Session Abstracts

19:00 - Decrypting Tech Hype for the Busy Coder

It seems like there is a new technology trend, development methodology, or deployment tool coming out every day and if you aren't using it you are labelled as deprecated, legacy, or a technology dinosaur!

Come hear straight talk about the latest trends such as blockchain, chatbots, serverless, CD pipelines, AI, and machine learning. In 45 minutes you will know more than your average redditor, and you can shut down tweet-driven development in your workplace once and for all.

20:30 - RetroPi Handheld Raspberry Pi Gaming Console (with Java!)

In this session I will walk you through how to build your own retro handheld console that is powered by Java, runs on a Raspberry Pi, and is printed on a 3D printer. Some of the topics that we will cover along the journey include:

Hacking Java on the Raspberry Pi

Rigging input devices with Pi4J

Insane performance tuning on the JVM

Why your boss [or SO] needs to buy you a 3D printer!

And of course your retro gaming mettle will be put to the test, so make sure to dust off your old 8 and 16 bit consoles to prepare.

This presentation is about the most fun you can have while still legitimately calling this conference “work.” In fact, I will hopefully inspire you to do your own creative “work” leveraging Java and Raspberry Pi to hack the real world.

About Stephen

Stephen Chin is Director of the Oracle Groundbreakers Team, author of Raspberry Pi with Java, co-author of Pro JavaFX Platform, and Oracle Code One Content Chair.

He has keynoted numerous Java conferences around the world including JavaOne, where he is a 7-time Rock Star Award recipient. Stephen is an avid motorcyclist who has done evangelism tours in Europe, Japan, and Brazil, interviewing hackers in their natural habitat and posting the videos on http://nighthacking.com/.

When he is not traveling, he enjoys teaching kids how to do embedded and robot programming together with his teenage daughter.

You can follow him on twitter at @SteveonJava

About the Oracle Dublin Java User Group

The Oracle Dublin Java User Group, aka DubJUG, is Ireland's oldest JUG serving Java developers in Ireland. Since 2006, the Group has been bringing Java Champions, Java One Rock Stars, and Duke Award winners to Dublin for the benefit of our community of Java software professionals. Oracle is the current Headline Partner.

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Aside from our website DubJUG.org, we can also be found on your favourite social networks. LinkedIn / Facebook / Twitter

The Oracle Dublin Java User Group - Sponsor Messages

Our headline partner, Oracle is committed to offering choice, flexibility and a lower cost of computing for customers, and demonstrate this commitment by investing significant resources in developing, testing, optimizing, and supporting a wide variety of open source technologies.

For further details on some of the open source technologies in Oracle Cloud please visit developer.oracle.com/opensource

Oracle Cloud is the industry’s broadest and most integrated public cloud. It offers best-in-class services across software as a service (SaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), and infrastructure as a service (IaaS), and even lets you put Oracle Cloud in your own data centre. Oracle Cloud helps organisations drive innovation and business transformation by increasing business agility, lowering costs, and reducing IT complexity.

Website: Oracle / Twitter: Oracle_UKI

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Version 1 is a trusted technology partner to major domestic and international customers across all industry sectors in the UK and Ireland. Their Java practice has grown to over 120 people over the last few years, and continues to grow. Many of their Java customers use a significant amount of open-source tools and technologies, and therefore Version 1 work with the community to hear other Java success stories, learn more about people’s experiences, and bring in Java experts and champions to get the latest on what’s going on in that space.”

Website: Version1.com / Twitter: Version1Tweets

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Stackand.Co enrich the professional lives of Java / Scala software professionals - with over 20 years experience in the Irish ICT market, they have helped many great people elevate their careers.

Perhaps they can do the same for you working with companies like this one?

Website: Stackand.Co / Twitter: StackanddotCo

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Equifax Technology Ireland is the Research and Development arm of global credit scoring organisation Equifax - it has recently opened a technology centre in the Bloodstone Building, Dublin 2.

Now looking for developers!

Website: Equifax.com / Twitter: Equifax

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GuruTeam delivers high end ICT learning, mentoring and consultancy services, in Ireland, the UK and worldwide. Their expert instructors formulate bespoke training to suit their clients and can deliver programmes on or offsite.

New courses for 2018 include Blockchain with Ethereum / Corda (presented by Ben Evans), Machine Learning for Java and Python developers, IoT, GDPR, Hands-on Web Security for Java Developers as well as Modern Security with Ben Evans, Angular 5 and more

Website: GuruTeamIrl.com / Twitter: GuruTeamIreland

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Sonorplex add the edge to event attendance with their innovative 'Mark and Review' video platform. Download the Sonorplex app on your smartphone, attend DubJUG, and click points of interest in realtime. Your own personal 'marked' copy will be available for reviewing within hours, allowing you to relive the presentations again and again!

Website: Sonorplex.com / Twitter: Sonorplex

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tcube provides city-centre co-working / hotdesks and fully serviced office space for ICT professionals and companies specifically. Their community knits so well together remote workers, contractors, city visitors and entrepreneurs / startups immediately become a part of a network of like-minded people who are able and willing to help one another. Offices in Fleet Street, Trinity Street and Grafton Street provide great locations with a huge benefit when it comes to hiring and retaining millennials.

Website: tcubedublin.com / Twitter: tcubeDublin

About TechMeetup.Space

TechMeetup.space is a collaboration between Dublin's tech user and meetup groups. It provides an intimate and central venue which makes it easily accessible for members to come along and hear presentations by the very best tech evangelists available.