Quarkus: From Zero to Hero!

This meetup will be hosted by RedHat at Holiday Inn Express,
Hoogoorddreef 66B, Building B, 1101 BE Amsterdam.

Agenda

17:30 Doors open, drinks and snacks, and welcome!

18:00 Kevin Dubois presenting “Cloud Native Java Development with Quarkus”

18:45 Break

19:00 Daniel Oh presenting “Elevating Java Microservices with Virtual Threads and Beyond”

19:45 Closing drinks

20:00 End

Information about the talks:

Title: Cloud Native Java Development with Quarkus

Java is a great programming language, however 'traditional' Java isn't so great to work with when it comes to modern, Cloud Native development.

Quarkus is a (fairly) new Java stack that addresses issues such as the typical slow startup time and rather large memory usage that hinder the adoption of Java in container and/or Serverless workloads. Quarkus is not just useful for optimizing resource usage though. There is also a big focus on improving the developer experience.

Come and learn how to build Java applications with ease and joy using Quarkus, see how to develop with external dependencies such as databases or Kafka clusters, and understand how to containerize and deploy applications to Kubernetes-based environments.

A little bit of basic knowledge of Java is helpful for this session, but no further familiarity with Quarkus, Kubernetes, containers or Kafka is required.

After this session, you'll come away with inspiration to build modern Cloud Native applications with Java and Quarkus, while having fun doing so!

About Kevin Dubois: Kevin is a software engineer, author and international speaker with a passion for Open Source, Java (Quarkus), and Cloud Native Development & Deployment practices. He currently works as developer advocate at Red Hat where he gets to enjoy working with Open Source projects and improving the developer experience.

Title: Elevating Java Microservices with Virtual Threads and Beyond

Over the past four years, developers have harnessed the power of Quarkus, experiencing its transformative capabilities in evolving Java microservices from local development to cloud deployments.

As we stand on the brink of a new era, Quarkus 3 beckons with the promise of even more enhanced features, elevating the developer experience, performance, scalability, and seamless cloud integration.

In this session with Daniel Oh, we delve into the heart of Quarkus 3's integration with Project Loom and understand how it simplifies the creation of asynchronous concurrent applications, leveraging virtual threads for unparalleled scalability while ensuring efficient memory usage and peak performance.

But the revelations don’t stop there. Daniel will also guide you through the latest additions in Quarkus 3, including its support for JakartaEE 10, MicroProfile 6, and the advancements with Hibernate ORM 6.

Attend this talk to leave with a comprehensive understanding of Quarkus 3's offerings, ready to implement these cutting-edge features in your projects. Join Daniel for a journey into the future of Java microservices.

About Daniel Oh: Daniel is a Java Champion and Senior Principal Developer Advocate at Red Hat. He works to evangelize building cloud-native microservices and serverless functions with cloud-native runtimes to developers. He also continues to contribute to various open-source cloud projects and ecosystems as a Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) ambassador for accelerating hybrid cloud platform adoption in a variety of enterprises. Daniel also speaks at technical seminars, workshops, and meetups to elaborate on new emerging technologies for enterprise developers, SREs, platform engineers, and DevOps teams.