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Modularity in Java 9 (Project Jigsaw)

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Venue: Birkbeck Main Building, Malet Street

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Join Women Who Code for another Java meetup!

This is a must attend for anyone interested in Java technology!

I attended the LJC Meetup a while back and Simon Ritter presented the topic 'Project Jigsaw in JDK 9: Modularity Comes to Java'.I decided to invite him to our community to share his expertise on this topic.

With Modularity, code is easier to write and test, reuse is increased, build systems become significantly simpler, deployment is more manageable and bugs are detected early.

To understand the concept and get an idea of Modularity in Java, read https://www.osgi.org/developer/architecture/

Project Jigsaw brings a static modular system native to Java as we have seen with similar specifications like OSGI.

Let's explore the impact of project Jigsaw and changes to Java 9and discover how to build smarter applications with reusable components.

Instructor Biography

Simon Ritter is the Deputy CTO of Azul Systems. Simon has been in the IT business since 1984 and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics fromBrunel University in the U.K.

Originally working in the area of UNIX development for AT&T UNIX System Labs and then Novell, Simon moved to Sun in 1996. At this time, he started working with Java technology and has spent time working both in Java development and consultancy. Having moved to Oracle as part of the Sun acquisition he focused on developer outreach for the core Java platform, Java for client applications and embedded Java. Now at Azul he continues to help people understand Java as well as Azul's JVM technologies and products.

Follow him on Twitter, @speakjava.

Who should attend :

Anyone interested in everything Java.

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