CSOSUG: This Ain't Your Parent's Java with Venkat Subramanium

NOTICE: We are meeting back at the Parsons building again.

AGENDA
5:30 - 6:00 PM - Food, Drinks & Networking
6:00 - 6:05 PM - Announcements
6:05 - 8:00 PM - Speaker
8:00 - 8:10 PM - Door Prize Drawings

TOPIC ABSTRACT
This Ain't Your Parent's Java

Java was once a language that dragged along and evolved at snails' pace. Thankfully, that's no longer the case. The recently years have seen accelerated development of both language features and JDK improvements. In this presentation we will dive into some of the recent changes of Java that are both fun and powerful to use and discuss where the language is heading in the near future. The modern features of the language Where's Java heading?

SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY
Venkat Subramaniam

Dr. Venkat Subramaniam is an award-winning author, founder of Agile Developer, Inc., creator of agilelearner.com, co-founder of the devdotnext software conference, and an instructional professor at the University of Houston.
He has trained and mentored thousands of software developers in the US, Canada, Europe, and Asia, and is a regularly-invited speaker at several international conferences. Venkat helps his clients effectively apply and succeed with sustainable agile practices on their software projects.

Venkat is a (co)author of multiple technical books, including the 2007 Jolt Productivity award winning book Practices of an Agile Developer. You can find a list of his books at agiledeveloper.com. You can reach him by email at venkats@agiledeveloper.com or on twitter at @venkat_s.
OUR SPONSORS

Website Sponsor: Gary Hessler
Food Sponsor: TBD
Venue Sponsor: Parsons(http://www.parsons.com)
Door Prize Sponsors: Jetbrains (http://www.jetbrains.com) - Software license (Several products to choose from)

NOTICE: We are meeting back at the Parsons building again.