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Foojay Podcast #100: Java Podcasters on Why They Started, What Broke, and What They Learned

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 07:05:59 +0000

Foojay Podcast hits episode 100. No plan, no roadmap. It just happened. To mark the occasion, Frank turned the microphone around and invited other podcasters: Adam Bien (airhacks.fm), Jennifer Reif (Breaktime Tech Talks), Kadi McKean and Steve Pool (10xInsights), and Oumaima Zerouali (JCast). Same three questions for each: why did you start, what broke, and what did you learn?

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Quarkus Unpacked: Insights from the Foojay Podcast

Tue, 23 Jun 2026 12:36:54 +0000

I recently had the pleasure of joining the Foojay podcast to talk about Quarkus in depth. The conversation covered a lot of ground, from what makes Quarkus different to the practical trade-offs between JVM and native mode. This post captures the key questions and answers from that discussion, lightly edited for readability.{#_quarkus_unpacked_insights_from_the_foojay_podcast}

If you have been following this blog series, note that the third installment on building your own stack with Quarkus is coming next. Consider this a bonus entry that distills the podcast conversation into a format you can read, reference, and share.

Foojay Podcast #99: Testing the Untestable: LLM Security for Java Developers with Tiberius

Mon, 22 Jun 2026 06:54:00 +0000

Your AI-powered Java application is live in production. But have you actually tested whether it can be jailbroken or manipulated into leaking data it should never reveal? In this episode, Iryna Dohndorf walks us through Tiberius, an open-source security testing library for LLM applications in Java, and explains why everything you know about unit testing needs a rethink when non-determinism is part of the design.

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Foojay Podcast #98: The End of JNI Pain: How WebAssembly Is Quietly Replacing Native Libraries in Java

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 08:13:00 +0000

WebAssembly is already running inside Java applications, most developers just don’t know it yet. In this episode, Andrea Peruffo walks us through how WebAssembly is becoming the modern, safe alternative to JNI: letting you run Rust, C, and other native libraries directly on the JVM, without the crash risks, the per-platform distribution headaches, or the observability blackhole that JNI creates. From JRuby’s Prism parser to SQLite and Postgres running as pure Java bytecode, the use cases are real and the project Endive, under the Bytecode Alliance, is ready to explore.

Foojay Podcast #97: From Scripting Language to AI Powerhouse: How BoxLang Is Redefining JVM Development

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 06:57:25 +0000

BoxLang is a modern dynamic JVM language built for rapid application development. It’s 100% Java-interoperable, compiles to JVM bytecode, and deployable anywhere from OS to AWS Lambda to Spring Boot. In this episode, we sit down with Luis Majano (CEO of Ortus Solutions and creator of BoxLang) and Cristobal Escobar (BoxLang community manager) to dig into the wave of innovation that has hit the platform over the past few months.

Foojay Podcast #96: Local AWS Development Without LocalStack: Meet Floci, the GraalVM-Powered Alternative

Mon, 25 May 2026 06:36:00 +0000

What if you could run 35 AWS services locally in under 25 milliseconds, using just 13 megabytes of memory, with a single Docker command and no cloud bill? That’s exactly what Floci does.

In this episode, Frank Delporte talks with Hector Ventura, the creator of Floci, a free and open-source cloud emulator built with Quarkus and GraalVM native compilation. Hector walks us through why he built it when LocalStack dropped its open-source community edition, how AI tooling helped him accelerate development of new service integrations, the challenges of keeping GraalVM happy with third-party libraries, and the road ahead for Azure and GCP support.

Foojay Podcast #95: Is Your Java App Actually Secure, Or Does It Just Look That Way?

Mon, 11 May 2026 09:57:00 +0000

Is your Java application actually secure, or does it just look that way? In this episode of the Foojay Podcast, Frank is joined by Steve Poole and David Welch, both from HeroDevs , to dig deep into the state of Java security in 2025 and beyond.

Steve introduces the concept of zombie dependencies: end-of-life libraries that appear safely dormant but are quietly accumulating vulnerabilities waiting to bite you. David, a co-chair of the CVE Automation Working Group, explains what a CVE actually is, how the identification and disclosure process works in practice, and why AI tools like Mythos are dramatically accelerating the pace at which new vulnerabilities are found — on both sides of the wall.

JCast

Mon, 04 May 2026 08:00:40 +0000

The Java community thrives on sharing knowledge and experiences. Most content is in English, which works well for many developers. However, there’s something special about discussing complex topics in your native language. The nuances. The humor. The ability to express yourself freely without translating your thoughts first.

That’s why we created JCast, a podcast for the Dutch-speaking developer community. Moreover, today we’re excited to launch Season 2!

Season 2 Starts with Frank Delporte

For our second season opener, we sat down with Frank Delporte. He’s well-known in the Java community as a Java Champion. Additionally, he’s a Java Developer, Technical Writer at Azul, Blogger, and Author of “Getting started with Java on Raspberry Pi”. Furthermore, he’s a Pi4J Contributor.

Foojay Podcast #94: More Than a Blog: How Foojay Connects, Sustains, and Evolves the Java Community

Mon, 04 May 2026 06:26:00 +0000

Foojay.io, the website for the Friends of OpenJDK, is turning six years old. To celebrate, Frank Delporte headed to JCON in Cologne, Germany, and sat down with twelve members of the Java community to talk about what Foojay means to them, what they learn from each other, and how the community is evolving.

This episode covers a lot of ground. Sharat Chandar reflects on 25 years in the Java community and why the people are what keep the language alive. Markus Westergren and Iryna Dohndorf both focus on a theme that comes up again and again: developer sustainability. Not just green software, but how you stay healthy, grounded, and relevant when AI is changing everything around you. Markus and his wife researched how developers are reacting to AI, from ignoring it completely to transforming everything they do. Iryna talks about building resilience and robustness as skills, not afterthoughts.

Foojay Podcast #93: Update Your JDK, Read More Code, and Talk to Your Users: Interviews From VoxxedDays Amsterdam

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 06:35:00 +0000

In this episode of the Foojay Podcast, we’re bringing you something special: a full batch of hallway-track conversations recorded live at VoxxedDays Amsterdam.

Fifteen guests, one conference, and one theme that kept coming back, whether we planned it or not: Java has grown up quietly, steadily, and in ways that still surprise people who haven’t looked lately. We talked about migrating between versions, new features in the latest Java releases, authorization done right, AI-assisted coding, cryptography, containers, open-source contributions, GDPR data experiments, and, yes, the things people hate about Java but secretly love.

Foojay Podcast #92: Java 26 Is Here: What's New, What's Gone, and Why It Matters in 2026

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 06:58:00 +0000

Welcome to another episode of the Foojay Podcast! In this episode, we’re talking about Java 26, released on March 17 in the year 26. Again, right on schedule with Java’s six-month release cadence.

Now, Java 26 is not a Long Term Support (LTS) release; that was Java 25. But don’t let that fool you into thinking there’s nothing interesting here. This release brings ten JDK Enhancement Proposals (JEPs). They cover everything from performance improvements to long-overdue cleanups. Of those ten JEPS, five are new features, and we also get five preview/incubator features.

25 Years of IntelliJ IDEA: The IDE That Grew Up With Java

Mon, 02 Mar 2026 07:21:06 +0000

In this Foojay Podcast, we’re celebrating a major milestone in Java development history: 25 years of IntelliJ IDEA.

Think about it: IntelliJ IDEA launched in 2000, and since then, it has become the go-to IDE for millions of Java developers worldwide. From its revolutionary code completion and refactoring tools to AI-powered features and the recent unified Community and Ultimate release, IntelliJ has shaped how we write Java, and keeps reinventing itself to stay ahead.

Foojay Podcast #90: Highlights of the Java Features Between LTS 21 and 25

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 07:32:52 +0000

Every six months, we get a new version of Java. Java 26 is just around the corner and will be released soon. But most companies stick to LTS (Long-Term Support) versions, which are maintained and receive security updates for many more years. Versions 8, 11, 17, 21, and 25 are such LTS versions. Hopefully, most of your systems are already on the latest versions and you are not stuck on 8 or earlier. As a reminder, 8 was released in 2014, so much has changed since then.

Foojay Podcast #89: Quarkus and Agentic Commerce

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 06:34:00 +0000

For this episode of the Foojay Podcast, we invited the author of three recent posts published on Foojay. And he brought a colleague to get even more expert knowledge in this podcast! We talk about Quarkus, how it is “cloud-native”, how it compares to other frameworks, the advantages for developers and managers, etc. We also discussed nano businesses and how they can serve as a model for paying creators of digital content, thanks to x402 and ERC-8004.

Foojay Podcast #88: From Code to Stage: Organizing Conferences and Finding Your Voice as a Speake

Mon, 29 Dec 2025 06:02:00 +0000

What turns a nervous first-timer into a confident conference speaker? Let’s find out.

This the last Foojay Podcast of 2025 and also the last one with interviews recorded at the Devoxx and JFall conferences. Maybe you’re already thinking about your goals for 2026: organizing a meetup, submitting your first conference talk, or taking a bigger role in the Java community. If that sounds like you, this episode is for you.

Foojay Podcast #87: The Human Side of Development: Career Growth, Staying Healthy, and Why People Matter More Than AI

Mon, 22 Dec 2025 06:52:00 +0000

What if work-life balance is a myth, and the real secret is just… life?

In this Foojay Podcast we’re stepping away from pure code and diving into something equally important: how we live our lives as developers. Because let’s be honest, being a great programmer isn’t just about mastering Java or the latest framework. It’s about managing your career, your health, your family, and finding purpose in all of it.

Foojay Podcast #86: Agents, MCP, and Graph Databases: Java Developers Navigate the AI Revolution

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 06:45:00 +0000

The AI revolution isn’t replacing Java developers. No, it’s forcing us to think harder.

Welcome to another episode of the Foojay Podcast! Today, we’re talking about AI and Java, how it’s changing the way we work, what we need to watch out for, and why understanding what’s really happening matters more than ever.

I recorded interviews at Devoxx and JFall and spoke with people who build and use this technology every day.

Foojay Podcast #85: Code, Community, and Opportunity: Making Tech Accessible for Everyone

Mon, 08 Dec 2025 06:07:00 +0000

What if the future of Java depends on who we invite to learn it today?

In this Foojay Podcast, we’re diving into something that affects all of us in the Java community: How can we inspire the next generation of developers, and how do we make the developer world more inclusive?

In this episode, you’ll hear four incredible guests who are actively working to make tech more accessible and inclusive. First, Daniel De Luca talks about Devoxx for Kids and how they support underprivileged students in IT education. Then Kenny Schwegler shares his insights on how we can actively promote diversity and inclusion in tech. Cassandra Chin, the youngest Java Champion and author, talks about inspiring young coders through hands-on projects and making technology fun. And finally, Igor De Souza discusses his mission to bring Java into Raspberry Pi education and bring more Java into coding clubs worldwide.

Foojay Podcast #84: Developing Performant, Cost Efficient, and Eco-friendly Code

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 06:43:36 +0000

In this Foojay Podcast, we’re exploring a critical topic that’s becoming increasingly important in our industry: developing sustainable software that is both performant and environmentally friendly.

At the Devoxx and JFall conferences, I had fascinating conversations about how we as Java developers can make a real impact on both our cloud costs and our carbon footprint. And it’s interesting to learn how these two goals are often perfectly aligned: what’s good for your budget is usually good for the planet too.

Foojay Podcast 83: OpenJDK Evolutions plus Tips and Tricks

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 06:07:00 +0000

Welcome to another episode of the Foojay Podcast! Just like in the previous episode, I bring you conversations from two of Europe’s premier Java conferences - Devoxx in Belgium and JFall in the Netherlands.

At these conferences, I had the opportunity to speak with members of the Java community about topics ranging from the evolution of Java itself to mobile development, performance optimization, and even automotive security.

My first guest is Johan Vos, a Java Champion who takes us on a journey through Java’s history - from porting Java to Linux in 1995 to his current work on bringing Java and JavaFX to mobile and embedded devices through the Java On Mobile project.

Foojay Podcast #82: OpenJDK Projects (Leyden, Babylon, Panama) and TornadoVM

Mon, 17 Nov 2025 07:35:00 +0000

In this Foojay Podcast, we’re diving deep into some of the most exciting developments happening within the OpenJDK and TornadoVM projects.

At the Devoxx and JFall conferences, we spoke with several speakers and visitors about some of the major themes shaping the future of Java development. The first guest is Moritz Halbritter from the Spring Engineering team. He provides us with more insights into Project Leyden and how it’s improving Java startup times through ahead-of-time compilation and profiling. We’ll learn how Spring Boot developers can already take advantage of these improvements today.

Foojay Podcast #81: Maven 4 - The Future of Java Build Automation

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 06:03:12 +0000

Maven 4 is approaching its release, bringing many improvements to the build tool powering millions of Java projects.

In this Foojay Podcast episode, we talk about Apache Maven 4, a significant milestone that has been years in the making. Maven has been the backbone of Java dependency management and build automation since the early 2000s; however, the road to version 4 has been a long and deliberate one. With significant performance improvements, a modernized API for plugin developers, and changes that affect how we think about project structure, Maven 4 represents both an evolution and a revolution. What does this mean for the millions of developers who depend on Maven daily? How should teams prepare for the transition? And what’s the story behind the Maven Central Repository changes that have been making headlines? To answer these questions and more, we’re joined by a few of the many contributors who are actually building Maven 4 and stewarding its ecosystem.

Foojay Podcast #80: AI4Devs Interviews - Part 2

Mon, 20 Oct 2025 07:59:58 +0000

This is part 2 of the interviews recorded on September 19th, 2025, at the first AI4Devs conference in Amsterdam. In Part 1, we explored many AI-related topics as libraries, security, infrastructure, use cases, and more. In this second part, we’ll dive into data science, tools for better AI development, Java in the cloud, and get a behind-the-scenes look at how the conference came together.

I also asked these guests the same opening question: ‘What’s your name, and what brings you to this conference?’

Foojay Podcast #79: AI4Devs Interviews - Part 1

Mon, 06 Oct 2025 07:59:54 +0000

On September 19th, 2025, the first AI4Devs conference took place in Amsterdam. I grabbed my camera and microphone to talk with speakers and attendees about the revolution in AI-powered coding and application development. In this first part, we’ll explore Spring libraries, security, infrastructure and scaling, real-world use cases, event streaming, JetBrains tools, and more…

I asked all my guests the same opening question: ‘What’s your name, and what brings you to this conference?’ Let’s get started!

Foojay Podcast #78: Welcome to OpenJDK 25!

Mon, 15 Sep 2025 10:22:00 +0000

We’re excited to present the first episode of the Foojay Podcast’s fifth season, marking the release of OpenJDK 25!

For the first time, an OpenJDK release is aligned with the year, and we can welcome release 25 in 2025. As usual in the release podcast, I have my regular guest, Simon Ritter. And in this episode, we are joined by Balkrishna Rawool to talk about all the new features in this new OpenJDK version.

Foojay Podcast #77: DevBcn Report, Part 2 – Spanish Knowledge Sharing

Mon, 28 Jul 2025 06:49:00 +0000

This is the first Foojay podcast in Spanish. It’s also the shortest one and the final of season 4 😉 Jonathan Vila “highjacked” the microphone from Geertjan Wielenga (See episode 76 ) during the DevBcn conference in Barcelona and interviewed a few of the participants for this first Spanish-only edition of the podcast.

Stay tuned and subscribe to the podcast in your favorite app or on YouTube. We’re taking a short break and will be back in September with the launch of Java 25!

Foojay Podcast #76: DevBcn Report, Part 1 – Learn from the Community

Mon, 21 Jul 2025 06:41:00 +0000

In early July, the DevBcn conference in Barcelona featured a diverse lineup of speakers, covering topics across multiple technology domains. Geertjan Wielenga took the camera and microphone with him to Spain. Together with Nacho Cougil and Jonathan Vila, two of the organizers, he spoke with many visitors about what they like most in Java, how AI influences their work, and what is important to them in the work they do.

Foojay Podcast #75: JCON Report, Part 4 - Tips and Tricks for Java Devs

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 06:47:00 +0000

This is the final part of the JCON 2025 interviews with a lot of tips and tricks!

In the three previous podcasts, we featured interviews from the JCON conference on “Being a better Java developer ,” “Evolutions in Java ,” and “How to use AI with Java .” However, we talked to many more people during the conference, so this podcast focuses on tips and tricks. Let’s learn from the many other experienced visitors of JCON.

Foojay Podcast #74: JCON Report, Part 3 – AI, ChatGPT, LLM, ML, RAG, MCP, GenAI, and more

Mon, 30 Jun 2025 06:47:00 +0000

Let’s have an AI Bingo and talk about ChatGPT, LLM, ML, RAG, MCP, GenAI, and more!

This is part 3 of the interviews recorded at the JCON conference in May. In the previous parts, you learned more about how to be a better Java developer and how Java has evolved and continues to evolve. Of course, Artificial Intelligence and large language models were hot topics at the conference.

This episode collects all the interviews on the AI topic. You will learn more about the different technologies we can use in our Java projects. We also checked with our guests to see how they compare Java to Python for AI-related development.

Foojay Podcast #73: JCon Report, Part 2 – Evolutions in the Java language and runtime

Mon, 16 Jun 2025 07:42:00 +0000

In the second part of our JCON interviews, recorded at the conference in May, we focuses on general evolutions within the Java world and how they influence how we write code and develop applications. We take a look back at the history of Java, discuss new features in the latest release, how Java evolves with OpenJDK projects and JEPS, how Java is used in education, and much more…

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Foojay Podcast #72: JCon Report, Part 1 - Grow your career, public speaking, 30 years of Java, greener coding,...

Mon, 02 Jun 2025 13:55:37 +0000

On May 13th and 14th, Foojay attended the JCON conference in Köln, Germany, where we did over 30 live-stream interviews. In this episode, we present to you the first set of these interviews, in which we focus on celebrating 30 years of Java, how you can grow your career, become a public speaker and writer, make your code more green, a bit of AI (of course…), and how the connections between open-source contributors can be visualized.

Foojay Podcast #71: Celebrating 30 Years of Java with James Gosling

Mon, 05 May 2025 06:55:39 +0000

We are celebrating Java’s 30th anniversary this May!

This is a very special anniversary episode of the Foojay Podcast! As we approach May 23rd, marking exactly 30 years since Java’s first beta release in 1995, we’re honored to present our first-ever single-guest podcast. But we have a very special guest for you: James Gosling, the creator of Java!

Join us for this exclusive conversation as we explore Java’s beginnings, its revolutionary impact on the programming world, its continuous evolution over three decades, and James’s insights on where the language is heading. From that groundbreaking beta release over “Write Once, Run Anywhere” to powering billions of devices worldwide, this is the story of Java, told by the man who started it all, the father of Java.

Foojay Podcast #70: Celebrating 5 Years of Foojay

Fri, 25 Apr 2025 08:00:00 +0000

On April 25, 2020, Geertjan Wielenga published the first Foojay post . Yes, we are celebrating 5 years since the Friends Of OpenJDK website launch! Today, more than 1,600 posts are on the site, written by over 250 authors. And there is much more to discover within the Foojay world…

In this podcast, we look at how Foojay started with founder Geertjan Wielenga. We’ll also hear from Gerrit Grunwald about how Foojay’s Disco API has become part of your daily work without you realizing it. We also have several of our regular authors and podcast guests who share how Foojay has influenced them (and vice versa).

Foojay Podcast #69: All Things Java at VoxxedDays Amsterdam

Mon, 14 Apr 2025 11:23:24 +0000

On April 3rd, the first VoxxedDays event in Amsterdam took place. VoxxedDays are tech events organized by local community groups, with support from the Devoxx team. Geertjan Wielenga brought along a camera and microphone and spoke with many of the attendees.

This is the first Foojay podcast ever to feature more than 20 guests! Geertjan asked the same two questions to many of conference visitors: “Tell us who you are and what excites you about the technology landscape?” and “What are two tips or insights you’d like to share?”

Foojay Podcast #68: Welcome to OpenJDK (Java) 24

Mon, 17 Mar 2025 06:44:08 +0000

We serve you a podcast about the new Java version every six months.

Our regular guest, Simon Ritter, Deputy CTO of Azul, is known on social media as “speakjava.” He is part of the OpenJDK vulnerability group, JCP executive committee, and expert group for the Java SE specification request so that he can share a lot of inside information with us.

In this episode, we are joined by Hanno Embregts, a Java Developer by day and musician by night. He publishes a post on Foojay with all the details of every new Java release and prepared a long description of all the new features included in Java 24.

Foojay Podcast #67: Writing a book and fame and fortune!

Mon, 24 Feb 2025 12:23:42 +0000

Let me share a personal story. I started experimenting with Java on a Raspberry Pi about five years ago and blogged a few articles about it. But the more I experimented, the more I wrote down, and eventually, I had written a book… I worked on it for six months in a row, every evening and a lot of weekends. But the moment I received the box with my author copies was an incredible feeling. Holding a paper book with your name is a special moment.

Foojay Podcast #66: Let's Talk About Java Code!

Tue, 11 Feb 2025 08:24:06 +0000

In this Foojay podcast, we dive into a few articles that were published recently and focus on code.

Igor Kulakov of JetBrains gives us his insights into the tool he created to find duplicate content in documentation.

Rijo Sam explains how you can generate real random values and how he created a train departure display.

Maxillian Arruda explains in a very detailed post the different ways to construct a complex Java object.

And we start with Wim De Troye about the code changes he had to do in a project that got upgraded from Spring Boot 2 to 3.

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Foojay Podcast #65: Boost Your Career in 2025!

Mon, 20 Jan 2025 08:37:01 +0000

With the first Foojay podcast of 2025, we want to help you to boost your career!

By now, you’ve likely had your year-end performance review with your manager and set some goals to advance in the coming year. Are you ready to take your career growth into your own hands?

I’ve invited three fantastic guests who are eager to share their experiences and help you elevate your professional journey.

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Foojay Podcast #64: Interviews at JFall about opensource, OpenJDK evolutions, Project Loom, JVM,...

Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:51:20 +0000

Let’s wrap up this year with more interviews from the JFall conference.

In this episode you’ll learn more about Foojay, JVM internals and writing your own programming language, Project Loom and structured concurrency, learning at conferences, code reviews, creating desktop applications with Java, infrastructure as code, JUG Noord, and much more!

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Foojay Podcast #63: How do we keep your Java applications up to date and secure?

Mon, 16 Dec 2024 12:41:10 +0000

Last month, I published a Foojay article about the risks in systems that are stuck on old or outdated Java versions and got a lot of feedback from developers . Most of them want to move on but get stuck on management decisions, outdated production environments, or one of the many other reasons that keep systems stuck on old Java versions and dependencies.

Do you want to bring your system from Java 8 to 23? Did you know that Java 17 already has 13 security releases? And that you can use tools like OpenRewrite to help you update your code?

Foojay Podcast #62: Better Coding with AI: Friend or Enemy?

Mon, 02 Dec 2024 14:57:10 +0000

AI, LLMs, ChatGPT—these are just a few of the buzzwords of the massive revolution unfolding right now.

These tools are reshaping how we work, but they come with a catch: while they help us work faster and smarter, we need to be careful about placing too much trust in them.

I’ve spoken with several guests at the JFall conference in the Netherlands actively working with these tools to learn more about them. And I had a chat with Grace Jansen about a recent Foojay blog post.

Foojay Podcast #61: Keep Your Body And Mind Healthy

Mon, 18 Nov 2024 08:03:10 +0000

At Devoxx and JFall, we talked with Georgios Diamantopoulos, Lutske de Leeuw, Tom Cools, Jessica Siewert, and Rijo Sam about staying physically and mentally healthy as software developers.

There are many topics to handle, like the impact of AI on how valuable we feel, how COVID-19 impacted careers, how we work in and with remote teams, how to get to know new colleagues and much more. Yes, there is even a sidestep where we compared the Java and .NET communities.

Foojay Podcast #60: Proud Of Belgium - Devoxx, JobRunr, Timefold, OpenJDK Mobile, OpenJFX, Thymeleaf, htmx,...

Mon, 04 Nov 2024 14:29:12 +0000

Belgium might be tiny, but we have a strong Java Community!

As I was doing interviews at Devoxx in October, I met several of these people, and we talked about their projects, how you can get involved in OpenJDK, and maybe even start a company out of it.

This podcast will teach you more about Devoxx, VoxxedDays, Devoxx4Kids, JobRunr, Timefold, OpenJDK Mobile, OpenJFX, Thymelead, htmx, and more!

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Foojay Podcast #59: DevRel Explained!

Mon, 21 Oct 2024 10:42:21 +0000

What do people who have Developer Relations as their job description do? And how do you become a conference speaker? You’ll learn in this Foojay podcast!

At Devoxx in Belgium, I got to talk to Josh Long, Baruch, Pratik Patel, and Roni Dover, who were on the stage because it was part of their job. They shared many tips about being a DevRel and the many tasks involved in such a job.

Foojay Podcast #58: How Java Developers Can Secure Their Code

Mon, 30 Sep 2024 07:43:46 +0000

Three years after Log4Shell caused a significant security issue, we still struggle with insecure dependencies and injection problems.

In this podcast, we’ll discuss how developers can secure their code.

I talked with three authors who posted a security and code quality post on Foojay.io.

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Foojay Podcast #57: Welcome to OpenJDK 23

Mon, 16 Sep 2024 11:34:40 +0000

OpenJDK (Java) 23 is (almost) here!

OpenJDK 23 introduces three new features to the language and runtime and many bug fixes, small improvements, and a longer list of preview features.

What are the most important facts about this release? Let’s find out…

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Foojay Podcast #56: Vectors in Java Code, Databases, and LLMs

Mon, 08 Jul 2024 07:33:28 +0000

In this Foojay podcast, we enter the world of mathematics by discussing Vectors and how they are crucial for AI and machine learning.

As ChatGPT explains: “A Vector is a mathematical structure that holds numerical values. Vectors are fundamental to the field of Artificial Intelligence, as they allow mathematical operations to be performed efficiently and form the basis of many machine learning algorithms.”

OK, but… how are these vectors crucial for the whole Artificial Intelligence evolution?

Foojay Podcast #55: Embedded Java, Part 2

Mon, 01 Jul 2024 08:21:42 +0000

As a backend developer, you may not realize that Java was initially born on embedded devices like set-top boxes and gateways. We discussed this topic for the first time almost three years ago in Foojay Podcast #2 with James Gosling, Johan Vos, Erik Costlow, and Frank Delporte .

In this episode #55, we look into the history of the Java Micro Edition and how things evolved. Nowadays, with processors becoming increasingly powerful, we can run the exact same Java runtime on any Linux system, from the biggest cloud servers to the smallest Raspberry Pi Zero.

Foojay Podcast #54: Music and MIDI with Java and Kotlin

Mon, 24 Jun 2024 18:23:33 +0000

MIDI is a universal standard for communicating between musical instruments and computers.

Within OpenJDK, there is a whole Java package dedicated to MIDI communication and data handling. Is it up to date? Are there better approaches now? And what can we do with music, Java, and Kotlin?

Let’s find out…

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Foojay Podcast #53: JCON Report, Part 5 – CQRS, JOOQ, GraphQL, API, Vaadin, OpenRewrite, ErrorProne, Gateways, Proxies,...

Mon, 17 Jun 2024 09:24:52 +0000

This is the final part of the JCON interviews. Did I save the best for last? It’s up to you to decide…

In this episode you’ll hear Simon Martinelli, Nicolas Fränkel, Marcus Hellberg, Rick Ossendrijver, and Abdel Sghiouar.

We talked about a bunch of topics like evolving your APIs, GraphQL, Java versus Kotlin versus Rust, Vaadin, AI and ChatGPT, OpenRewrite, ErrorProne, Infrastructure, and a lot more.

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Foojay Podcast #52 from JCON in Cologne!

Mon, 10 Jun 2024 09:32:12 +0000

This is part 4 of the JCON interviews!

In this episode, we have 5 new guests for you.

We start with garbage collectors and Intelligence Cloud, a tool created by Azul to find out which of your code is actually used in production and which dependencies are known to have vulnerabilities. My colleague Gerrit Grunwald was at JCON to give a talk about these subjects.
With Balkrishna Rawool we dove into Virtual Threads, a very interesting topic as concurrency and threads can be challenging…
Piotr Przybyl came to JCON to give a talk about Test Containers and how to test your application in an environment that is similar to your production environment. Another important topic related to testing is Flaky Tests. How do you handle tests that only fail from time to time and make your whole test report unreliable?
François Martin had a talk about this subject, and he came to the conference together with Annelore Egger, who was one of the many volunteers.

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Foojay Podcast #51: Persistence, Evolving your Career, Jakarta EE, GlassFish, Messaging via Telegram

Mon, 03 Jun 2024 08:03:53 +0000

This is part 3 of the JCON interviews.

Frank meets Otavio Santana, who recently wrote the book “Mastering the Java Virtual Machine.” At JCON, he talked about the persistence layer and how you can evolve your career.

You’ll also learn more about Jakarta EE, GlassFish, and a PET project with messaging via Telegram.

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Foojay Podcast #50: JCON Report, Part 2 - Maven, Software Security, Code Quality

Mon, 27 May 2024 08:07:54 +0000

This is part 2 of the interviews we recorded at the JCON conference earlier this month in Germany. In this episode, you get two main topics: Maven and Code Quality.

In the first part, you’ll hear Karl Heinz Marbaise and Steve Poole discuss the Maven project, the repository, Sonaytype, and the security impact of dependencies.

But next to security, we developers are also responsible for creating readable and maintainable code. Miro Wengner, Marit van Dijk, and Hinse ter Schuur dive into this topic, in the second part!

Foojay Podcast #49: JCON Report, Part 1 - JUGs, Communities, Generative AI, and more!

Tue, 21 May 2024 06:05:39 +0000

On Tuesday, May 14th, the Foojay Podcast went live at the JCON conference in Cologne, Germany, to talk with speakers and visitors about all things Java.

We had so many amazing talks that we will combine them into several podcast episodes in the next weeks.

This is part 1 about JUGs, Communities, Open Source, Generative AI, LangChain4j, Machine Learning!

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Foojay Podcast #48: JUG Oberpfalz, JCON Conference, and JAVAPRO Magazine

Mon, 06 May 2024 07:48:17 +0000

Once a month, in the Foojay Podcast, we discuss the history of a Java User Group and the people behind it.

In this episode, we are in Oberpfalz, Germany, for a particular reason: the organizers of the local JUG are the same people responsible for the JCON conference in Cologne in a few weeks.

Let’s also learn more about this Java community in Germany!

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Foojay Podcast #47: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning with Java

Mon, 15 Apr 2024 09:59:42 +0000

About one and a half years ago, ChatGPT was launched.

The way we search for information and develop software has changed a lot since then as the use of Artificial Intelligence suddenly became a lot easier.

What can we expect in the near future, and how can we program AI ourselves with Java? Let’s find out…

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Foojay Podcast #46: JUG Switzerland

Tue, 02 Apr 2024 09:42:09 +0000

In this podcast, once a month, we discuss the history of a Java User Group and the people behind it.

In this episode, I’m leaving the European Union and stepping over the border of Switzerland, the country where the Red Cross was started, and many international institutions have their headquarters.

Let’s find out if there is also a big Java community…

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Foojay Podcast #45: Welcome to Java 22

Mon, 18 Mar 2024 10:31:53 +0000

Last September, we got Java 21, a Long Term Support (LTS) version with eight new big features and seven incubator or preview features.

Does Java 22 also bring that much innovation, or is it just a bug-fix release?

And what needs to be done to get such a release published on time? Let’s find out…

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Foojay Podcast #44: Quarkus Club

Mon, 04 Mar 2024 08:25:41 +0000

Once a month in this podcast, we talk about the history of a Java User Group and the people behind it.

In this episode, we have a special group as we visit the virtual Quarkus Club.

Did you know? The Quarkus Club initiative started less than a year ago and is already one of the biggest groups in the world dedicated to Quarkus!

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Foojay Podcast #43: Modern Java Testing

Mon, 26 Feb 2024 08:03:08 +0000

As developers, we all want to write bug free and high quality code. Writing tests is a crucial part to achieve this.

Let’s explore the art of ensuring robust and bug-free code in the Java ecosystem.

Whether you’re a seasoned developer or just starting out, there’s a lot you can learn from the experts in this podcast about testing methodologies, tools, and best practices, empowering you to write reliable Java applications.

Foojay Podcast #42: Jozi-JUG and Cape Town Java Community

Mon, 05 Feb 2024 08:50:39 +0000

Once a month in this podcast, we talk about the history of a Java User Group and the people behind it.

Today, we are traveling to Cape Town and Johannesburg to learn more about its Java communities.

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Foojay Podcast #41: Web Development with Java

Mon, 29 Jan 2024 08:23:10 +0000

When starting to build a new website, you are facing a major challenge. Which framework should you use? Angular, React, Vue, Svelte? They are all based on JavaScript and can be the right choice depending on your needs.

But… do you really need one of these frameworks? Why would you not just stick to Java and use one of the many great libraries that are available for it?

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Foojay Podcast #40: Making Java Attractive for Beginners in Programming

Mon, 15 Jan 2024 09:06:04 +0000

“Public static void main string array” are the first words everyone sees when they start their first Java Hello World experiments.

Some teachers explain them, while others say you will understand each word later.

Is this a problem to attract more Java developers?

And how can we make the Java language more attractive for newbies? Let’s ask some experts…

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Foojay Podcast #39: Java Dominicano

Tue, 02 Jan 2024 10:29:06 +0000

Once a month in this podcast, we talk about the history of a Java User Group and the people behind it.

Today, we are traveling to the Dominican Republic to learn more about the country and its Java community.

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Foojay Podcast #38: Java in the Cloud

Mon, 25 Dec 2023 12:02:46 +0000

Java was born in 1995, when the internet as we know it today didn’t exist yet.

Cloud servers, Docker, Kubernetes, distributed systems, scaling up and down… these things are now part of our daily job, but Java wasn’t originally designed for it.

In this episode, we want to learn if the recent evolutions in OpenJDK, and ongoing related projects, will make Java a full Cloud member.

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Foojay Podcast #37: J-Fall Report, Part 4 (final)

Mon, 18 Dec 2023 10:34:22 +0000

Check the previous Foojay Podcasts for the first three parts of our J-Fall report (part 1 , part 2 , and part 3 ). That one-day conference in the Netherlands in November was packed with amazing sessions.

In this episode, you’ll get the remaining interviews we made that day! And as they say, last but not least, again, we have some fascinating insights for you into Java and its evolutions.

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Foojay Podcast #36: J-Fall Report, Part 3

Mon, 11 Dec 2023 09:41:41 +0000

In Episodes 33 and 34 of the Foojay Podcast, you got the first two parts of our J-Fall Report.

But on that single-day conference, we had many more interesting interviews.

This is part 3 in which my guests talk about Maven, contributing to Open Source projects, JOOQ, Desktop Applications, Thymeleaf, htmx, and Security.

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Foojay Podcast #35: Dublin JUG

Mon, 04 Dec 2023 14:37:10 +0000

Once a month in this podcast, we talk about the history of a Java User Group and the people behind it.

Today, we are traveling to Dublin to learn more about its Java community!

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Foojay Podcast #34: J-Fall Report, Part 2

Mon, 27 Nov 2023 11:04:16 +0000

On November 9th, we had several interviews with the speakers and guests at the J-Fall conference in the Netherlands.

Last week , in episode 33 of the Foojay Podcast, you could hear discussions about the evolution of Java towards the Cloud and sustainability.

In this part, we will touch on various topics related to the developers’ lives.

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Foojay Podcast #33: J-Fall Report, Part 1

Mon, 20 Nov 2023 10:22:53 +0000

A few months ago, we asked the J-Fall team if a Foojay Broadcast Room would be a good idea. And they said yes, so suddenly we found ourselves in the middle of the entrance of the Pathé cinema in Ede in the Netherlands, with a camera and microphones.

During the day, we had a lot of exciting talks. There are way too many to fit in one podcast, so in the following weeks, you will get different episodes handling a lot of topics.

Foojay Podcast #32: Philippines JUG

Mon, 06 Nov 2023 11:03:48 +0000

Once a month we talk about the history of a JUG and the people behind it.

Today we travel to the Philippines. A new generation of developers has taken over the organization of the JUG. And in addition, they are also involved in the organization of the Softcon conference.

Let’s talk about the history and future of the Java community in the Philippines!

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Foojay Podcast #31: Report of Devoxx 23 in Belgium

Mon, 16 Oct 2023 07:16:57 +0000

The first week of October, the 20th edition of Devoxx took place in Antwerp, Belgium.

Over 3000 Java developers, speakers, and enthusiasts gathered to share their knowledge and learn from each other.

I got the opportunity to walk around with a microphone and talk to visitors and speakers.

Not all of them, as there were just too many people and too many exciting sessions happening simultaneously.

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Foojay Podcast #30: UtrechtJUG

Mon, 02 Oct 2023 07:48:48 +0000

On September 12th, I was invited to speak at the Utrecht JUG together with Hanno Embrechts.

That was an ideal moment to grab my camera and microphones to interview the organisers and some of the guests.

So, this is a bit of a special edition of the Foojay Podcast as it’s also available with video!

An experiment that brought me great pleasure. I hope you like it too!

So… let’s time travel and get back to Utrecht when I got the organizers before the camera just minutes before the first guests arrived!

Foojay Podcast #29: How will AI and ML Influence the Role of Developers?

Mon, 25 Sep 2023 07:24:33 +0000

Artificial Intelligence and ChatGPT are the talk of the town.

Every conference has several talks about these technologies, and on Foojay, you can find multiple posts about it.

In this podcast, we want to take a look at it from the Java point of view.

How can we use AI in Java programs or our job as a developer?

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Foojay Podcast #28: Java 21 Has Arrived!

Tue, 19 Sep 2023 05:27:07 +0000

Since 2018, we get a new version of Java every 6 months.

And version 21, released during today, is a long-term support version that can be used for many years.

It also brings a lot of new features and improvements in both the language and the runtime.

Actually, there are so many that we’ll probably not get all of them discussed in this podcast!

Let’s see what our experts find the most important facts we need to know about Java 21.

Foojay Podcast #27: Chicago JUG and KUG

Mon, 04 Sep 2023 09:24:32 +0000

Since December last year, the Foojay podcast virtually visited a Java User Group monthly.

This journey has already brought us to many places around the world.

And this time, we are in Chicago to learn from the Java and Kotlin user groups.

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Foojay Podcast #26: The Future of Source Control and CI/CD

Mon, 26 Jun 2023 08:35:21 +0000

As developers, we like to automate the boring parts of our job. This automation includes the source control system, build pipelines, and code analysis tools.

In recent decades, we have seen evolutions from CVS to Subversion to Git. Is this the endpoint? Did we find the holy grail in version control? Or what evolutions are waiting for us?

Let’s find out together with these fantastic guests…

This is the final episode of season 2 of the Foojay Podcast. See you in September for the start of our new season with more JUGs, the launch of Java 21, and much more!

Foojay Podcast #25: Game Development with Java, JavaFX, FXGL

Mon, 19 Jun 2023 08:56:11 +0000

Java and JavaFX are probably not the first options you consider if you want to create a game application.

But the FXGL library allows you to do precisely that! Create games that run on all platforms with the same codebase as we are used to with Java.

And even without an extra library, the JavaFX Components and Canvas provide many animation and gaming possibilities.

Let’s learn from experts why Java should be on your game-development-language-list!

Foojay Podcast #24: BeJUG, BruJUG, and how Devoxx was born

Mon, 05 Jun 2023 08:21:41 +0000

The Foojay Java User Group World Tour has already brought us to a lot of different countries virtually all over the world.

But for this episode, the host decided to stay at home in Belgium.

The Belgium JUG (BeJUG) started in 1997 and was the birthplace of Devoxx, Devoxx4Kids, and VoxxedDays.

And in our capital Brussels, we’ve been able to join Brussels JUG (BruJUG), since 2010.

So there’s a lot we can talk about to learn more about communities and conferences in Belgium!

Foojay Podcast #23: Java Profiling and Performance

Mon, 22 May 2023 10:23:52 +0000

How do you get the maximum performance out of your Java application?

And how to use profiling to find the bottlenecks?

Let’s learn all about it in this podcast, with Heinz Kabutz, Marcus Lagergren, Chris Newland, and Frank Delporte!

Java profiling is a crucial technique for measuring and improving the performance of applications.

It helps identify bottlenecks, memory leaks, and other application performance issues.

There are various challenges with using Java profiling, and the need for profiling depends on the complexity of the application and the performance requirements.

Foojay Podcast #22: When Profession and Fun Overlap

Mon, 15 May 2023 07:47:29 +0000

Let’s talk about programming for fun. Grab your Lego and robots, and let’s talk about STEM and STEAM!

As a developer, we all get frustrated occasionally when a bug messes up our schedule, and we have to dive deep into the code to find a solution.

But still, many of us keep coding in our free time as we love to do it and want to create amazing stuff.

In this episode of the Foojay Podcast, we talk to volunteers from different organizations where coding is used to inspire children to become engineers or at least learn to make good use of computers and the tools around them.

Foojay Podcast #21: Brazil SouJava

Mon, 01 May 2023 08:08:19 +0000

Once a month, the Foojay Podcast virtually visits a JUG to talk with the people behind it.

SouJava, the Brazil JUG, was founded in 1999, and according to Wikipedia, is recognized as the world’s largest Java User Group with 40,000 members.

There’s a lot we can learn from the people who have achieved this!

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Foojay Podcast #20: Functional Programming: "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly"

Mon, 24 Apr 2023 11:30:36 +0000

Functional programming… it seems you either love it or you hate it.

But, like everything in software engineering, it is a trade-off.

So for today, let’s focus on the good, the bad, and the ugly parts of functional programming!

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Foojay Podcast #19: Working Free For Fun Brings Fame & Fortune

Mon, 17 Apr 2023 12:35:51 +0000

Many developers spend a lot of their time on side projects. It’s an opportunity to learn new techniques and get involved in communities.

But sometimes it can also lead to a new job.

Or even starting a business based on such a project.

Today we are talking to people who achieved such a transition and became famous and rich, or at least some of each…

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Foojay Podcast #18: Atlanta JUG and DevNexus

Mon, 03 Apr 2023 05:48:34 +0000

The Foojay Podcast Java User Group World Tour has already brought us to the UK, US, Dubai, and Japan.

Today we travel back to the US to learn more about the Atlanta JUG, mainly because this week, they are organizing the DevNexus conference!

Let’s learn about the challenges of organizing both a Java User Group and an entire conference…

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Foojay Podcast #17: Execute Java Code with TornadoVM

Mon, 27 Mar 2023 08:45:20 +0000

TornadoVM is a programming and execution framework for offloading and running JVM applications on multi-core CPUs, GPUs, and FPGAs.

With the same code, some of your existing program code can be executed hundreds of times faster!

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Foojay Podcast #16: Welcome to Java 20!

Mon, 20 Mar 2023 08:00:14 +0000

Since 2018, we get a new version of Java every 6 months.

Some are long-term supported versions that can be used for many years, while others are only maintained for a short time. Version 20 is such a short-term supported version.

So, what new features does this version bring? And why should we use it? And what can we expect from the next version, 21, in September that will be a long-term supported version?

Foojay Podcast #15: Japan JUG

Mon, 06 Mar 2023 08:30:46 +0000

Last month we were in the US, and this time we travel to the other side of the world as we spoke with the organizers of the Japan JUG!

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Shin Tanimoto
- https://twitter.com/cero_t
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/shintanimoto/
Ayana Yokota
- https://twitter.com/ihcomega
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/ayana-yokota-ihcomega/
Maaya Ishida
- https://twitter.com/maaya8585
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/maaya-ishida-5486b7109/

Host

Frank Delporte (@[email protected] , @frankdelporte )

Content

00'00 Intro and music
00'13 About the topic of this podcast
00'58 Introduction of the guests and host
02'46 The start of JJUG and Jajavo
05'21 Personal reasons to organise a JUG
08'14 How many events are organised
09'08 Which speakers come to the events
09'57 Impact of Covid
12'59 The number and mix of attendees at Japanese events
14'26 Trends in popular topics
16'27 Plans for the future
- JOnsen: https://jonsen.jp
19'17 Questions for the listeners
20'56 Outro

Foojay Podcast #14: Debugging Tools and Skills for Fun and Profit

Mon, 20 Feb 2023 08:29:01 +0000

Let’s talk about debugging and observability.

We work with debugging all the time, but how well do we know this common practice?

Observability, monitoring, and debugging at scale for your production…

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A lot of rubber ducks
Johannes Bechberger
- JVM and profiler developer
- Worked on the JDWP protocol and profiling
- https://github.com/parttimenerd
- https://twitter.com/parttimen3rd
- https://mastodon.social/@parttimenerd
- AsyncGetStackTrace: A better Stack Trace API for the JVM
- A short primer on Java debugging internals
Marit van Dijk
- Developer Advocate at JetBrains
- https://maritvandijk.com/
- https://twitter.com/MaritvanDijk77
- https://mastodon.social/@maritvandijk
Ties van de Ven
- Software Engineer @ JDriven, Coach @ Jcore
- https://www.tiesvandeven.nl/
- https://twitter.com/ties_ven
- 6 Steps to help you debug your application

Host

Shai Almog
- Author of “Practical Debugging at Scale ”
- https://debugagent.com/
- https://mastodon.social/@debugagent
- https://twitter.com/debugagent

Producer

Frank Delporte
- https://foojay.social/@frankdelporte
- https://twitter.com/frankdelporte

Content

00'00 Intro and music
00'24 About the topic of this podcast
00'58 Introduction of the guests and host
05'14 Debugging with IntelliJ IDEA and discoverability of tools
- YouTube: Debugger playlist
- YouTube: Profiling tools
- YouTube: Profiling live stream
13'27 JDWP protocol
19'43 Exception breakpoints
- Foojay: Exception Breakpoint that Doesn’t Suck and a Real Use Case for Method Breakpoints
20'34 External debugging tools
- https://rubberduckdebugging.com/
26'55 Observability
37'58 What information should you look for while debugging
45'46 Be aware of tunnel vision while debugging
49'33 What to do if you don’t know where to search for the bug
- https://git-scm.com/docs/git-bisect
- Foojay: External Debugging Tools 2: git bisect
57'05 Outro

Foojay Podcast #13: Denver and Boulder JUG

Mon, 06 Feb 2023 09:25:28 +0000

We started the Foojay Podcast JUG World Tour in Manchester last December.

Last month we were in Dubai … and now we are on the other side of the world in the US to meet the people behind the Denver and Boulder JUG.

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Foojay Podcast #12: State and Future of the IDEs

Mon, 23 Jan 2023 10:14:45 +0000

In this podcast, we are talking to some of the key people working on different IDEs, Integrated Development Environments.

Those are applications that provide tools to computer programmers for software development.

An IDE typically consists of at least a source code editor, build automation tools, and a debugger.

Let’s learn how these tools evolved, and the challenges they face to stay up-to-date with the many evolutions in Java and all other programming languages.

Foojay Podcast #11: Looking Back to 2022

Mon, 16 Jan 2023 09:31:57 +0000

A few weeks ago, Ted Neward published a post in which he reviewed the predictions he made one year ago and added a long list of predictions for 2023.

In this Foojay Podcast episode, we talk about these predictions, and we even found an analogy between what has happened at Twitter in the last months and the history of Java!

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Foojay Podcast #10: JUG World Tour: Dubai JUG

Tue, 03 Jan 2023 11:27:27 +0000

Last month we introduced a new topic in this podcast when we visited the Manchester Java User group .

That JUG has already existed for nearly 10 years, so they had a lot of history to share.

However, in this episode, we talk to the organizers of the Dubai JUG that started in May of 2022.

Let’s learn what the challenges are for a new JUG, how the culture of Dubai and Hawaii are alike, possible upcoming conferences, and much more…

Foojay Podcast #9: State of JavaFX, Libraries, and Projects

Mon, 19 Dec 2022 08:09:31 +0000

JavaFX was introduced by Sun Microsystems in May 2007 and provides a platform for desktop, mobile, and embedded applications built on Java.

Libraries and software are available for the complete lifecycle of an application to run from a single codebase on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS. JavaFX was originally part of the JDK, the Java Development Kit, and became a standalone technology in 2018.

The development is a joint effort between Oracle, Gluon (a small Belgian-based company), and the community.

Foojay Podcast #8: JUG World Tour: Manchester

Mon, 05 Dec 2022 12:02:21 +0000

With this Foojay Podcast, we introduce a new topic: once per month, we will virtually travel to a Java User Group (JUG) to learn how they organize their events and learn from their experiences.

For this first Foojay JUG Podcast, we are flying to Manchester in the UK!

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Foojay Podcast #7: Security in Java -- what do we need to know?

Mon, 21 Nov 2022 10:22:14 +0000

For this Foojay Podcast**,** we invited security experts to dive into the fascinating world of secure coding and detecting vulnerabilities in your Java applications.

How can you make and keep your systems safe?

That’s what we want to find out…

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Foojay Podcast #6: Welcome to Foojay!

Mon, 24 Oct 2022 15:50:35 +0000

In this episode of the Foojay Podcast, we want to give you a look behind the curtains of Foojay.io.

The very first post on the website dates from April 25th in 2020, and it was by Geertjan Wielenga.

Let’s look back and what has happened on Foojay during the 2,5 years since that first post, and talk to some of the people behind the project.

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Foojay Podcast #5: OpenJDK Discussion Panel

Tue, 20 Sep 2022 15:56:27 +0000

It’s September 20th, OpenJDK 19 has been released. In this podcast, we discuss the new features and the changes that this release brings.

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Guests

Miroslav Wengner (OpenValue)
Mary Grygleski (CJUG, DataStax)
Deepu K Sasidharan (Okta, JHipster)

Podcast host

Erik Costlow (Azul)

Foojay Podcast #4: Why Are There So Many JDKs?

Tue, 19 Oct 2021 15:38:35 +0000

In this podcast, we explore the topic of why there are so many JDKs, how are they the same, and how they are different. We balance the Java perspective with a special guest from the Rust foundation to learn how a peer ecosystem works.

Quick summary—the role of Java as a central system runtime lead to multiple implementations and the companies that make different distributions offer support and sponsor different work. For example Azul and Microsoft worked on Apple M1, and Bellsoft and Microsoft worked on Alpine Musl. All JREs are compatible through the TCK and vendors work together on security patches for the entire ecosystem.

Foojay Podcast #3: Journey to Jakarta EE

Tue, 31 Aug 2021 14:26:29 +0000

Foojay community members discuss the modernization of Jakarta EE applications from the older Java EE form, including backwards-compatibility, as well as forwards-excitement about cool new developments like Microprofile.

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Rudy De Busscher, product manager of Payara and EE contributor.
Josh Juneau, consultant and author of Jakarta EE Recipes .
Ivar Grimstad, Jakarta EE Advocate for the Eclipse Foundation .
Erik Costlow, Developer Relations for Contrast Security to secure Java/Jakarta EE applications.

Foojay Podcast #2: Embedded Java -- Robots and FX

Thu, 22 Jul 2021 14:13:32 +0000

Foojay community members and beyond discuss embedded Java:

James Gosling , creator of Java and embedded enthusiast. Distinguished engineer of AWS GreenGrass and former Liquid Robotics, an autonomous ocean vehicle powered by water.
Frank Delporte , engineer with Toadi, an autonomous lawn-mowing robot (no wires) and Pi4J contributor of Raspberry-pi based robots.
Johan Vos , founder of Gluon, helping make fully cross-platform applications where a single JavaFX codebase runs natively on embedded, iOS, Android, PCs, and browsers.
Erik Costlow , developer relations for Contrast Security, locating security flaws in backend systems. Developer of home fuel/gas sensors.

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Announcement: Friends of OpenJDK Podcast #1

Fri, 09 Jul 2021 08:39:39 +0000

Foojay community members discuss recent news:

JavaFX Skins for cross-platform apps on Android, iOS, and regular computers.
BlockHound, for detecting cases of blocking in reactive (non-blocking) applications.
JEP 411, the SecurityManager deprecation
The recent Snyk/Azul community survey

Sorry, this recording got “lost in cyberspace…”