Name: Gradle and Spring to Present at CJUG & CKUG
Start: 2023-04-18T18:00:00-04:00
End: 2022-09-01T16:00:00-04:00
Location: 111 W Washington St

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111 W. Washington St. Chicago, IL | April 18, 2023 | 6pm - 9pm

Gradle and Spring to Present at CJUG & CKUG

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About Chicago Java Users Group

The Chicago Java User’s Group is here to help the Java Professional. We want to make Chicago the ‘best’ place to be a Java developer, by offering a support network that allows each individual Java developer to grow!

Its only purpose it to serve its community by focusing in three areas:

1. Learning the Java Craft

2. Making a Difference in the Java Community

3. Growing as a Java Professional

The CJUG Session will begin at

6pm CT

For more information about the Chicago Java User Group visit: https://www.meetup.com/chicagojug/

About Chicago Kotlin Users Group

We are a group of lovely people interested in this fun and new language that is quickly winning popularity on the JVM and spreading to JS and Native. Come join us and learn more about this neat, pragmatic language, the ecosystem surrounding it and what Kotlin can do for you! We hope to have interesting presenters/talks and presentations once a month.

The CKUG Session will begin at

7pm CT

For more information about the Chicago Kotlin User Group visit:

https://www.meetup.com/Chicago-Kotlin/

Agenda

5:30 - 6:00

Doors Open and Introductions

Come chat with Justin, Josh, and fellow Java and Kotlin users before Introductions and Talks begin!

6:30

Developer Productivity Engineering - The Next Big Things in Software Development - Justin Reock

Just two years ago, IDC accurately predicted that by now 65% of the global GDP will have been digitally transformed. Two-thirds of the products and services that you pay for are driven by software, and the quality, cost and time to market of your software products determine the fate of your business. There has never been a more important time to foster developer productivity, but many of our methods have not evolved.

In this keynote style talk you will learn why DPE is one of the most important developments in the software engineering world since the introduction of Agile and DevOps concepts and tools. DPE is a new software development practice that uses acceleration technologies to speed up the software build and test process and data analytics to improve developer efficiencies by as much as 10x. The ultimate aim is to achieve faster feedback cycles, more reliable and actionable data, and a highly satisfying developer experience.

7:30

Kotlin, Gradle, and Spring - The Recipe for Developer Joy - Josh Long

Hans Dockter invented the Gradle Build Tool in 2008 out of a deep sense of frustration with low-productivity environments. Today, Gradle is one of the most popular build tools for the JVM and extended ecosystem, in many ways because it prioritizes developer experience and respects developer’s time. It was only logical then for Gradle to go on to embrace the vision and mission of the Spring and Kotlin developer communities since both solutions exist to help developers become more productive.

In this session, you’ll learn about the emerging practice of Developer Productivity Engineering (DPE), a pragmatically idealistic practice that merges developer happiness with developer productivity. You’ll learn about the powerful relationship between Kotlin, Spring, and Gradle, including a primer on the Kotlin DSL for Gradle Build scripts, and you’ll get a chance to explore how the Kotlin and Spring developer communities have used DPE to improve the experience of contributing code to their respective projects. Finally, you’ll get a glimpse of our future strategy together, building on milestones such as Gradle becoming default in Spring Initializr.

Speakers

Justin Reock

Field CTO at Gradle

Justin Reock is the Chief Evangelist and Field CTO of Gradle Enterprise, and is an outspoken blogger, speaker, and free software evangelist. He has over 20 years of experience working in various software roles and has delivered enterprise solutions, technical leadership, and community education on a range of topics.

Josh Long

Developer Advocate at Spring

Josh Long is the Spring Developer Advocate at Pivotal and a Java Champion. He's host of "A Bootiful Podcast", host of the "Spring Tips Videos", co-author of 6+ books , and instructor on 8+ live lessons training videos.

About Chicago JUG and KUG

The Chicago Java User Group (CJUG) is a community of Java developers that hosts monthly meetings, workshops, and hackathons to help members learn and improve their Java programming skills. Similarly, the Chicago Kotlin User Group (CKUG) is a community of developers who use the Kotlin programming language, which runs on the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) and can be used to develop Android, server-side, and web applications.

The CKUG also hosts monthly meetings and coding challenges to help members learn about Kotlin's features and best practices for using the language. Both groups welcome members of all skill levels who are interested in their respective programming languages.

The CJUG Session will begin at 6pm CT and the CKUG Session will begin at 7pm CT at Grubhub's campus.