Codetown ::: a software developer's community
16 members Latest Activity: Aug 21, 2015 Cloud Computing is "the next big thing". The recent JavaOne featured Cloud Computing more than any other technology. Come join us and explore /…
12 members Latest Activity: May 7, 2018 JUG-AFRICA is an umbrella Group for Java User Groups located on the continent of Africa.The idea behind JUG-AFRICA is to allow JUGs located within…
35 members Latest Activity: Jul 20, 2019 Android is an open Java-based platform to use for developing mobile apps. Do you believe mobile computing is the wave of the future? We do!
28 members Latest Activity: Dec 11, 2012 Here's your Java Enterprise Edition group. JEE powers distributed software.
Codetown is a social network. It's got blogs, forums, groups, personal pages and more! You might think of Codetown as a funky camper van with lots of compartments for your stuff and a great multimedia system, too! Best of all, Codetown has room for all of your friends.
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Broadcom released Spring Framework 7.0 and Spring Boot 4.0, introducing first-class REST API versioning, JSpecify annotations for standardized null safety across the Spring portfolio, built-in resilience features such as retry and concurrency throttling, Jackson 3 for JSON processing, and modular autoconfiguration. The baselines are JDK 17 (while embracing JDK 25), Jakarta EE 11, and Kotlin 2.2.
By Karsten Silz
Google has released the new Jetpack Navigation 3 library, which redesigns from the ground up notification handling in Android apps. The new library gives full control on the back stack and integrates seamlessly with Jetpack Compose's state management.
By Sergio De Simone
At QCon San Francisco 2025, Adam Wolff showcased Claude Code at Anthropic, where AI powers 90% of production code. With a focus on speed over planning, Claude Code's design evolved through experimentation, addressing challenges like Unicode issues and shell command bottlenecks. Discover successful iterations and lessons learned in real-time software development.
By Andrew Hoblitzell
Google's Gemini 3, unveiled on November 18, 2025, sets a new standard for multimodal AI, integrating seamlessly across platforms like Search and Vertex AI. With capabilities for text, code, and rich media, it empowers both consumer and enterprise applications. Gemini 3 Pro and its advanced Deep Think mode enhance reasoning and task execution, revolutionizing workflows and analytics.
By Andrew Hoblitzell
The panelists discuss designing platform architecture where product, platform, and operations meet. Experts share best practices for reducing cognitive load, balancing core ops vs. innovation, measuring success (lead time, cost avoidance), and enabling developers through self-service and golden path deviations.
By Ran Isenberg, Garima Bajpai, Stephane DiCesare, Martin Reynolds, Renato Losio
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