Central Iowa Software Symposium - No Fluff Just Stuff
NFJS2024

Central Iowa Software Symposium

September 12 - 13, 2024

The Java Sessions: Virtual Threads and Structured Concurrency

Friday - Sep 13 1:00 PM CDT - CONCORD D

There is a new way of Threading, which means it is time to prepare. Project Loom has introduced Java Virtual Threads, which is now available in Java 21. Virtual Threads are small Threads meant to perform quick operations with the need to procure long-running OS threads, which can prove expensive. In this presentation, we will learn how to use these threads, what does it mean in relationship with the rest of the Java API, and what does it mean for third-party libraries.

  • What is a Virtual Thread
  • Creating and Using a Virtual Thread
  • What will Loom's Virtual Threads do to Future and Reactive
  • What is a Continuation?
  • What is Structured Concurrency?
  • What are Scoped Values
Daniel Hinojosa

Daniel Hinojosa

Independent Consultant

About Daniel Hinojosa

Daniel is a programmer, consultant, instructor, speaker, and recent author. With over 20 years of experience, he does work for private, educational, and government institutions. He is also currently a speaker for No Fluff Just Stuff tour. Daniel loves JVM languages like Java, Groovy, and Scala; but also dabbles with non JVM languages like Haskell, Ruby, Python, LISP, C, C++. He is an avid Pomodoro Technique Practitioner and makes every attempt to learn a new programming language every year. For downtime, he enjoys reading, swimming, Legos, football, and barbecuing.