Our Java 17 Practice Tests book has been released! This is a major rewrite of our Java OCP 11 book with hundreds of new and revised questions! If you already have our Java 17 Study Guide, you can purchase it individually, or you can buy it as kit.
The Practice Tests OCP 17 book contains 11 chapters helping you review and reinforce each objective. It also includes 3 full practice exams. All questions in the practice test book are unique from those in the complete study guide.
Every year, JavaOne has a community keynote. Last time, it included a skit for a lot of people in the Java community. This year, it was a number of segments. I was asked to be in one about Java authors. Maurice Naftalin and I each got to answer two short questions about writing/our books. Mine were
We were given the questions in advance so we could have a prepared succinct answer. While the answer was content reviewed, we didn’t have to stick to it word for word.
The keynote was on the main stage and quite a production. It was really cool to see the behind the scenes. They even had a make up person to ensure everyone looked good on camera.
I speak twice for about a minute each at the timestamps in each of these videos:
And then at the end everyone who spoke at the community keynote got to go back on stage at the end. This video is that moment timestamped.
Speakers: Will Lyons (Oracle), Edwin Derks (Rockstars IT), Emily Jiang (IBM), Reza Rahman (Microsoft), Ivar Grimstead (Eclipse Foundation)
For more see the table of contents
Jakarta 10
Q&A
My take
I like that there was a lot of time for audience comments and sharing opinions for the audience and panel. The brief prepared remarks set the stage well for that.