Java Magazine, September/October 2017

15 events computing and more Javaneiros NOVEMBER 18 CAMPO GRANDE BRAZIL The Javaneiros conference is a community organized day of presentations related to Java programming No English page available JVM Con NOVEMBER 28 29 COLOGNE GERMANY Among the topics slated for this conference devoted to JVM languages are Java 9 Java EE Scala Jython Kotlin Clojure Groovy JRuby cloud native development microservices and security Website in German only DevTernity DECEMBER 1 KEYNOTES DECEMBER 2 WORKSHOPS RIGA LATVIA This conference focuses on modern approaches to coding architecture testing engineering scalability and operations Twenty speakers present in three parallel tracks followed by a full day of workshops ConFoo DECEMBER 4 6 VANCOUVER BRITISH COLUMBIA CANADA This multitechnology conference features targeted sessions for Java and JVM developers Sessions include presentations on concurrency models with Java 9 Angular TypeScript and Practical Symfony 40 CodeMash JANUARY 9 12 2018 SANDUSKY OHIO CodeMash is a unique event that educates developers on current practices methodologies and technology trends in a variety of platforms and development languages such as Java NET Ruby Python and PHP Are you hosting an upcoming Java conference that you would like to see included in this calendar Please send us a link and a description of your event at least 90 days in advance at javamag_ us@ oracle com Other ways to reach us appear on the last page of this issue ORACLE COM JAVAMAGAZINE SEPTEMBER OCTOBER 2017 user groups THE EDINBURGH JUG Although Scotlands capital is best known for its festivals and world heritage sites Edinburgh is also a technology city It has one of the highest concentrations of technology workers in the United Kingdom and is home to three universities numerous financial services companies the UKs largest tech incubator and a thriving startup community Many of these companies are of course built on Java The Edinburgh Java User Group EdJug was originally formed in 2011 to bring together Java developers from across Scotland After activity trailed off it was revamped in 2014 with a narrower focus on Edinburghs local tech community Since 2014 EdJug has grown to about 80 members consisting of professional developers students and others with an interest in Java and the JVM It runs a meetup on the last Wednesday of every month with talks from both local speakers and experts from around the world Recent talks have covered static analysis Android security and propertybased testing With the help of its sponsor the JUG also organizes oneoff events including free weekend training courses Past courses have covered Scala Clojure and Java 8 Along with its neighbors in Glasgow and St Andrews Edinburgh is part of an international center of functional programming expertise The activities of the JUG reflect this collaborating with the local functional programming group to arrange training and workshops on languages such as Haskell and Idris