Kansas City Java User Group
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We encourage the Kansas City JUG community to get involved! There are several outlets which community members can use to interact with the rest of the community. Check us out below!
Whether you are a dedicated professional or a coding hobbyist, novice developer or seasoned engineer, programming student or lifelong learner, the Kansas City JUG is dedicated to bringing content to the community about all things on the JVM.
If you’re curious about Kotlin, juiced about Jakarta EE, stoked about Spring, or anything in between, our meetups span a variety of topics related to Java™ and other JVM-based technologies.
We feature speakers from the local community as well as internationally renowned speakers, authors, and industry leaders.
In addition to the informative topics, Kansas City JUG meetups give our members the opportunity to network with other developers and our great sponsors! Our other platforms facilitate interaction among our members. Feel free to dive in and share a topic, ask a question, find employment opportunities, or just socialize!
Kansas City JUG hosts meetups on a monthly basis. Our typical meetups are on the 3rd Wendesday of the month. Occasionally, we host meetups on different days to accomodate speaker travel dates or avoid collision with other events (such as US holidays). To view and RSVP for upcoming events, please see our Meetup page.
**Abstract:** Java 25 has been released, but the Java release train continues chugging along with Java 26. In this presentation we will start with a quick review of the key changes from 17-21 and how they have improved developer experience, performance, and supporting Java applications in production. From there we will transition to changes to Java post-21 and how the various changes are bringing important stores into focus including; improved concurrency support, data-oriented programming, native support, and more! The Java platform is evolving quickly to keep pace with the current needs of users, be sure to attend this presentation if you want to keep up!
Speaker: Billy is a Java Developer Advocate with the Java Platform Group at Oracle. With over a decade of experience in Java, Billy brings a passion for helping developers reduce tedious work, such as project initiation, deployment, testing, and validation, through automation and adopting the latest features and tools in the Java ecosystem. Outside of work, Billy enjoys traveling, playing kickball, and cheering on the Kansas City Chiefs. Billy also co-organizes the Kansas City Java users group.
Thank you to TEKSystems for sponsoring!
Agenda: 5:30-6:15 pm Meet, greet & eat! 6:15-6:20 pm Java News 6:20pm Main presentation After presentation - social hour: Austins Bar & Grill | South Olathe 2103 E 151st St #2969, Olathe, KS 66062
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