Kito, Josh and Danno have a great discussion with Jeanne Boyarski and cover a few headlines. Jeanne Boyarsky is a Java Champion and has grown from an entry developer to a tech lead. She also volunteers at Coderanch in her free time.
Blog: https://www.selikoff.net/
Author of several Java certification books with co-author Scott Selikoff: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8489218.Jeanne_Boyarsky
Server Side Java – Jakarta EE 11 Release Plan/Timeline https://newsroom.eclipse.org/eclipse-newsletter/2023/august/jakarta-ee-11-next-major-jakarta-ee-update-shaping
Tools – NetBeans 20 RC: (https://github.com/apache/netbeans/releases/tag/20-rc1) – Oracle VS Code Extension (https://github.com/oracle/javavscode) – Writerside – a new technical writing environment from JetBrains. (https://www.jetbrains.com/writerside/) – PMD (https://pmd.github.io/) – Sonar (https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube/9.9/analyzing-source-code/languages/java/)
AI/ML – Oracle Guardian AI Open Source Project (https://github.com/oracle/guardian-ai) – GPTZero (https://gptzero.me/)
Java Platform – JDK 21 LTS is out! (https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase/21-relnote-issues.html) – Record Patterns, Virtual Threads, Pattern matching for switch – What’s new in Java 2023 – examples of new features (https://github.com/dhinojosa/whats-new-java) – The Java Playground (https://dev.java/playground/)
Picking Jeanne’s Brain – Background – Same job for 21 years!?? – What are your favorite Java language features? – What attracted you to certification books? – Which is the hardest certification? – How should Java compete with other languages like Python and JS/TypeScript? Or should it? – What do you see from younger developers?
Picks – Buffer.com (Kito) – social media posting app – Oracle APEX REST Data Sync (Josh) (https://blogs.oracle.com/apex/post/synchronize-data-from-rest-services-to-local-table-with-no-code-at-all) Developer Career Masterplan Book (Josh) (https://www.amazon.com/Developer-Career-Masterplan-practical-insights-ebook/dp/B0CFLBHZXZ) https://www.ticketsource.us/ – free alternative to eventbrite (didn’t meet all our needs for nyjavasig, but looks promising (Jeanne) (https://www.ticketsource.us/) – Wiremock.io (Danno) (https://github.com/dhinojosa/next-gen-testing-tools-java)
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 – DevOps Vision December – Dec 4-6, 2023, Clearwater, FL, USA (https://devopsvision.io/) – TechLeader Summit – Dec 6-8, 2023, Clearwater, FL, USA (https://techleadersummit.io/) – DevRel Experience – Dec 6-8, 2023, Clearwater, FL, USA (https://devrelexperience.io/) – ArchConf December – Dec 11-14, 2023, Clearwater, FL, USA (https://archconf.com/) – JakartaOne Livestream – December 5, 2023 (https://jakartaone.org/2023/) – First Virtual Payara Conference – Dec 14th, 2023 (https://www.crowdcast.io/c/virtualpayaraconference) – Codemash – Jan 9-12, 2024, Sandusky, OH, USA (https://jchampionsconf.com/https://codemash.org/) – JChampionsConf – Jan 25-30, 2024, online (https://jchampionsconf.com/)