DevNexus is back in person! This is my second in person event since COVID. ”code with soul” logo and ”welcome back to conferences” on signage
COVID handling
Vaccines (or tests) are required. In theory, masks are required in rooms but not in the hallways. Looking around they keynote, I think less than 10% are wearing masks. Had about 2400 people in person last time it was live and about half that this year. Sessions kept the doors open. Good for air. Bad for noise (some session rooms are right off the exhibit hall)
Tuesday
- I got here right after lunch and spent two hours at the JUG Leader summit. I didn’t take notes, but I got the updates from Oracle (remember JavaOne is back in person in Vegas this year!). We also had some good unconference sessions. They used the fishbowl format where three people sat in chairs with an empty chair. To speak, you take an empty chair and someone has to get up
Wednesday
- The day started with the women in tech breakfast. I didn’t take notes becuase breakast time. One of the most memorable moments was asking for a volunteer for a prank. The volunteer was handed a webcam cover and ”that’s it.” The point being we limit ourseles when not volunteering.
- Keynote – Meta-Modern Software Architecture – by Neal Ford
- Batch Processing in Action – by Hillmer Chona and Rodrigo Graciano
- What’s new in Spring in 2022? – by Spencer Gibb
- Preparing for the Java Cert and Learning New Features – Scott & Jeanne (link to deck)
- Preparing for the Java Cert and Learning New Features – Scott & Jeanne (link to deck)
- ARIA: A Grande Method of Accessible Markup – by Chris DeMars
Thursday
- Hacking the OSS Supply Chain – by Stephen Chin
- TypeScript for the Busy Java Developer – by Orlando Valdez
- Java and Ransomware – by Steve Poole
- Help your Boss Help You – by Ken Kousen
- Pattern Matching in Java – by Neha Sardana
- Hybrid Scrum – Jeanne (link to deck)