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February 16, 2016 from 6pm to 8pm – Santa Fe College Building S Room 317 Hello! We have a special guest, in all the way from the snowy north - Jackie Gleason is enjoying some sunshine and surf with his family this week in Melbourne. He's agreed (read: his wife agreed) to… Organized by Michael Levin | Type: meeting
February 25, 2016 from 6pm to 8pm – DeVry University Hello OrlandoJUG! Jackie wasn't able to make it to this meeting, so we're going to table this month's meeting. If you have a great topic to present or know a presenter, please let me know and I'll… Organized by Michael Levin | Type: meeting
March 24, 2016 from 6pm to 8pm – PowerDMS @ Church St Station Hello OrlandoJUG! This month we have Dave Moskowitz in from Sarasota for a fascinating talk. Here's the abstract for the presentation. There is a possibility of massive amounts of pizza! Genet… Organized by Michael Levin | Type: meeting
October 12, 2016 from 6pm to 8pm – TBA Stay tuned as plans firm up...Jim Baker, Jython guy is hoping to join us in the Fall. What's Jython? It's Python on the Java Virtual Machine (JVM). Jim's the Jython guru. He's given great talks in th… Organized by Michael Levin | Type: meeting
October 27, 2016 from 6pm to 8pm – TBA Stay tuned as plans firm up...Jim Baker, Jython guy is hoping to join us in the Fall. What's Jython? It's Python on the Java Virtual Machine (JVM). Jim's the Jython guru. He's given great talks in th… Organized by Michael Levin | Type: meeting
August 24, 2017 from 6pm to 9pm – Canvs Winter Park Hello Orlando Juggies! Adam Davis will give a presentation on Groovy at the groovy new Canvs Co-working space in Winter Park Thursday 8/24. If you'd like to be a pizza sponsor an… Organized by Michael Levin | Type: orlando, jug, meeting
November 30, 2017 from 6pm to 8pm – Canvs Winter Park Join us for this last minute look at the JavaOne that was. Ed Burns and Vernon Singleton, JavaOne veterans both, will share their experiences and some of their sessions in this informal last-minute… Organized by Michael Levin | Type: orlandojug, meeting
July 12, 2018 from 6pm to 8pm – Oracle Intrepid Conference Room Hey, Gang: We have a special presenter this month. Ed Burns, author of Secrets of the Rock Star Programmers will be here to talk about the interviews that make up this fabulous book. I'll be at JCre… Organized by Michael Levin | Type: meeting
August 23, 2018 from 6pm to 8pm – Starter Studio This month we welcome Edson Yanaga as our speaker. Edson will give a talk he calls Revisiting Effective Java. You can get there at 6 for pizza and the presentation will begin at 7. Revisi… Organized by Michael Levin | Type: meeting
November 15, 2018 from 6pm to 8pm – Starter Studio Howdy Java Enthusiasts! We have a great presentation coming up next Thursday, 11/15. Hope you can make it. Be sure to RSVP! Docker and Gradle Docker combined with some modest JVM t… Organized by Michael Levin | Type: meeting
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Rspack 1.7 has launched, enhancing performance and plugin compatibility as it prepares for a major version transition. Key features include improved SWC plugin compatibility, native asset importing as bytes, and default lazy compilation for dynamic modules. With performance gains reported up to 80%, Rspack offers a faster, Rust-based alternative to webpack while maintaining API compatibility.
By Daniel Curtis
Laurent Doguin shares why Wasm’s cold-start performance and security model make it the ideal FaaS runtime. He discusses the WebAssembly Component Model for polyglot interoperability and explains how to build distributed, provider-based architectures using CNCF wasmCloud and NATS. Ideal for architects looking to scale "scale-to-zero" infrastructure without the overhead of heavy containers.
By Laurent Doguin
This article introduces a reinforcement learning (RL) approach grounded in Apache Spark that enables distributed computing systems to learn optimal configurations autonomously, much like an apprentice engineer who learns by doing. The author also implements a lightweight agent as a driver-side component that uses RL to choose configuration settings before a job runs.
By Hina GandhiIn this podcast, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Trisha Ballakur about transitioning from coder to startup CEO, balancing technical leadership with business development, and avoiding burnout on the journey.
By Trisha Ballakur
Microsoft and GitHub have expanded the Copilot ecosystem with the first .NET-focused GitHub Copilot custom agents, designed to improve productivity and code quality for C# and Windows Forms developers. The announcement, part of the broader Copilot custom agents’ rollout, introduces two purpose-built agents: C# Expert and WinForms Expert in the form of agent instruction Markdown files.
By Edin Kapić
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