Java is Here to Stay
Track
Best Practicies & Success Stories
Date and time
Tuesday, 12. October 2021., 11:45
Room
Hall A
Duration
45'
This community keynote brought to you by HUJAK, will present the past, the present and, most important, the future of Java as one of the best programming languages and the most widespread software development platform in the world today, but, even more important, as an enormous ecosystem of code, libraries, tools, services, and ? the people behind it all. We will take on a journey through the most interesting features of the Java programming language in the last years, as well as the most prospective new projects and features that already are or will be a part of the future of Java. To name a few, we will discuss many contemporary projects such as Valhalla, Panama, Graal, Loom, and Metropolis, as well as new features related to Switch Expressions, Text Blocks, Pattern Matching, NullPointerExceptions, Records, Foreign Function and Memory API, Vector API, and Sealed Classes. We will also address the current state of software development related to Java and similar technologies, presenting results from various developer surveys, with additional focus on our part of the world and Croatia. We will also provide recommendations coming from HUJAK as a local Java community and how to respond to current software development challenges, and discuss the future of our software development in the context of remote work, education, and employment.
Lecture details
About speaker
Branko Mihaljević, author
Branko Mihaljević is an educator, consultant, manager, and entrepreneur, dealing with Java since 1996. After 12 years of teaching at UNIZG FER, where he received dipl. ing. (MS), DSM, mr. sc., and dr. sc. (PhD), a few years at Algebra and VERN' colleges, as well as seven years as a co-owner and CTO of a development company, he is currently a Senior Lecturer and Research Assistant at RIT Croatia, one of the global locations of Rochester Institute of Technology, and leading his software consulting company. He gained experience as a consultant, software architect, project manager, development lead, and researcher on various projects in the financial, telecom, traffic, public health, and satellite systems sectors. He is the author of numerous scientific and professional papers, conference presentations, and popular Java-related articles. He worked on many research and professional projects, as well as delivered various university courses and professional workshops, and authored many educational materials. He is the president of the Croatian Java User Association (HUJAK).
Martin Žagar, coauthor
Martin Žagar received EMBA (Cotrugli Business School, 2016), PhD in Computer Science (UNIZG, FER, 2009), University Postgraduate Specialist of Eco-engineering in Forestry (UNIZG, FKIT, 2006), and Diploma in Study of Management (UNIZG, FER, 2005). He is Senior Research Associate in Computing, currently working at RIT Croatia. His research interests include multimedia computer architectures and telemedicine. He has participated in several international scientific projects, and he is/was Program and/or Technical Chair or Committee Member of several conferences related to e-Health, m-Health, IT Systems, Security, Smart Cards, and Java technologies. He received many awards, including Vera Johanides award, Roberto Giannini award, silver plaque Josip Lončar for outstanding PhD dissertation, and Josip Lončar award for extraordinary student success. He is a member of IEEE, AASCIT, HiPEAC, Croatian Academy of Engineering, and, of course, HUJAK.
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