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Java Forum Nord 2015 - "Mastering legacy code in x simple steps" by Falk Sippach

18 Oct 2015
Posted by Steven

This article is part of a series about Java Forum Nord 2015, a conference that took place in Hannover, Germany. Links to articles about other talks I visited there can be found below.

Java Forum Nord 2015 - "Reflecting Software Architectures" by Stefan Zörner

16 Oct 2015
Posted by Steven

This article is part of a series about Java Forum Nord 2015, a conference that took place in Hannover, Germany. Links to articles about other talks I visited there can be found below.

Java Forum Nord 2015 - Keynote by Adam Bien

11 Oct 2015
Posted by Steven

Last week, I visited Java Forum Nord, a new conference with 150 participants and 21 talks. It took place in Hannover, Germany. In my understanding, it has been the first regional conference this size and I very much like the thought it hasn't been the last. It was a very nice and (for me) informative conference. I want to thank the organizers for their work and also the speakers for the great lineup. The location right in the center of Hannover has been as awesome as the food.

InvalidClassException - Could it be your server?

30 Sep 2015
Posted by Steven

Yesterday I got a strange exception:

Free JavaFX course material

20 Sep 2015
Posted by Steven

Last friday, I gave a JavaFX course for some colleagues. As I did with the Java 8 course, I open-sourced all explanations, examples and code samples. They are available at Github. Feel free to use this material for learning or giving a course of your own.

I am a senior professional

22 Aug 2015
Posted by Steven

A couple of months ago, a disruptive event changed not only the project I worked in but also the way I think of my customers. This article illustrates my thoughts.

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