Foojay Podcast 42: Jozi-JUG and Cape Town Java Community

Once a month in this podcast, we talk about the history of a Java User Group and the people behind it.

Today, we are traveling to Cape Town and Johannesburg to learn more about its Java communities.

Video

Podcast (audio only)

Java User Groups

Jozi-JUG

https://www.meetup.com/Jozi-JUG/

https://www.youtube.com/@JoziJUG

https://twitter.com/jozijug

Cape Town Java Community

https://www.meetup.com/Cape-Town-Java-Meetup/

https://www.youtube.com/@capetownjug

https://twitter.com/capetownjug

Guests

Corneil du Plessis

https://www.linkedin.com/in/corneil/

https://twitter.com/corneil

https://hachyderm.io/@corneil

Steven Makunzva

https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevenmakunzva/

Podcast

Host: Frank Delporte

https://foojay.social/@frankdelporte

https://www.linkedin.com/in/frankdelporte/

Content

00:00 Introduction of the guests
04:14 What should we know about South Africa? 
09:42 An anecdote about living and working in Cape Town 
12:29 Stevens history in Java 
16:18 How getting involved in the JUG 
19:14 History of Jozi-JUG 
21:52 Virtual JUGs during Covid 
24:02 Restart after Covid with in-person events 
27:02 Next events at Jozi-JUG 
31:45 Interaction between speakers and attendees 
33:24 Starting as a speaker at a JUG 
37:00 Future events at Cape Town Java Community 
38:38 Most remarkable sessions of the past 
47:01 Conclusions 

Music

Barbershop John

Hermine Deurloo

Synapse by Shane Ivers – https://www.silvermansound.com  

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