Lunch & learn: "Simpler Java Build Tools with Object Oriented Programming"

The Java language is known to be performant, easy to use, and with great IDE support, but Java build tools like Maven or Gradle do not always live up to that reputation.

This talk will explore why build tooling is fundamentally such a difficult domain to work in, and how common concepts from object-oriented programming have the potential to simplify the build tool experience.

We will end with a demonstration of an experimental new Java build tool "Mill" that makes use of these ideas, proving out the idea that Java build tooling has the potential to be much faster, safer, and easier than it is today.

Limited seats available (super exclusive to 40, maximum).

About Haoyi Li. Haoyi graduated from MIT, has built infrastructure for high-growth companies like Dropbox and Databricks, and has been a major contributor to the open source community with a focus on JVM developer tools. Haoyi has deep experience in the JVM and related technologies, and has used it professionally to build cloud infrastructure, distributed backend systems, programming languages, high-performance web applications, and much more.