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JAXConf is a deep-dive into the tech and practices critical for developers in the modern Java ecosystem, taking place June 3-5 in Santa Clara, CA.Stay tuned for interviews and more over the coming months.
View Article‘Heeeey, heeeeey, I wanna be a rock star!’
JAXConf is less than 100 days away now! In just over 2 months we’ll be in Santa Clara watching the best of the best in the developer world making our ecosystem that bit more inspiring. So we thought we...
View ArticleLive on the edge with Netflix OSS!
Software vet Carl Quinn and ‘Cloud Guy’ Adrian Cole are your guides to Netflix OSS and Edge architecture at JAXConf 2013. But we thought we would give you a little insight into why we are so excited...
View ArticleJez Humble Continuous Delivery Workshop at this year’s...
Jez Humble Continuous Delivery Workshop at this year’s JAXConf!This years first workshop to be announced ‘Continuous Delivery’ hosted by Thoughtworks’ Jez Humble, who will cover at length development...
View ArticleWhy Lambdas Suck by Jamie Allen (Typesafe)
There is a lot of focus on the upcoming release of Java8 with lambda support. And the fact that Oracle will make functions first-class citizens in the Java ecosystem is very exciting. However,...
View ArticleJava + Raspberry Pi = Mocha Raspberry Pi Hacking with Stephen Chin (Oracle...
There has been a huge shift in embedded computing that has been slowly happening for years, but became a sensation overnight. Suddenly embedded systems have become powerful enough to run full...
View ArticleCPU Caches - Know Your Platform by Jamie Allen
With the creation of Martin Thompson’s Disruptor and Peter Lawrey’s Chronicle frameworks, Java developers are learning that it is possible to get tremendous throughput in an application on a single...
View ArticleJAXConf 2013 goes free
Today, we’re announcing a big change to JAXConf - entry to June’s event in Santa Clara will now be free.Are we mad? Yes, almost certainly. But it’s born out of a recognition that an innovative...
View ArticleAn interview with Brian Leathem of RedHat
In the lead up to our 2 day free Java Event happening in Santa Clara on June 4-5, we asked presenter Brian Leathem a few questions to give our attendees a little insight into what makes him tick. JAX:...
View ArticleAn interview with Eclipse Orion Project Co-lead Ken Walker
Next in line for an interview is Eclipse Orion champ and former IBM JVM team member Ken Walker.JAX - Can you sum up your JAXConf session in 140 characters?Ken - Your IDE is a browser, clone a git repo,...
View ArticleNetflix Carl Quinn talks about JAXConf, Tech Sessions, Heroes and Ducks!
It’s that time again. Another day, another interview with one of our Speaker heavyweights from this year’s FREE to attend JAXConf in Santa Clara, California on June 4-5. With over 40 sessions, keynotes...
View ArticleInterview: Big Data guru Andreas Neumann talks Hadoop YARN
It’s that time again. Another day, another interview with one of our Speaker heavyweights from this year’s FREE to attend JAXConf in Santa Clara, California on June 4-5. With over 40 sessions, keynotes...
View ArticleWhy conferences matter by Java Rock Star Stephen Chin
It is easy (and important) to get sucked into the minutia and detail of what you are working on technically day-to-day. However, this makes it hard to get a broader perspective on what new...
View ArticlePeter Bell of HackNY talks about building a Mobile App
I find that more and more developers are being tasked with developing a mobile strategy for their organizations, departments or clients. Sometimes a mobile website - perhaps taking a responsive/mobile...
View ArticleHands-on developer workshops at JAX
The big news for the past few weeks has been JAXConf being FREE TO ATTEND! With over 40 sessions, keynote presentations and community events it is guaranteed to be fantastic experience combining...
View ArticleSpring is in the air with Josh Long of Springsource
In its 3.2 and 3.3 generations, the Spring Framework focuses on core features for asynchronous processing and message-oriented architectures, as well as enhancements to its caching support and its...
View ArticleInterview: Yevgeniy (Jim) Brikman - Lead Dev of Play Framework at Linkedin
Yevgeniy (Jim) Brikman is a hacker, writer, designer, code monkey, and architect. He is the lead developer of the project bringing the Play Framework to LinkedIn, and with it, a massive boost to...
View ArticleAdditional hands-on workshops announced for JAX
The big news for the past few weeks has been JAXConf being FREE TO ATTEND! With over 40 sessions, keynote presentations and community events it is guaranteed to be fantastic experience combining...
View ArticleJAXConf 2013: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Java with Stephen O'Grady...
Stephen is a Principal Analyst and co-founder of RedMonk, the open source industry analyst firm. He focuses on infrastructure software such as programming languages, operating systems and databases, as...
View ArticleAn interview with Cloudera's Kathleen Ting - ZooKeeper aficionado
JAX - Can you sum up your JAXConf session in 140 characters? KT - Configure ZooKeeper correctly and it’ll be as impenetrable as a distributed system allows.JAX - Why is the theme of your session...
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