Serendipity & Spring: An evening of unexpected magic

010DEV is back for another great meetup on the 21st of May, bringing Rotterdam’s developer community together to connect, share ideas, and simply enjoy being among fellow builders again. Whether you're a familiar face or joining us for the first time, you can expect an evening filled with inspiration, curiosity, and good conversations.

A big thank you goes out to our host Transtrend for opening their doors to us in the heart of Rotterdam and making this evening possible. It’s always special to gather in a place where technology and craftsmanship come together so naturally.

We’re looking forward to two engaging sessions that each bring their own perspective and energy. In Tales of Serendipity in Software Development, Jasper Bogers explores how unexpected moments and happy accidents can play a meaningful role in the way we create software. Ties van de Ven will take us into Spring Magic Explained, where he unravels the elegance and power behind Spring in a way that is both insightful and enjoyable.
As always, there will be plenty of room to catch up, exchange ideas, and share a drink together. It promises to be one of those evenings where learning and fun go hand in hand.

Agenda
17:00 - Walk-in, welcome & dinner biter
18:00 - Tales of Serendipity in Software Development by Jasper Boger
19:00 - Spring Magic Explained by Ties van de Ven
20:00 - Drinks

Jasper Bogers - Tales of serendipity in software development

People are everywhere and that's the reason we develop software.
But where we excel at modelling problems and crafting solutions, we tend to feel less equipped in dealing with the dynamics of collaborating with these very people.

I am a techie which may shine through in my talk, but it mainly focuses on how people can create assumptions and expectations about situations and intentions which may lead to an unconstructive development culture.
I'll touch on some concepts and models like Cynefin, Situational Leadership and the Law of Parsimony and share some nuggets of wisdom and insights, tied together with analogies based on the ancient tale of the Three Princes of Serendip.

The goal is to enjoy the stories, and in the process developers and managers in the audience may learn a thing or two about connecting in a way that helps foster a serendipitous developer experience.

Ties van de Ven - Spring magic explained

Spring seems to do magical things:; add a dependency like actuator and you automatically get metrics, add @Transactional on a method and it automagically runs in a transaction. What if I tell you these things are not magical at all?

In this session we will address the core concepts Spring is built on. We will go into dependency injection, the ApplicationContext, bean loading and aspect- oriented programming (AOP). We will mostly focus on the concepts behind them and mental model you need to understand how Spring works. This way you will be able to apply it broadly (and even to other frameworks like Quarkus and Micronaut).

So if you would like a deeper understanding and a better mental model about how Spring works explained in a beginner friendly way, this is the talk for you.