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OrlandoJUG Town

Calling all Java lovers! The OrlandoJUG features leading edge presentations with you in mind. We meet every month with talks on interesting aspects of programming in Java. Although we're Java-focused, you'll also learn about other JVM languages.

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Website: http://www.orlandojug.org
Location: Orlando, FL
Members: 96
Latest Activity: Feb 23, 2021

About the OrlandoJUG

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* There are no membership fees for joining the Club or participating as a member. Operating costs will be borne by Contributing Sponsor companies (Contributing Sponsors).
* However, membership is not "free" because everyone is asked to contribute time and talent for the benefit of all members. Please volunteer to serve on the committee of your choice.
* The membership list and contact information will not be for public use. Telephone numbers and e-mail addresses will be held in strict confidence. Members are, of course, free to trade contact information one-on-one.
* As a general rule, meetings are held monthly, usually on the 4th Thursday of the month.
* Michael Levin is the JUG chair. Anyone wishing to provide a venue, refreshments or a program speaker/topic should contact him at info (at) orlandojug (dot) org
* There is an open-door policy. All committee and planning meetings are open to all members.
* Constructive criticism and good ideas are invited. We will strive to improve OrlandoJUG on a constant, consistent basis. Your active involvement and support is vitally important to the success of the Club

Our meetings will be listed in the Events section.

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Started by Michael Levin. Last reply by Andrew DiRocco Feb 23, 2021.

J4K is virtual this year!

‪J4K was a superb conference last year. This year, it’s virtual and free! Some of the world’s best speakers will present. Register here: http://j4k.io/ They say tickets…Continue

Started by Michael Levin Jul 2, 2020.

Virtual Events

‪Hello! I hope you all are well. I’m staying home for a while, but the Virtual Java User Group and JaxJUG have interesting online events coming up this week. Stay tuned. ...Mike‬

Started by Michael Levin May 11, 2020.

February Meetup! 3 Replies

We have an awesome speaker lined up this Th. Interested? You have to tell me you’re interested or I won’t schedule it. Venue near Ace Cafe!Continue

Started by Michael Levin. Last reply by Naomi Butterfield Feb 27, 2020.

October OJUG

Folks, I’m giving a talk on AI at Devoxx next month in Morocco. Our scheduled Spring talk is postponed. Let me know if you’d like a preview of my AI talk instead. We don’t meet Nov/Dec. Here’s the…Continue

Started by Michael Levin Oct 18, 2019.

Live OrlandoJUG broadcast tonight

Tonight’s Orlandojug will be broadcast live! Monitor @OrlandoJUG on…Continue

Started by Michael Levin Sep 27, 2019.

September OJUG

Join me at OJUG ::: featuring Bruno Souza & Otavio Santana from Brazil! http://meetu.ps/e/H1Rlw/1sqG/aContinue

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Started by Michael Levin Sep 17, 2019.

Red Hat Open Shift Workshop 8/21 Orlando Marriott

Hi Michael,Wanted to send you a reminder for next Wednesday's Red Hat OpenShift workshop. We are excited to see you! Date: August 21st, 2019Time: 9am-2pmLocation: Marriott Orlando Downtown (…Continue

Tags: OrlandoJUG, codetown, Redhat

Started by Michael Levin Aug 15, 2019.

DevNexus CFP open until Aug 15

THE DEVNEXUS CALL FOR PAPERS IS OPEN UNTIL AUGUST 15!!! The Call for Papers (CFP) for Devnexus 2020 is now open. Devnexus, …Continue

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Started by Michael Levin Aug 5, 2019.

OrlandoJUG Reading List ::: from JavaSpecialists

Issue 323 - Visiting All Threads (Including Virtual)

In this newsletter, we explore how we can visit the entire hierarchy of threads in our virtual machine, including virtual threads. We do this using the composite, visitor and facade design patterns.

Issue 322 - Throwing InterruptedException Early

The LinkedBlockingQueue and LinkedBlockingDeque behave slightly differently when methods put() and take() are called by a thread that happens to be in the "interrupted" state. The LBQ throws an InterruptedException immediately when we call take(), even if the queue contains elements. The LBD, however, only throws InterruptedException if the deque is empty and the thread would enter the WAITING state. In this newsletter we show how a dynamic proxy can make the behaviour consistent.

Issue 321 - StampedLock ReadWriteLock Dangers

ReentrantReadWriteLock has a limit of 65536 concurrent read locks. That is an unattainable number with platform threads, but definitely achievable with virtual threads. In this newsletter we explore some of the issues if we want to switch to the StampedLock.asReadWriteLock() instead.

Issue 320 - Please Don't Yield A Lot

Java's Thread.yield() traditionally would cause a voluntary context switch. However, with virtual threads, it causes the thread to be unmounted from its carrier thread. This can greatly increase the user and system time for ALL the carrier threads. And there is no way to turn it off. Keep an eye out for yield in your thread dumps.

Issue 319 - ArrayBlockingQueue: Weakly Consistent Iteration Powered by Weak References

Like many other concurrent collections, the ArrayBlockingQueue sports a weakly-consistent iterator. However, the ArrayBlockingQueue always has a maximum capacity, the length of the underlying array. In this newsletter we explore what happens to pending iterators when we wrap around the circular array.

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Comment by Michael Levin on July 17, 2018 at 1:56pm

OrlandoJUG meets every 4th Thursday from 6-8PM. Details about our next meeting are here: http://www.codetown.com/events

Please RSVP so we’ll know how much pizza to order. 

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