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May 28, 2015 from 6pm to 9pm – Canvs This month, we welcome Ken Krueger for a talk on Spring Boot. Ken was here last year and that's the picture of our group that night. Meeting Overview: This session will introduce Spring Boot, discus… Organized by Michael Levin | Type: meeting
June 25, 2015 from 6pm to 9pm – Canvs This month we'll meet again at Canvs. We had a fantastic time last month. Ken Krueger gave a great presentation on Spring Boot. Several new folks showed up. What a super venue. I wrote up a littl… Organized by Michael Levin | Type: meeting
September 24, 2015 from 6pm to 8pm – Canvs This month we'll have a presentation on the Google Web Toolkit! Google Web Toolkit (GWT), used by Google internally on some of their biggest applications, is growing and quite good. Learn about the… Organized by Michael Levin | Type: meeting
October 22, 2015 from 6pm to 8pm – Canvs Hello OrlandoJUG! This month I will be in San Francisco for Java One, Oracle's annual Java conference. Fortunately, Alex Buckles and Gregg Groves will be here to lead the meeting. Thanks, guys! Our t… Organized by Alex Buckles & Greg Groves | Type: meeting
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Capgemini's Steve Jones argues AI agents building apps in hours have killed the Agile Manifesto, as its human-centric principles don't fit agentic SDLCs. While Forrester reports 95% still find Agile relevant, Kent Beck proposes "augmented coding" and AWS suggests "Intent Design" over sprint planning. The debate: Is Agile dead, or evolving for AI collaboration?
By Steef-Jan Wiggers
Kubernetes often reacts too late when traffic suddenly increases at the edge. A proactive scaling approach that considers response time, spare CPU capacity, and container startup delays can add or remove instances more smoothly, prevent sudden spikes, and keep performance stable on systems with limited resources.
By Rajeev Kallayil Ravi
Chrome 144 introduces the groundbreaking Temporal API, revolutionizing date and time management in JavaScript. As a modern alternative to the criticized Date object, Temporal resolves parsing ambiguities, time zone complexities, and mutable arithmetic. With distinct types and built-in support, it empowers developers to handle dates seamlessly, though adoption varies across browsers.
By Daniel Curtis
After 15 milestone releases, the Eclipse Foundation has released version 8.0 of GlassFish featuring support for virtual threads; enhanced application security; and improved data access. GlassFish 8.0 is a compatible implementation of Jakarta EE 11. Ondro Mihályi, Java Champion and co-founder of OmniFish, spoke to InfoQ about GlassFish 8.0.
By Michael Redlich
Luca Mezzalira shares a decision framework for micro-frontends, covering composition, routing, and communication. He explains how to structure "stream-aligned" teams and use a "tiger team" for foundational architecture. He also discusses the sociotechnical benefits of reducing external dependencies and shares how to use guardrails and discovery services to achieve 25+ deployments per day.
By Luca Mezzalira
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