The Introduction to Vert.x

Hello and welcome to the first Vert.x NL meetup I’m organising. In this first session I want to start with sharing a “beginners-level” introduction of Vert.x.
It's also a good moment to meet the group and I want to figure out what you want to learn and explorer about Vert.x as well!

The talks at this meetup are at a beginner-level. Anyone with or without Vert.x experience should be able to follow them.

Agenda
17:30 Walk in
18:00 Food by Xebia
18:30 Talk 1 by Bert Jan
19:30 Break
19:45 Talk 2 by Paolo
20:15 Raffle by Jetbrains / Drinks by Wispe

Talk 1: Building microservices with Vert.x
Bert Jan Schrijver, CTO at OpenValue, has his focus on Java, Continuous Delivery and DevOps. In his talk, Bert Jan will speak about the concepts behind Vert.x, why he and his team chose Vert.x, how they’re using it and the challenges they faced.

Talk 2: The future of Vert.x
Paolo Lopes, working at Redhat, is core-developer of Vert.x with main focus on the Web modules. He will talk about what will happen in Vert.x 3.5 and the upcoming challenges with Java 9 and Rx2.

Raffle!
I'm proud to share with you that, on behalf of Jetbrains, I may give away a free license for one of their products. So stick to the end and you might be the lucky one!

Location
The meetup will be in the Xebia Wibautstraat office in Amsterdam. You can find the office here: https://goo.gl/maps/R1NnqxbpDfo, although there is (paid) parking space near the office, I would recommend to come by public transport, it's between Amstel Station and Metro-stop Wibautstraat.

Sponsoring
For next sessions I’m looking for people who would like to speak e.g. about their experiences with Vert.x.
I’m also looking for more locations to host next meetups and some help organising them.