Next week (Nov. 10-14), 3.500 Devoxxians from 40 different countries will come to sunny Antwerp to attend the 13th edition of Devoxx (Belgium). Devoxx covers a broad range of topics ranging from Java SE, Mobile and Web Development, Embedded... to Java on the Server. This year Server-side Java track has very good contents including a good Java EE 8 coverage. Also, this year, you have the possibility to ask, in advance, questions to any of the speaker. For that, just check a session page and click on 'Send a question to the speaker'.
You can check the full Devoxx agenda here but here are the sessions that will discuss Java EE 8.
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Java EE 8: let's get concrete by Johan Vos and various Java EE Specification Leads.
Tuesday 09:30 - 12:30 (Room 8)This University session is fully devoted to Java EE 8. During 3h, various specifications lead will outline, in some details, their plans for Java EE 8. If you are new to Java EE 8, this should be a good introduction!
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The Future of MVC in JAX-RS (BoF) with Michal Gajdos
Tuesday at 19:00 - 20:00 (BoF 2) -
JCP, Adopt-a-JSR, and You (BoF) with Heather VanCura
Tuesday at 21:00 - 22:00 (BoF 2)This is not a pure Java EE 8 session per say but some of the discussed points (e.g. Adopt-A-JSR) will be important for Java EE 8.
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HTTP 2.0 comes to Java. What Servlet 4.0 means to you by Ed Burns
Wednesday at 14:00 - 15:00 (Room 8) -
Java EE Game Changers by David Blevins
Wednesday at 15:10 - 16:10 (Room 8) -
The Future of Java in the Enterprise (Bof) with Anatole Tresch et al.
Wednesday at 20:00 - 21:00 (BoF1) -
A first look at JSON-B and JSON-P 1.1 by Martin Grebac and David Delabassee
Thursday at 17:50 - 18:50 (Room 4) -
The path to CDI 2.0 by Antoine Sabot-Durand
Friday at 09:30 - 10:30 (Room 5) -
MVC 1.0 (JSR 371) by Manfred Riem
Friday at 10:45 - 11:45 (Room 4)
And this is just for Java EE 8! Here are some other Java EE related sessions that are worth to mentions too.
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Three hours to build a Java EE application (Hands-on Lab) by Antonio Goncalves et al.
Tuesday at 09:30 - 12:30 -
Going farther with CDI 1.2 by Antoine Sabot-Durand
Tuesday at 13:30 - 16:30 (Room 5) -
Concurrency in Enterprise Java by Alexander Heusingfeld
Wednesday at 16:40 - 17:40 (Room 7) -
Pico Services with Java EE 7 on Java 8 and Docker by Adam Bien
Wednesday at 12:00 - 13:00 (Room 8) -
Pushing Java EE outside the Enterprise Space: Home Automation by David Delabassee
Thursday at 14:00 - 15:00 (Room 7) -
50 JMS 2.0 Best Practices in 50 Minutes by Nigel Deakin
Thursday at 16:40 - 17:40 (Room 4)
Again, this is just an overview, make sure to check full agenda here.
Also, we are still working on the details but do expect some Java EE 8 coverage during the Devoxx Hackergarten.
Will I see you next week at Devoxx?
