Stackd 68: Interview with Jeanne Boyarsky

The Stackd Podcast

Kito, Josh and Danno have a great discussion with Jeanne Boyarski and cover a few headlines. Jeanne Boyarsky is a Java Champion and has grown from an entry developer to a tech lead. She also volunteers at Coderanch in her free time.

Blog: https://www.selikoff.net/

Author of several Java certification books with co-author Scott Selikoff: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8489218.Jeanne_Boyarsky

Server Side Java - Jakarta EE 11 Release Plan/Timeline https://newsroom.eclipse.org/eclipse-newsletter/2023/august/jakarta-ee-11-next-major-jakarta-ee-update-shaping

Tools - NetBeans 20 RC: (https://github.com/apache/netbeans/releases/tag/20-rc1) - Oracle VS Code Extension (https://github.com/oracle/javavscode) - Writerside - a new technical writing environment from JetBrains. (https://www.jetbrains.com/writerside/) - PMD (https://pmd.github.io/) - Sonar (https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube/9.9/analyzing-source-code/languages/java/)

AI/ML - Oracle Guardian AI Open Source Project (https://github.com/oracle/guardian-ai) - GPTZero (https://gptzero.me/)

Java Platform - JDK 21 LTS is out! (https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase/21-relnote-issues.html) - Record Patterns, Virtual Threads, Pattern matching for switch - What's new in Java 2023 - examples of new features (https://github.com/dhinojosa/whats-new-java) - The Java Playground (https://dev.java/playground/)

Picking Jeanne’s Brain - Background - Same job for 21 years!?? - What are your favorite Java language features? - What attracted you to certification books? - Which is the hardest certification? - How should Java compete with other languages like Python and JS/TypeScript? Or should it? - What do you see from younger developers?

Picks - Buffer.com (Kito) - social media posting app - Oracle APEX REST Data Sync (Josh) (https://blogs.oracle.com/apex/post/synchronize-data-from-rest-services-to-local-table-with-no-code-at-all) Developer Career Masterplan Book (Josh) (https://www.amazon.com/Developer-Career-Masterplan-practical-insights-ebook/dp/B0CFLBHZXZ) https://www.ticketsource.us/ - free alternative to eventbrite (didn’t meet all our needs for nyjavasig, but looks promising (Jeanne) (https://www.ticketsource.us/) - Wiremock.io (Danno) (https://github.com/dhinojosa/next-gen-testing-tools-java)

Other Pubhouse Network podcasts - Breaking into Open Source (https://www.pubhouse.net/breaking-into-open-source) - OffHeap (https://www.javaoffheap.com) - Java Pubhouse (https://www.javapubhouse.com)

Events - DevOps Vision December - Dec 4-6, 2023, Clearwater, FL, USA (https://devopsvision.io/) - TechLeader Summit - Dec 6-8, 2023, Clearwater, FL, USA (https://techleadersummit.io/) - DevRel Experience - Dec 6-8, 2023, Clearwater, FL, USA (https://devrelexperience.io/) - ArchConf December - Dec 11-14, 2023, Clearwater, FL, USA (https://archconf.com/) - JakartaOne Livestream - December 5, 2023 (https://jakartaone.org/2023/) - First Virtual Payara Conference - Dec 14th, 2023 (https://www.crowdcast.io/c/virtualpayaraconference) - Codemash - Jan 9-12, 2024, Sandusky, OH, USA (https://jchampionsconf.com/https://codemash.org/) - JChampionsConf - Jan 25-30, 2024, online (https://jchampionsconf.com/)