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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Quarkus for Spring Developers
Dorothy Young Center for the Arts, Lancaster Rd, Madison, NJ, USPlease be advised that registration via EventBrite is required for in-person or on-line attendance
We are pleased to announce that Eric Deandrea will be our special guest for the first (of two) December meetings. He will present "Quarkus for Spring Developers."
Abstract:
In this session, Eric will show concepts and conventions familiar to Spring developers and how those same concepts and conventions can be implemented in Quarkus, all while highlighting similarities and differences between them. Additionally, he will show similarities and differences in how testing is done, highlighting Quarkus Dev Services.
This session will be mostly live coding while minimizing the amount of slides. Eric will introduce an existing Spring application with a full test suite and build a Quarkus equivalent version of it, live.
Bio:
Eric Deandrea is a Java Champion and Senior Principal Software Engineer at IBM on the Quarkus engineering team. Eric has over 26 years of experience designing and building Java-based solutions and developer training programs.
He is a contributor to various OSS projects, including Quarkus, Spring, LangChain4j, Docling, WireMock, and Microcks, as well as a speaker at many public events and user groups around the world. Eric recently put his Quarkus and Spring knowledge to use by publishing his first book, “Quarkus for Spring Developers.”
Outside of work, Eric enjoys boating on the lakes of New Hampshire, ice hockey, and martial arts, in which he holds a black belt in Kempo Karate.6 attendees
Past events
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