Overview
Ian, Kito, Danno and Josh kick off their first episode of the year with a lively discussion about sessions from jChampionsConf, Angular 13, JakartaEE 10, GraalVM, Cypress.io, AI coding assistants, Log4Shell, and more!

jChampions Conf 2022
https://jchampionsconf.com/

YouTube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChJ6IHM_uy6dWLBiDAwYkpw

CodeQL talk
https://youtu.be/rn7tAZytyBc

IntelliJ talk
https://youtu.be/cK19rE2V9UY

Migrating Legacy JavaEE App talk
https://youtu.be/rQSVcp96Pis

UI / Web

Angular 13 Released
https://blog.angular.io/angular-v13-is-now-available-cce66f7bc296

Death to IE 11
https://death-to-ie11.com/

Server Side Java

Jakarta EE 10 Release Plan – GitHub Pages
https://eclipse-ee4j.github.io/jakartaee-platform/jakartaee10/JakartaEE10ReleasePlan

Jakarta EE mailing lists
https://jakarta.ee/connect/mailing-lists/

IDEs and Tools

jQAssistant
https://github.com/jqassistant-demo/jakarta-ee-dependencies

GraalVM 22.0 promises a better developer experience | InfoWorld
https://www.infoworld.com/article/3648448/graalvm-220-promises-a-better-developer-experience.html

Truffle Language Implementation Framework – GraalVM
https://www.graalvm.org/22.0/graalvm-as-a-platform/language-implementation-framework/

Cypress.io (Automated testing framework)
https://www.cypress.io/

Angular deprecating protractor
https://github.com/angular/protractor/issues/5502

Cross-browser testing
https://docs.cypress.io/guides/guides/cross-browser-testing

How it works
https://www.cypress.io/how-it-works

TabNine (AI coding assistant – update)
https://www.tabnine.com/

Other

Log4Shell – where are things now?
After Log4j, Open-Source Software Now a National Security Issue
https://gizmodo.com/after-log4j-open-source-software-is-now-a-national-sec-1848356403

ESAPI API
https://www.javadoc.io/doc/org.owasp.esapi/esapi/2.0.1/org/owasp/esapi/Logger.html

OWASP
https://owasp.org/

Apache Log4j Security Vulnerabilities
https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/security.html

Snyk | Developer security | Develop fast. Stay secure.
https://snyk.io/

Groovy 4.0 Released
https://groovy-lang.org/releasenotes/groovy-4.0.html

Kotlin 1.6.0 Released
https://blog.jetbrains.com/kotlin/2021/11/kotlin-1-6-0-is-released/

*Picks *

Swift Playgrounds
https://www.apple.com/swift/playgrounds/

100 Days of SwiftUI
https://www.hackingwithswift.com/100/swiftui

Orba
https://artiphon.com/pages/orba-by-artiphon

SoftRAID
https://www.softraid.com/

OWC Thunderbay 4
https://www.owcdigital.com/products/thunderbay-4

Other Pubhouse Network podcasts

Breaking into Open Source
https://www.pubhouse.net/breaking-into-open-source

OffHeap
https://www.javaoffheap.com/

Java Pubhouse
https://www.javapubhouse.com/

Events

Java Day Instanbul – May 27-28th, 2022
https://www.javaday.istanbul

Jakarta Tech Days (all year)
https://jakarta.ee/community/events/

DevNexus 2022 – April 11-13, 2022 – Atlanta, GA, USA
https://devnexus.com/

Software Design and Development – May 16-20, 2022 – London, UK
https://sddconf.com/

Overview
Kito, Danno, and Josh join special guest Francisco López-Sancho (author of Akka in Action) to discuss all things Akka, as well as Scala 3, JetBrains Fleet, Vaadin, MicroProfile 5, Heiledon, M1 MacBook Pros, and more.

UI / Web
Vaadin 22 – Quarkus Support and Stateless Fusion (Juneau)
https://foojay.io/today/vaadin-22-released-with-quarkus-support-and-stateless-fusion/

MicroProfile 5.0 – Soon to be released?
https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/technology.microprofile/releases/5.0

Server Side Java
Helidon 2.4.0 Released
https://medium.com/helidon/helidon-2-4-0-released-18370c0ebc5e

Open Liberty 22.0.0.1-beta To Support MicroProfile 5, MicroProfile Rest Client 3.0, and more
https://openliberty.io/blog/2021/11/30/microprofile-5-22001-beta.html

IDEs and Tools
JetBrains Fleet
https://www.jetbrains.com/fleet/

All things Akka
Akka site
https://akka.io/

Francisco’s book: Akka in Action (2nd edition)
https://www.manning.com/books/akka-in-action-second-edition?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=stackd&utm_content=discount

Manning discount for all listeners (any book): podstackd21

Other
Machine Learning for Kids
https://machinelearningforkids.co.uk/#!/about

Scala 3
https://docs.scala-lang.org/scala3/new-in-scala3.html

QuarkusFaces
https://github.com/melloware/quarkus-faces

Picks
Rectangle Mac App (Kito)
https://rectangleapp.com/

Getting Things Done
https://www.amazon.com/Getting-Things-Done-Stress-Free-Productivity/dp/0143126563/ref=pd_bxgy_img_1/145-5338261-8401200?pd_rd_w=zc0tQ&pf_rd_p=c64372fa-c41c-422e-990d-9e034f73989b&pf_rd_r=MWEMQKYST466R7PKATPY&pd_rd_r=bb1e3d7b-1eaf-4c86-b907-7ab8477a837a&pd_rd_wg=C8RaM&pd_rd_i=0143126563&psc=1

Making it all Work (Kito)
https://www.amazon.com/Making-All-Work-Winning-Business/dp/0143116622/ref=monarch_sidesheet

jBang (Josh)
https://www.jbang.dev/

Java Advent (Josh)
https://www.javaadvent.com/

Other Pubhouse Network podcasts
Breaking into Open Source
https://www.pubhouse.net/breaking-into-open-source

OffHeap
https://www.javaoffheap.com/

Java Pubhouse
https://www.javapubhouse.com/

Events
CodeMash Jan 11-14, 2022 – Sandusky, OH
https://www.codemash.org/

jChampions Conference Jan 20, 21, 24, 25
https://jchampionsconf.com/

jDays Instanbul

Software Design and Development – May 16-20, 2022 – London, UK
https://sddconf.com/

DevNexus 2022 – April 11-13

Recorded Date
10/23/2021

Title:
In this episode, Kito, Ian, Danno and Josh welcome special guest Richard Fichtner, Founder JUG Oberpfalz, CEO of XDev, and one of the organizers of JCON. They discuss #lowcode, running a conference, being CEO, #microstream, #jooq, the future of the #playframework, #rapidclipse, XDEV IDE, #tabnine AI IDE plugin, #jreleaser, #testcontainers, and much more.

Richard / XDEV

XDEV Software
https://xdev.software/en/

XAPI – XDEV IDE Framework
https://github.com/xdev-software/xapi

RapidClipse
https://rapidclipse.com/en

Server Side Java

Payara Cloud now Available
https://www.payara.fish/products/payara-cloud/

Microstream
https://microstream.one/

Open source announcement
https://www.infoq.com/news/2021/09/microstream-5-is-open-source/

jOOQ: The easiest way to write SQL in Java
https://www.jooq.org/

Web

On the future of Play Framework
https://www.lightbend.com/blog/on-the-future-of-play-framework

IE11 Countdown Clock
https://death-to-ie11.com/

Java Web Start is dead. Long live OpenWebStart! – openwebstart.com
https://openwebstart.com/

Developer Tools

Github Copilot
https://copilot.github.com/

Tabnine – AI plugin
https://www.tabnine.com/

Picks

JReleaser
https://jreleaser.org/

Free Guy (Movie)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6264654/

TestContainers
http://testcontainers.org

Book: Procrastinate on Purpose
https://www.amazon.com/Procrastinate-on-Purpose-audiobook/dp/B00RV58ZFO/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwwsmLBhACEiwANq-tXOE3sB0aAh-2reeOQLzwXxJ52sDFhz9DlcXwJG_ADcWJvXrKCRjmWRoChJcQAvD_BwE&hvadid=241897656186&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=1027142&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=12176312028861189251&hvtargid=kwd-76000619146&hydadcr=22564_10346437&keywords=procrastinate+on+purpose&qid=1634933460&sr=8-1

AdoptOpenJDK is now Eclipse Tamarin
https://blog.adoptopenjdk.net/2021/08/goodbye-adoptopenjdk-hello-adoptium/

Events

W-JAX Nov 8 – 12, 2021, Munich, Germany or virtual
https://jax.de/munich/

JakartaOne LiveStream 2021 – Dec 7th, 2021 in US
https://jakartaone.org/

Progressive Web Experience Dec 5-8, 2021, Clearwater, FL, USA or virtual
https://progressivewebexperience.io/

Jconf.dev Dec 8-10, 2021, Chicago, IL, USA
https://2021.jconf.dev/

Archconf Dec 13-16, Clearwater, FL, USA or virtual
https://archconf.com/

CodeMash Jan 11-14, 2022 – Sandusky, OH
https://www.codemash.org/

Software Design and Development – May 16-20, 2022 – London, UK
https://sddconf.com/

Title: Software Architecture: The Hard Parts

Description

In this episode, Kito, Ian, and Daniel welcome two distinguished guests: Neal Ford (Director, Software Architect, and Meme Wrangler at ThoughtWork) and Mark Richards (Independent Hands-on Software Architect, Published Author). They discuss all things related to software architecture, and their new book, Software Architecture: The Hard Parts. In addition to discussing the origin of the book and their prior book Fundamentals of Software Architecture: An Engineering Approach, they talk about distributed architecture, microservices, containers, evolutionary architectures, refactoring databases, the object/relational impedance mismatch, bounded contexts, system contracts, reuse and rate of change, soft skills, data mesh, BFFs, and much more.

Links

• Amazon link to Software Architecture: The Hard Parts
• Mark’s site: DeveloperToArchitect.com
• Micro Frontends (Martin Fowler – 2019, Manning Book – 2020)
  • Kito’s slides (PDF)
• Model Mapper

Picks

• LogCapture – testing log statements
• ThoughtWorks Technology Radar
• Sentry – frontend logging, performance monitoring, distributed tracing
• JDK 17
• Zoom
  • Invisible pens
  • Screen sharing across rooms

Events

• Eclipse Con Oct 25 – 28, 2021, virtual
• Uberconf Oct 5-8, 2021, Denver, CO, US or virtual
• JakartaOne LiveStream 2021 – Dec 7th, 2021 in US
• W-JAX Nov 8 – 12, 2021, Munich, Germany or virtual
• Progressive Web Experience Dec 5-8, 2021, Clearwater, FL, USA or virtual
• Jconf.dev Dec 8-10, 2021, Chicago, IL, USA or virtual
• Archconf Dec 13-16
• jconf.dev Conference, 2021 – Clearwater, FL, USA or virtual
• CodeMash Jan 11-14, 2022 – Sandusky, OH
• Software Design and Development – May 16-20, 2022 – London, UK

Recorded Date

9/3/2021

Description

Another great episode with the entire band — Kito, Daniel, Ian, and Josh. They discuss COVID as the new normal, NetBeans, Kotlin, IntelliJ, PrimeBlocks, Java 17 (including Spring’s announcement), Docker requiring subscriptions, and other stuff, too.

COVID-19 Virus

• The new normal? What does that look like for work going forward?

Tools and Tech

• NetBeans 12.5 on Beta 3 https://github.com/apache/netbeans/milestone/13?closed=1
• What’s New in IntelliJ IDEA – 2021.2 Hell yeah!
• Spring is going JDK 17 full-force, dragging JDK 8 devs kicking and screaming into the future!
• Kotlin 1.5.30:
• Docker Desktop Now Requires Paid Subscription

UI Tier

• PrimeVue 3.7.0 Released
• PrimeNG 12.1.0 Released
• Announcing PrimeBlocks For PrimeFaces

Server Side Java

• Jakarta EE 10 Timeline Now Available

Java Core

Layrry – A Launcher and API for Modularized Java Applications

Misc

• https://typelevel.org – Let the Scala compiler work for you. We provide type classes, instances, conversions, testing, supplements to the standard library, and much more.
• https://typelevel.org/projects/ – List of projects
• https://fs2.io – Function Streams
• TestContainers – Runs Docker containers from within Java (JUnit) integration tests
• Reliably – Declare your service level objective (SLOs) as Code
• Venkat – Java magazine – Java 8 features

Picks

• Airhacks.fm interview with
• Talking Kotlin: https://talkingkotlin.com/ (Josh)
• FooJay https://foojay.io/ (Josh)
• Randomness IntelliJ Plugin (Danno)
• Xcode 13 Beta 5 (Ian)

Events

• Eclipse Con Oct 25 – 28, 2021, virtual
• Uberconf Oct 5-8, 2021, Denver, CO, US or virtual
• JakartaOne LiveStream 2021 – Dec 7th, 2021 in US
• W-JAX Nov 8 – 12, 2021, Munich, Germany or virtual
• Progressive Web Experience Dec 5-8, 2021, Clearwater, FL, USA or virtual
• Jconf.dev Dec 8-10, 2021, Chicago, IL, USA or virtual
• Archconf Dec 13-16jconf.dev Conference, 2021 – Clearwater, FL, USA or virtual
• CodeMash Jan 11-14, 2022 – Sandusky, OH

Recorded Date

7/23/2021

Description

The gang is back for another jam-packed episode! Josh, Kito, Daniel, and Ian catch up and discuss the past year, COVID vaccines as software updates, AI coding tools, JDK 17, Jakarta EE 9.1, PrimeNG, Angular, and much more.

COVID-19 Virus Tier

• Outbreak Dashboard

Tools and Tech

• Github Co-Pilot – License Launderer?
• Kite!
• CodeWithMe

JDK 17 Coming Out!

UI Tier

• Angular 12 released (IH)
• PrimeNG 12 released (IH)

Server Side Java

• Jakarta EE 9.1: https://jakarta.ee/news/jakarta-ee-9-1-released/
  • Containers: Eclipse GlassFish, WildFly, OpenLiberty, ManageFish Server (https://managecat.com/)
    • Payara 6 Now in Alpha: Supports Jakarta EE 9.1 TCK on JDK 11
    • GlassFish 6.2.0 Runs on JDK 17
    • How do these servers (JakartaEE, Glassfish, Liberty, etc) work in a microservice architecture?

Misc

• Kotlin 1.5.30 Released with Native Apple Silicon Support: https://blog.jetbrains.com/kotlin/2021/05/kotlin-1-5-0-released/
  • https://blog.jetbrains.com/kotlin/2021/07/kotlin-1-5-30-m1-released/
    • Kotlin API for Apache Spark 1.0 Released: https://blog.jetbrains.com/kotlin/2021/07/kotlin-api-for-apache-spark-1-0-released/
    • Groovy Stable Release 3.0.8
      • Groovy 4.0 in Alpha
    • Scala 3 is Released! https://www.scala-lang.org/blog/2021/05/14/scala3-is-here.html

Picks

• KinesisGaming FreeStyle Edge Keyboard (Kito)
• Chrome adds Live Caption to Video playback (Kito)
• Swift and Vapor https://vapor.codes/

Events

• Eclipse Con Oct 25 – 28, 2021, virtual
• Uberconf Oct 5-8, 2021, Denver, CO, US or virtual
• JakartaOne LiveStream 2021 – Dec 7th, 2021 in US
• W-JAX Nov 8 – 12, 2021, Munich, Germany or virtual
• Progressive Web Experience Dec 5-8, 2021, Clearwater, FL, USA or virtual
• Jconf.dev Dec 8-10, 2021, Chicago, IL, USA or virtual
• Archconf Dec 13-16, 2021- Clearwater, FL, USA or virtual

Recorded Date

8/28/2020

Description

The gang is back for another jam-packed episode! Josh, Kito, Daniel, and Ian catch up with a quick chat about Zoom fatigue and virtual school, and then dive into news about TypeScript, say goodbye to IE 11, and welcome WebComponents in every browser. We discuss new Java microservice framework releases for MicroProfile, Micronaut, and Helidon. Daniel wonders if it’s possible to create a new programming language without major financial backing, and everyone discusses Apple Silicon, macOS Big Sur, layoffs at Mozilla, and the JetBrains State of Developer Ecosystem survey.

We thank DataDogHQ for sponsoring this podcast episode

COVID-19 Virus Tier

• Outbreak Dashboard
• Virtual school
• Zoom fatigue
  • How to combat

UI Tier

• TypeScript 4.0 Released
• AirBnB releases TypeScript migration tool
• Opting in to Angular CLI strict mode
• PrimeNG 10 Begins
• Microsoft to drop support for IE11
• Chromium rolls out SameSite cookie update
• WebComponents supported natively in every browser!

Server Side Java

• MicroProfile 4.0M1
• Jakarta EE 9 Release Date Revisions
• Micronaut 2.0
• Thorntail – End of an Era
• Helidon 2.0

Misc

• Kotlin 1.4
• JetBrains State of Developer Ecosystem
• Apple ARM Processor Announced
• Rosetta 2
• NetBeans 12.1 Releasing Soon
• Mozilla cuts 250 jobs, says Firefox development will be affected
• Mac OS Big Sur
• Former engineer pleads guilty to Cisco network damage, causing Webex Teams account chaos
• Ability to run iOS apps on macOS
• Can Programming Languages make it without financial backing? https://twitter.com/_JamesWard/status/1298011904057716737

Picks

• Jib
• Coding courses for curious minds – Learn how to make your own Minecraft & Roblox games
• K9s – https://github.com/derailed/k9s
• Coding courses for curious minds – Learn how to make your own Minecraft & Roblox games
• IntelliJ Theme Contest (2019)

Events

• NFJS
• SpringOne (Sep 1st – Virtual)
• Web Accessibility Conf – November 19-20, 2020 (rescheduled)
• JakartaOne LiveStream Brazil – Aug 29 (Virtual)
• Oracle Code One Reimagined – Free Virtual Events
• Connect.tech – October 14th (Virtual and free)
• EclipseCon – October 20-22 (Virtual)
• GIDS Live – Streaming Live to Developer Isodesks July-Dec 2020

Recorded Date

10 Jul 2020

COVID-19 Virus Tier

• Outbreak Dashboard
• Is it over yet?

#Blacklivesmatter

• Riot Games Moment of Silence
• SPLC – Whose Heritage? Infographic
• Understanding Racial Bias in Machine Learning Algorithms
• Microsoft removing master branch from GitHub
• Let’s dump master-slave terms: they’re vague, horrible, and we’re better off without them
• Domain Driven Design Class – https://twitter.com/al94781/status/1281258489889857537
• Racial Bias in Photography

UI Tier

• Angular 10 Released
• OmniFaces 3.6 adds manifest.json generator, o:scriptParam, and o:pathParam
• OmniFaces Oyena
• Quarkus-MyFaces

Server Side Java

• Spring boot 2.3.0
• Piranha – a cloud container, an exciting, new and in progress project
• Guide to Helping Deliver Jakarta EE 9
• Jakarta EE 9 Milestone 1
• JAX-RS Road Map
• MP Working Group Discussion
• Micronaut Founder Graeme Rocher moves to Oracle

Java Platform

• State of Loom
• Project Loom Early-Access Builds

Misc

• Bill Shannon passes away

Picks

• Pocket
• Siege
• Raspberry Pi

Events

• NFJS
• Refactr.tech – Atlanta, GA – August 12-14, 2021 (moved)
• Dev.next – Broomfield, CO – August 11-14, 2020 (moved to 202))
• SpringOne (Sep 1st – Virtual)
• UI Architecture Conf / Web Accessibility Conf – November 19-20, 2020 (rescheduled)
• JakartaOne LiveStream Brazil – Aug 29 (Virtual)
• Oracle Code One Reimagined – Free Virtual Events
• EclipseCon – October 20-22 (Virtual)
• GIDS Live – Streaming Live to Developer Isodesks July-Dec 2020

On this episode we dive into the Black Lives Matter topic, and see how it affects tech, from racial bias, to terminology. We take a time to discuss and see how technology can hinder (or help) our problems.

We also see what’s new in the UI and Server side world! (Angular 10 is ALREADY released), OmniFaces, Spring Boot 2.3!

We thank DataDogHQ for sponsoring this podcast episode

Recorded Date

10 Jul 2020

COVID-19 Virus Tier

• Outbreak Dashboard
• Is it over yet?

#Blacklivesmatter

• Riot Games Moment of Silence
• SPLC – Whose Heritage? Infographic
• Understanding Racial Bias in Machine Learning Algorithms
• Microsoft removing master branch from GitHub
• Let’s dump master-slave terms: they’re vague, horrible, and we’re better off without them
• Domain Driven Design Class – https://twitter.com/al94781/status/1281258489889857537
• Racial Bias in Photography

UI Tier

• Angular 10 Released
• OmniFaces 3.6 adds manifest.json generator, o:scriptParam, and o:pathParam
• OmniFaces Oyena
• Quarkus-MyFaces

Server Side Java

• Spring boot 2.3.0
• Piranha – a cloud container, an exciting, new and in progress project
• Guide to Helping Deliver Jakarta EE 9
• Jakarta EE 9 Milestone 1
• JAX-RS Road Map
• MP Working Group Discussion
• Micronaut Founder Graeme Rocher moves to Oracle

Java Platform

• State of Loom
• Project Loom Early-Access Builds

Misc

• Bill Shannon passes away

Picks

• Pocket
• Siege
• Raspberry Pi

Events

• NFJS
• Refactr.tech – Atlanta, GA – August 12-14, 2021 (moved)
• Dev.next – Broomfield, CO – August 11-14, 2020 (moved to 202))
• SpringOne (Sep 1st – Virtual)
• UI Architecture Conf / Web Accessibility Conf – November 19-20, 2020 (rescheduled)
• JakartaOne LiveStream Brazil – Aug 29 (Virtual)
• Oracle Code One Reimagined – Free Virtual Events
• EclipseCon – October 20-22 (Virtual)
• GIDS Live – Streaming Live to Developer Isodesks July-Dec 2020