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OpenJDK (Java) 23 is here! This version introduces three new features to the language and runtime, many bug fixes, small improvements, and a longer list of preview features. What are the most importa…

In this Foojay podcast, we enter the world of mathematics by discussing Vectors and how they are crucial for AI and machine learning. As ChatGPT explains: "A Vector is a mathematical structure that h…

As a backend developer, you may not realize that Java was initially born on embedded devices like set-top boxes and gateways. We discussed this topic for the first time almost three years ago in Fooj…

MIDI is a universal standard for communicating between musical instruments and computers. Within OpenJDK, there is a whole Java package dedicated to MIDI communication and data handling. Is it up to …

This is the final part of the JCON interviews. Did I save the best for last? It's up to you to decide. In this episode, you'll hear Simon Martinelli, Nicolas Fränkel, Marcus Hellberg, Rick Ossendrijv…

This is part 4 of the JCON interviews. In this episode, we have 5 new guests for you. We start with garbage collectors and Intelligence Cloud, a tool created by Azul to find out which of your code is…

This is part 3 of the JCON interviews. In this episode, Frank meets Otavio Santana, who recently wrote the book "Mastering the Java Virtual Machine." At JCON, he talked about the persistence layer an…

Once a month, in the Foojay Podcast, we discuss the history of a Java User Group and the people behind it. In this episode, we are in Oberpfalz, Germany, for a particular reason. The organizers of th…

About one and a half years ago, ChatGPT was launched. The way we search for information and develop software has changed a lot since then as the use of Artificial Intelligence suddenly became a lot e…

In this podcast, once a month, we discuss the history of a Java User Group and the people behind it. In this episode, I'm leaving the European Union and stepping over the border of Switzerland, the c…

Last September, we got Java 21, a Long Term Support (LTS) version with eight new big features and seven incubator or preview features. Does Java 22 also bring that much innovation, or is it just a bu…

Once a month in this podcast, we talk about the history of a Java User Group and the people behind it. We have a special group in this episode as we visit the virtual Quarkus Club. This initiative st…

As a developer we all want to write bug free and high quality code. Writing tests is a crucial part to achieve this. Let’s explore the art of ensuring robust and bug-free code in the Java ecosystem. …

Once a month in this podcast, we talk about the history of a Java User Group and the people behind it. Today, we are traveling to Cape Town and Johannesburg to learn more about its Java communities.

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When starting to build a new website, you are facing a major challenge. Which framework should you use? Angular, React, Vue, Svelte? They are all based on JavaScript and can be the right choice depen…

“Public static void main string array” are the first words everyone sees when they start their first Java Hello World experiments. Some teachers explain them, while others say you will understand eac…

Once a month in this podcast, we talk about the history of a Java User Group and the people behind it. Today, we are traveling to the Dominican Republic to learn more about the country and its Java c…

Java was born in 1995, when the internet as we know it today, didn’t exist yet. Cloud servers, Docker, Kubernetes, distributed systems, scaling up and down,… These things are now part of our daily jo…