How Can Java Developers Build Front-Ends & Sustainable Software Engineering

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Sustainable Software Engineering: where do we stand in the broader sustainable movement as software engineers - Sarah Hsu

Sustainable Software Engineering has experienced renewed focus with the current climate crisis. In this talk, Sarah Hsu will discuss what sustainability means in the world of Software Engineering while providing a call to action for like-minded engineers.

How Should Java Developers Build Front-Ends for Web, Mobile, and Desktop Today? - Karsten Silz

Users access applications on PCs and mobile devices today. There are two obvious ways to build front-ends for these devices: Web applications and native applications. Cross-platform UI toolkits combine advantages from both approaches. Examples are Facebook’s React Native, Google’s Flutter, Microsoft's Xamarin, and JavaFX. Important web application frameworks are Facebook’s React, Google’s Angular, and Vue.js. Karsten Silz will look at all these frameworks from the perspective of a Java developer and suggest which one to use in three common scenarios.

In 2019, Karsten developed a mobile app prototype with Flutter and a progressive web application. The videos are below. He then decided to use Flutter for native mobile apps in my current project. Based on his experiences, he will highlight typical Flutter issues and how to solve them.

About the speakers

Sarah Hsu is a Cloud Platform Engineer at Goldman Sachs. You can find her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-hsu-b19a19108/

Karsten Silz has been a Java developer for 22 years in Europe and the U.S. In 2004, he co-founded a software product start-up in the U.S. He led product development there for 13 years until the company was sold successfully. Since 2017, he has worked as a full-stack Java contractor in Germany and the U.K. He has a newsletter, a developer website, and a contractor site. He's on LinkedIn, Twitter, and GitHub.

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