July Meeting - TO JAVA 25 AND BEYOND!

Billy Korando, Developer Advocate from Oracle will be providing an update on Java for our July meeting.

This meeting is slightly unusual as we normally wouldn't do a meeting on a Friday in July. Billy's travel schedule dictated this date. However, this is a great opportunity to get a refresher on the Java changes and also NETWORK. We are in probably the worst tech slump since the .com bust in the early 2000s.

= Agenda =
5:30 - 5:45 - Pizza & Networking
5:45 - 6:45 - Presentation

= Abstract =
In this presentation we will do a rapid review of some of the key changes to the JDK from 11-21 and how they have improved developer experience, performance, and supporting Java applications in production.
We will then transition to what Java looks like in a post JDK 21 environment, and where Java will be heading to in JDK 25 and beyond!
If you want to learn about the current state of Java and were its heading, this is the presentation for you.

= Speaker =
Billy Korando is a Java Developer Advocate with the Java Platform Group at Oracle. With over a decade of experience in Java, Billy brings a passion for helping developers reduce tedious work, such as project initiation, deployment, testing, and validation, through automation and adopting the latest features and tools in the Java ecosystem. Outside of work, Billy enjoys traveling, playing kickball, and cheering on the Kansas City Chiefs. Billy also co-organizes the Kansas City Java users group.