Mark Heckler
Biography
Mark Heckler is a Pivotal Principal Technologist & Spring Developer Advocate, conference speaker, published author, & Java Champion focusing upon developing innovative production-ready software at velocity for the Cloud and IoT applications. He has worked with key players in the manufacturing, retail, medical, scientific, telecom, and financial industries and various public sector organizations to develop and deliver critical capabilities on time and on budget. Mark is an open source contributor and author/curator of a developer-focused blog (https://www.thehecklers.com) and an occasionally interesting Twitter account (@mkheck).
Game of Streams: How to Tame & Get the Most from your Messaging Platforms
Most critical systems are partially or entirely distributed, causing a number of challenges. Learn how to REALLY leverage OSS solutions like Spring Cloud Stream, RabbitMQ, & Kafka to maximize your systems' capabilities while minimizing complexity. All examples will be coded *live & in real-time*!
Future of Java Panel
We now have a generation of developers joining our organisations and workforces that are younger than Java. They have grown up with an ever-expanding catalog of applications, languages and frameworks at their fingertips. The question is, should we still be encouraging them to develop and code in Java? Is Java still relevant to this generation? If so, how can we entice more young developers to tackle the JVM?
