - on the shape of the market, and will look ahead to the further 5G spectrum auction next year - exploring issues around 5G deployment, and opportunities for device and service innovation.
Priorities for telecommunications infrastructure in the UK - investment models, the regulatory framework and delivering fibre to the home
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This seminar will be a timely opportunity to discuss the future of UK telecommunications infrastructure in light of the Government’s Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review.
Delegates will assess key perspectives brought out in response to the Review, with discussion expected to revolve around the best route to ultrafast broadband, what are the optimal market structures and investment models to support delivery, the roles of different providers, and how might the regulatory framework need to develop.
The agenda includes an overview of progress and next steps for the UK’s broadband infrastructure and of responses to the consultation; assessment of the models for investment in UK digital infrastructure; discussion on the framework for regulation to deliver the UK’s broadband infrastructure of the future; and a session on implications for policy.
Digital empowerment and young people: literacy and skills, online resilience and safety, corporate responsibility and policy options
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This timely seminar will examine the latest thinking on the relationship between young people and digital technology - looking at empowerment, digital literacy and online safety.
The seminar will be an opportunity to discuss the further steps that might be taken by policymakers and schools to empower young people online and develop their digital resilience and literacy, following calls from the Children’s Commissioner to allow schools to be more creative in how they address these issues in the curriculum.
Delegates will also discuss key issues around young people’s use of social media, following the Commissioners’ Life in Likes report which highlighted the adverse effects it can have on 8-12 year old’s mental health and well-being.
The seminar is also timed to follow the Government’s upcoming response to the consultation on its Green Paper on Internet Safety Strategy, and further sessions will look at what more might be done to ensure that children can browse safely online - with a particular focus on the responsibilities of media organisations.
Overall, areas for discussion include:
Digital literacy and skills: examining the responsibilities of schools, parents and technology providers in supporting and empowering children to navigate their digital worlds;
Online safety: priorities for improving safeguarding for young people online - including preventing child sexual exploitation, online grooming and radicalisation; and
Social media and technology: latest thinking on young people’s use of social media and new technologies - particularly teenagers - looking at including potential benefits for learning, and challenges for tackling sexting and cyberbullying.
Arts and culture in England: funding, participation and technology
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THIS EVENT IS CPD CERTIFIED
This timely seminar will consider the future for arts and culture in England, with a focus on funding, participation and technology.
It is timed to consider key themes emerging from Arts Council England’s consultation on their strategy for the next ten years - with an initial report expected in the Summer and a further formal consultation to follow in the Autumn.
Delegates will examine issues around access to funding - discussing what further action might be taken to address increased competition for public support, reduce reliance on public resources, diversify revenue streams and business models, attract private investment, and exploit IP and assets.
The seminar will also provide an opportunity to consider what more might be done to resource culture more effectively and maximise its value, drawing on responses to the recently launched Cultural Cities Enquiry.
Attendees will assess priorities for expanding the socio-economic contribution of culture, and how the challenges for widening participation across England might be addressed - focusing on regional imbalances, collaboration with other sectors, the development of local partnerships, and issues around relevance and engagement.
Further sessions will explore how the sector is adapting to, and utilising, new technologies - particularly in terms of skills, investment and data - and consider next steps for driving innovation - looking at the development of next generation audiences and practitioners, challenges for fostering a culture of experimentation and collaboration, and opportunities for monetisation.
Delivering the creative industries Sector Deal - innovation, IP and access to finance
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This timely seminar will be an opportunity to discuss what needs to be put in place to successfully deliver the Creative Industries Sector Deal, recently agreed between the Government and the creative industries as part of the Industrial Strategy.
The agenda focuses on next steps for key elements of the Deal, looking at investment, intellectual property, the talent pipeline and priorities for the Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre (PEC) being launched by the Arts & Humanities Research Council, and will also assess what is missing from the Deal and how it might evolve in the future.
Sessions will consider the way ahead for attracting and retaining talent, including skills development, career pathways and diversity, and discuss what further support is needed to grow private sector investment and exports, and enable IP holders across the UK to attract backing.
Planned sessions will examine the expected launch of the Creative Industries PEC - considering research priorities and fostering creative clusters, including partnerships with business and higher education - and how the sector can meet the needs of tomorrow’s audience through innovation and collaboration, as well as next steps for policy and championing the creative industries.
The future of the live entertainment sector: innovation, competing for customers and supporting grassroots
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This timely seminar will consider the future for the live entertainment sector in the UK, including innovation, audiences and supporting grassroots.
Taking place following the launch of the Cultural Cities Enquiry, commissioned by Arts Council England, which will assess current and future resource channels for culture, sessions will examine issues around widening the socio-economic value of live entertainment - including around access, affordability and tourism.
Following the Government’s announcement of plans to strengthen planning policy to include the Agent of Change principle in order to protect grassroots venues, and with the Mayor of London also backing the principle in the Draft New London Plan, delegates will discuss the shape of incoming legislation and consider wider licensing issues.
Delegates will assess priorities for addressing further challenges facing an increasingly complex and competitive sector. This includes access to finance, conditions on the live scene for emerging artists - such as the rise of the pay-to-play model - and the potential implications of Brexit, particularly around touring and accessing new markets, as well as growing concerns over the financial impact of the European Union’s proposals to change lighting regulations.
Planned sessions will explore the increasing opportunities for innovation presented by tech, digital and new, immersive ways of experiencing live, as well as look at the potential impact of new rules around ticketing and what further industry and policy action might be needed to combat ticket-touting.
The future for free-to-air in the UK - discoverability, investment and competition
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This timely seminar will consider the future for public service and free-to-air content in the UK in an increasingly complex and competitive media market.
It takes place as the BBC analyses the responses to its consultation on its draft policy for the distribution of UK public services, and will be an opportunity to consider key themes around competition and consolidation emerging from Ofcom’s report on the challenges facing Public Service Broadcasting (PSB) in the digital age.
Planned sessions will examine main issues around prominence and discoverability, the impact of innovation in technology and digital delivery, as well as the way forward for the development of creative and commercial partnerships with other broadcasters, platforms and the wider audio-visual sector.
Delegates will discuss the role of free-to-air in supporting the development and value of original content going forward - looking at the challenges for securing funding, attracting investment, improving diversity on and off screen, and promoting Britain’s cultural identity globally - as well as options for policy and regulation to foster fair competition and help safeguard free-to-air programming.
Women and the tech sector - skills, career progression and workplace culture
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This timely seminar will examine latest progress and next steps for attracting and retaining women in the technology sector, and supporting their progression.
Delegates will assess priorities for the development of a diverse talent pipeline - looking at what more might be done to address barriers to entry, encourage more women to study STEM, and improve links between education, policy and industry.
They will also consider the future role of women in the development of cutting-edge tech and driving the UK’s international competitiveness.
Following the recent publication of the first year of gender pay gap reporting, further sessions will examine issues around recruitment and career progression, as well as discussing wider challenges regarding workplace culture - including improving transparency, enhancing employer engagement, encouraging mentoring and network initiatives, and establishing conducive working environments for all.
The Festival of Maintenance will be a celebration of those who maintain different parts of our world, and how they do it, recognising the often hidden work done in repair, custodianship, stewardship, tending and caring for the things that matter.
Maintainers can be found in many contexts, including nature, software, infrastructure, communities, industry, information, arts and heritage. The Festival will bring together traditional disciplines of maintenance, repair and stewardship, with new forms such as supporting digital products, sustaining open source software, and moderating online communities. The Festival aims to share learning around maintainer skills and tools and how maintenance is resourced and rewarded, and to boost the morale of maintainers across sectors with inspiring ideas and stories. The 2018 Festival of Maintenance will start a lasting conversation across communities of maintainers and stewards, building shared practices, and raising awareness more widely of the value of this work and where it sits within our society.
Topics will include: software and open hardware maintenance, dataset stewardship, online and offline communities, design for repair and reuse, physical and digital commons, infrastructure, public and collective goods, co-ops and crowd-sourcing, risks and liabilities around repair and reuse, “-as-a-service” business models, new funding structures, voluntary and paid maintenance.
We are pleased to bring you the next event of the Docklands.LJC, a group within the main London Java Community that focuses on the developer community in and around Canary Wharf each month.
Our speakers this month are Andy Gilbert and Ian Miell.
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Arrive from 6:15pm, talks will begin promptly at 6:30pm.
Attendees arriving after 6:40pm may not be admitted.
Since Java One last year the Java landscape has changed dramatically for Java developers. A new release cadence of 6 months, a new long term support release model from Oracle, Java Client deployment model shifting from Applets/Webstart to self contained applications deployed with the VM built in. In this talk Andy will discuss the various changes and attempt to unravel what this means in practice for developers moving forward.
Andy has worked for Sun/Oracle for 18 years working as a pre-sales technical engineer talking about Java in embedded and enterprise systems.
Before that he worked for the Real-Time operating system company Wind River Systems as pre-sales engineer.
He holds a BSc Hons. in Computer Science from Staffordshire University. In his spare time he enjoys Scuba Diving, Cycling and drinking Real Ale.
Kubernetes From Behind the Curtain
Talk details:
Kubernetes has taken the software delivery world by storm. While not about Java directly, this talk will go over some of the key parts of the landscape that may be of interest to Java developers as workloads get moved to this new world.
Speaker Bio:
Ian worked in the full lifecycle of online gambling backend systems for 15 years before moving to Barclays, where he now manages OpenShift clusters that run lots of JVMs. He writes books on things like Git, Bash, Docker and Terraform, and keeps a blog at zwischenzugs.com
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The LJC are pleased to welcome Duncan McGregor and Nat Pryce for a live coding event this June.
About The Session:
Kotlin neatly fills a gap between the verbosity of Java and the complexity of Scala, has excellent tooling and a fun keyword, so what's not to like?
In this session we introduce the Kotlin language through converting and then refactoring Java code. We’ll code our way through a structured series of exercises designed to familiarise the audience with the features and patterns of the language.
About The Speakers:
Duncan McGregor has been programming professionally for 25 years. He was lucky enough to ride the Object-Oriented wave of the 90s, the Agile wave of the 00s, and what he is convinced will be called the Distributed-Functional wave of the, erm 10s.
When not writing about himself in the third person, Duncan codes, runs conference sessions on things that interest him, and throws his money away in entrepreneurial ventures. His blog is called What I Should Have Said.
Nat Pryce is a co-author of Growing Object-Oriented Software Guided by Tests. An early adopter of XP, he has written or contributed to several open source libraries and tools that support TDD and was one of the founding organizers of the London XP Day conference. He works programmer, architect, trainer, and consultant in a variety of industries, including e-commerce, media, telecoms, finance, retail and marketing communications. He has delivered business-critical systems that range from embedded devices to large compute farms supporting global business. His blog is named Mistaeks I Hav Made.
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Join the LJC on Wednesday 20th June when we are pleased to welcome Josh Long who will be discussing Cloud Native Java, Part Deux.
Talk Details:
You know what nobody has ever said to me? "I wish you'd covered even more in your 45 minute 'Cloud Native Java' talk!" And I listened! In this talk, we'll look at Spring Cloud.next to support modern microservices development, focusing on the things that really matter (or, at least, the things we've got cooking in Spring Boot 2.0 and Spring Cloud Finchley, both due before April or so):
-functional reactive REST endpoints (totally different meaning for "function" here, though)
-reactive programming with Spring Framework 5. Leverage flow control at every layer and make the most efficient use of every CPU when doing input/output. You're going to need every bit of efficiency that you can get after you've installed the patches for Spectre and Meltdown!
-Kotlin. Yes, KOTLIN: you wanted Java and I'm giving it to you.. in libraries that I'll use from Kotlin.
-messaging with Apache Kafka. Nothing funny here. It's just awesome.
-Live on the edge with the new, reactive, rate-limiting, proxying, websocket-aware Spring Cloud Gateway
-ASCII art!
Speaker Bio:
Josh (@starbuxman) is the Spring Developer Advocate at Pivotal. Josh is a Java Champion, author of 5 books (including O'Reilly's Cloud Native Java: Designing Resilient Systems with Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, and Cloud Foundry) and numerous best-selling video trainings (including Building Microservices with Spring Boot Livelessons with Spring Boot co-founder Phil Webb), and an open-source contributor (Spring Boot, Spring Integration, Spring Cloud, Activiti and Vaadin).
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We are pleased to bring you the next event of the Docklands.LJC, a group within the main London Java Community that focuses on the developer community in and around Canary Wharf each month.
Our speaker this month is Andy Gilbert of Oracle.
*** Please note ***
Your *FULL NAME* is required by building security in order to attend.
If your username is not your full name, please add it when registering, otherwise you will be REMOVED from the registration list.
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Arrive from 6:15pm, talks will begin promptly at 6:30pm.
Attendees arriving after 6:40pm may not be admitted.
Since Java One last year the Java landscape has changed dramatically for Java developers. A new release cadence of 6 months, a new long term support release model from Oracle, Java Client deployment model shifting from Applets/Webstart to self contained applications deployed with the VM built in. In this talk Andy will discuss the various changes and attempt to unravel what this means in practice for developers moving forward.
Andy has worked for Sun/Oracle for 18 years working as a pre-sales technical engineer talking about Java in embedded and enterprise systems.
Before that he worked for the Real-Time operating system company Wind River Systems as pre-sales engineer.
He holds a BSc Hons. in Computer Science from Staffordshire University. In his spare time he enjoys Scuba Diving, Cycling and drinking Real Ale.
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What is Serverless: why should you care/Securing Microservices:A Practical Guide
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Join the LJC this June for an evening of talks on Serverless and Microservices.
In our first talk, Rafal Gancarz will be discussing 'What is Serverless and why should you care.'
Serverless computing is changing the way that software systems are being built and operated. Despite being a relatively new area within the IT industry, serverless has the potential to massively alter the way that business value is being delivered with software. In this talk, Rafal will introduce key tenets of serverless computing and compare it to the more traditional technology stack running on top compute instances or containers. He will also explain the programming model of Function-as-a-Service, using AWS Lambda as an example and provide overview of other cloud services, commonly used to deliver serverless architectures.
Bio: A versatile technologist with years of commercial experience building high quality distributed systems. Rafal is a technical architect with broad expertise in numerous architectural styles and patterns as well as excellent hands-on developer, able to tackle complexity in the heart of any IT solution while providing mentoring and guidance within the technical team. He is also a Certified Scrum Master, experienced agile practitioner and evangelist, passionate about improving project delivery and building highly performing teams.
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Our second speaker, Kate Stanley, will present her talk ' Securing Microservices: a practical guide.'
Moving to microservices requires a new mindset and approach to application design. This is particularly important when it comes to security as in a distributed world even calls from other parts of your application are vulnerable. Security is often discussed in an abstract context and as there are so many existing standards it's difficult to know what methods are appropriate and when to use them. This session will use the text-based microservice adventure Game On! to discuss security in a real-world scenario. It will introduce the security considerations in a microservice environment and the choices we made to secure our application. You will learn how to utilise industry-wide standards such as OAuth2, OpenID Connect and other social sign-on methods and what we have done to work towards dev/production parity.
Bio: Katherine Stanley is a Software Engineer on the microservices team for WebSphere Liberty. As a part of the Liberty team she has created samples to help developers get started with microservices and worked on the open source microservice project GameOn. Katherine has also given presentations and run workshops about microservices and GameOn at European conferences, including DevoxxUK and OSCon in London, and JFokus in Sweden. Katherine has been at IBM since 2014 and is based in the Hursley UK lab.
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Towards a General Theory of Intelligence & What's New for Java in the Cloud
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Join the LJC for an evening of talks this June with Peter Morgan and Steve Poole.
In our first talk, 'Towards a General Theory of Intelligence', Peter Morgan will take a look at the latest developments in AI research and implementation.
The development of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) is going to require algorithms that can take us far beyond deep learning and the simple image classifiers this was originally developed to solve. These AGI systems will need to do things like inductive reasoning, planning and optimal learning. Peter will talk about some of the latest approaches to solving general intelligence now underway using GPUs and other purpose-built hardware as well as algorithmic approaches to solving and building general intelligence systems.
Peter is CEO at Deep Learning Partnership, a consultancy addressing emerging technologies, especially AI and blockchain http://www.deeplp.com
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In our second talk, Steve Poole will discuss how the application stack, open source technologies & the Java ecosystem is changing to meet the demands of Cloud. Whether improved memory footprint, new operating modes, different deployment models or even new hardware the future of Java in the Cloud is demanding more than ever before.
Over the last year or so much has been happening to Java the JVM and the Java ecosystem. Yet there is so much more to come. In this talk hear how the Java application stack, the related open source technologies and the Java ecosystem is changing to meet the demands of Cloud.
Learn what has happened so far and what more there is to come. Whether improved memory footprint, new operating modes, different deployment models or even new hardware the future of the Java in the Cloud is demanding more of developers and IT teams alike.
This talk will help you understand the economic and technical forces driving the evolution of Java and will show you a future thats even more amazing than you might imagine.
Out with the old and in with the new. Are you ready?
Steve is a Developer Advocate and long time IBM Java developer, leader and evangelist who has been working on IBM Java SDKs and JVMs since Java was less than 1. He's a member of the Adopt OpenJDK group championing community involvement in OpenJDK and a seasoned speaker and regular presenter at JavaOne and other conferences on technical and software engineering topics.
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Java Challenges - An Interactive Quiz Testing You!
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The LJC are pleased to welcome Barry Evans who will be presenting 'Java Challenges - An Interactive Quiz Testing You!'
Join us and learn the concepts behind 10 Java challenges and eliminate stressful bugs.
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Bugs are a daily stress in our work as Java developers. Those pesky bugs hide behind important Java concepts; there is no way out of this. But can we have fun hunting them? You bet!
How about solving a series of Java puzzles and challenges as a way to learn concepts and save a lot of time finding those tricky bugs?
Together with Barry, attendees can solve fun Java challenges and gain a clear understanding of what causes the most stressful Java bugs—and have fun eliminating them from your projects.
Speaker Details:
Barry Evans is a seasoned web application engineer with over 10 years experience developing enterprise applications predominantly in the financial sector. Presently, he is an Oracle Certified Senior Applications Consultant at DubJUG partner Version 1, where he has been using Java SE, Spring, and ORM to build middleware for RIA apps written in Adobe Flex & AS3, Angular JS, and HTML 5.
Recently OCP Java SE 8 certified, he is keen to increase his knowledge with Java EE and is working towards the OCMJEA certification.
Barry is also interested in meeting other JUG leaders, finding out what brings Java developers together, and to help the Dublin JUG in Ireland grow by getting involved with the global Java community.
You can follow him on Twitter at @Bazza_NI
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Become A Guru: How To Solve Java Memory Leaks In Under 10 Minutes
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The LJC are pleased to welcome this evening's speaker, Jack Shirazi, who will discussing: 'Become A Guru: How To Solve Java Memory Leaks In Under 10 Minutes.'
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Talk Details:
In this talk, Jack provides a consistent methodology for identifying whether you have a heap memory leak, analysing the memory to identify the leak, and determining the cause. He will focus on heap leaks, which are the most common Java memory leaks. Yes, this talk will make you a guru!
Bio:
Jack Shirazi works in the Performance and Reliability team at Hotels.com. He is the founder of JavaPerformanceTuning.com and author of Java Performance Tuning (O'Reilly), and has been an official Java Champion since 2005 and an LJC member since 2009.
Jack has worked at all levels and all stages of IT projects in several industries including with real-time, low latency and highly scaled applications. As well as authoring his popular book and contributing to several other books, Jack has published over 60 articles on Java performance for various sites and magazines; and has published over 200 newsletters for JavaPerformanceTuning.com over 15 years, and with these newsletters published around 10,000 Java performance and memory related tips.
Agenda:
6.30pm - Doors open. Join us for pizza and drinks!
7pm - Jack Shirazi presents 'Become A Guru: How To Solve Java Memory Leaks In Under 10 Minutes.'
8pm - Any questions for the speaker.
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This is a chance to come and meet your mentor/mentee and others that are involved in the Meet a Mentor initiative. It is also a chance for new members to come and hear more about what is happening within the Meet a Mentor community. We have reserved a private room in a pub 5 minutes from Old Street Station where you can come along and chat to your mentor, as well as sharing experiences with other mentees and mentors. The event and initiative is open to anyone from CTO to graduate level.
This event is the fourth in-person event that we have organised. So far there have been over 600 introductions between mentors and mentees, primarily in London around the Java ecosystem, JavaScript, Node and related technologies through our online Slack group which you can read about here: https://meetamentor.co.uk
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Upcoming Java Language Changes - Stephen Colebourne
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Join the LJC on Thursday 24th May where we are pleased to welcome Stephen Colebourne who will be discussing Upcoming Java Language Changes.
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Talk Details:
What Java language changes are on their way? How will they make your coding life easier? In this talk, we'll take a look at a range of new features being developed by Project Amber and Project Valhalla to get a good overview of Java's future. Come along and be prepared to give your opinions on the new features!
Bio:
Stephen Colebourne is Engineering Lead, Platform at OpenGamma, the creators of Strata. He is best known for his work on open source Java with the "Joda projects". As a Java Champion and JavaOne Rock Star speaker, he continues to push Java forward.
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Reactive Microservices with Micronaut & Open Cloud-Native Java
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Join the LJC at IBM for an evening of talks this May.
In our first talk, Alvaro Sanchez-Mariscal will be discussing Reactive microservices with Micronaut.
Micronaut is a modern, JVM-based, full stack microservices framework designed for building modular, easily testable microservice applications. Micronaut is developed by the creators of Grails and takes inspiration from lessons learnt over the years building real-world applications from monoliths to microservices using Spring, Spring Boot and Grails.
This session covers the current features of Micronaut for building microservices, such as:
– Dependency Injection and Inversion of Control (IoC).
– Configuration system.
– HTTP services.
– Cloud and serverless deployments.
– Management & Monitoring.
Bio:
Álvaro is a passionate developer and agile enthusiast with over 18 years of experience. He now works as a Software Engineer at Object Computing (OCI), the company leading Groovy, Grails and Micronaut open-source development.
Before working at OCI, he spent some years working in different industries like gambling games (Odobo) and fintech (4Finance). Prior to that, he created his own company, Salenda, in 2005, a software factory and Atlassian Solution Partner headquartered in Madrid, Spain. Previously, he worked at companies like IBM BCS, BEA Systems or Sun Microsystems.
Álvaro is a speaker at conferences like GeeCON, JavaLand, JavaZone and Codemotion. He has also written several Grails plugins, including Spring Security REST, which provides stateless, RESTful, token-based authentication for Grails using OAuth 2 and JWT.
In our second talk, Graham Charters will give a presentation and live demonstration of how the MicroProfile initiative helps you build cloud-native Java microservices on open source, open standard APIs, and avoid lock-in to a single company.
Conventional wisdom has it that Java EE is a bad starting point for building Java Microservices, but conventional thinking isn't relevant to the new wave of applications. It isn't that Java EE isn't a good choice (after all most microservice frameworks build on parts of it), it is that it hasn't been growing fast enough to address the problems Microservice architecture present. In 2016, several Java EE server companies, and Java user groups got together to start the MicroProfile initiative to help kick start solving these new problems. Join this session to learn how these new open source, open standard API's can provide a platform for Java based Microservices that doesn't tie the success of your server to a single company.
Bio:
Graham is an IBM Senior Technical Staff Member and WebSphere Applications Server Developer Advocacy Lead based at IBM's R&D Laboratory in Hursley, UK. He takes a keen interest in emerging technologies and practices and in particular programming models. His past exploits include establishing and contributing to open source projects at PHP and Apache and participation in, and leading, industry standards at OASIS and the OSGi Alliance.
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