Foojay Podcast #60: Proud Of Belgium – Devoxx, JobRunr, Timefold, OpenJDK Mobile, OpenJFX, Thymeleaf, and htmx

Author: Frank Delporte

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Belgium might be tiny, but we have a strong Java Community!

As I was doing interviews at Devoxx in October, I met several of these people, and we talked about their projects, how you can get involved in OpenJDK, and maybe even start a company out of it.

This podcast will teach you more about Devoxx, VoxxedDays, Devoxx4Kids, JobRunr, Timefold, OpenJDK Mobile, OpenJFX, Thymelead, htmx, and more!

Video

Podcast (audio only)

Guests

Stephan Janssen

Ronald Dehuysser

Geoffrey De Smet

Johan Vos

Wim Deblauwe

Content

00:00 Introduction

00:47 Stephan Janssen about how Devoxx started
02:22 Difference between Devoxx and VoxxedDays
03:47 About Devoxx4Kids
04:22 Sponsors are needed to keep the entrance fee low
06:26 About the speakers and CFPs
07:11 Important Belgian Java people and tools

09:08 Ronald Dehuysser about JobRunr
10:00 How to turn an open-source project into a company
11:09 Reviewing and validating the evolutions in Java
12:35 Importance of conferences
13:23 How government support can help a startup
14:02 Challenge of starting a company…

14:40 Geoffrey De Smet about Timefold and the challenges in scheduling
16:47 How AI helps to find the best schedule
18:34 How it started as an open-source project (Optoplanner)
19:06 The challenges of growing Timefold as a company
21:26 Visiting conferences as a “yearly training”

22:36 Johan Vos about OpenJFX and how he got involved
24:49 Everyone can contribute to OpenJDK and OpenJFX
25:50 The goal of the OpenJDK Mobile project
29:33 About the Belgian Java community

30:29 Wim Deblauwe about Spring libraries and books
30:50 About Wim’s Thymeleaf and htmx books
32:08 How to get involved in the Java community
33:06 Goal of writing a book
33:40 Wim’s involvement in the community

35:08 Outro

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