What we’re about
The Garden State Java User Group, Inc. (formerly the ACGNJ Java Users Group), in continuous operation since February 2001, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that provides a forum to promote the use of Java platforms, APIs, and language. We strive to facilitate interactive discussions and exchange of ideas relating to the application of Java.
Topics will primarily focus on JVM technologies such as Java EE, Jakarta EE, MicroProfile, Spring, Groovy and Kotlin. Topics on non-JVM technologies such as Meteor, AngularJS, and Rust may occasionally be presented.
We are proud members of the MicroProfile Working Group and the Jakarta EE Ambassadors and have adopted the Jakarta NoSQL specification.
All meetings are generally held on the second Tuesday of the month, but may change due to speaker availability. In-person meetings are usually held at Drew University in Madison, New Jersey. On-line meetings are held via our YouTube channel.
Upcoming events
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Bootiful Spring AI
Dorothy Young Center for the Arts, Lancaster Rd, Madison, NJ, USPlease be advised that registration via EventBrite is required for in-person and on-line attendance is required.
We are happy to announce a second meeting this month featuring Josh Long and James Ward! They will present Bootiful Spring AI!
Abstract:
The age of artificial intelligence (because the search for regular intelligence hasn't gone well..) is nearly at hand, and it's everywhere! But is it in your application? It should be.
AI is about integration, and here the Java and Spring communities come second to nobody. In this talk, we'll demystify the concepts of modern day Artificial Intelligence and look at its integration with the white hot new Spring AI project, a framework that builds on the richness of Spring Boot to extend them to the wide world of AI engineering.
Bios:
Josh Long is the Spring Developer Advocate at Broadcom. Josh is a Java Champion, author of five books (including O'Reilly's upcoming “Cloud Native Java: Designing Resilient Systems with Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, and Cloud Foundry”) and three best-selling video trainings (including “Building Microservices with Spring Boot Livelessons” with Phil Webb, Staff Engineer 2 at Broadcom), and an open-source contributor (Spring Boot, Spring Integration, Spring Cloud, Activiti and Vaadin).
James Ward has been a professional software developer since 1997, with much of that time spent helping developers build software that doesn't suck. He is a Typed Pure Functional Programming zealot who often compromises on his ideals to just get stuff done. James is currently a Developer Advocate for AWS.
James' many achievements that include:
- Co-Authored Effect Oriented Programming with Bruce Eckel and Bill Frasure in 2024
- Presented at numerous developer conferences around the world
- Kotlin Foundation Treasurer since 2023
- Recognized as a Testcontainers Community Champion in 2023
- Recognized as a Java Champion in 2021
- Led the Salesforce Open Source Program Office, 2017-2018
- Helped define The Reactive Manifesto in 2014
- Created WebJars in 2012
- Co-authored First Steps in Flex with Bruce Eckel in 2008
- Created the first Java hosting service in 1997
As usual, pizza and soft drinks will be provided!
Please note that as Josh and James will be traveling from Brooklyn, departing at 5:30pm, Mike Redlich will kick things off with his Getting Started with Jakarta EE 11 and What's New in Jakarta EE 12 presentation.
We hope to see you on November 18!5 attendees
Past events
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