schmonz
🌔🕗 3 yr via Noodle
Yesterday, the Jersey City Java User Group hosted Angie Jones breaking down, by example, what's new in modern #Java.

If you couldn't be there, here's what you missed: https://youtu.be/sNiWs2b_MBM
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🌓🕖 3 yr via html
@schmonz I'm about to embark on Java 11 certification…We'll see how that goes!
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🌔🕗 3 yr via Noodle
@33MHz what's involved?
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🌓🕢 3 yr via html
@schmonz https://education.oracle.com/oracle-certified-professional-java-se-11-developer/trackp_OCPJAV11

Someone at work is offering a study group, which is starting next week I believe, and I'll see how that goes.
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🌔🕘 3 yr via Noodle
@33MHz g'luck!
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🌔🕗 3 yr via html
@schmonz thanks! #n00b
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🌔🕗 3 yr via Apero
@schmonz Interview candidates lately, a surprising number of them say "I haven't used much of the new stuff in Java8 yet".

Um, Java8 isn't new.

//@33MHz
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🌕🕦 3 yr via Broadsword
@mikehoss @schmonz 😬
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🌕🕐 3 yr via Arachis
@mikehoss @33MHz if they’ve been stuck in fuddy-duddy big companies, they may not have had the opportunity yet. Also it’s not so straightforward to follow JDK development after 8. Also also: yes, it sure isn’t :-)
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🌕🕧 3 yr via Apero
@schmonz @33MHz I haven't met anyone using many features after Java8. I mean, modules etc are mostly for vendor libs not necessarily for app dev.

But I'm still interesting in watching the video.
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🌕🕐 3 yr via Apero
@mikehoss I feel like that attitude comprises most anyone still using Java. If anyone thinks Java is new at this point, they are lagging behind the tech times. @schmonz @33MHz
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🌕🕧 3 yr via Apero
@thedoctor I'm more or less have the same opinion. Most of what Java the language is doing is catching up to other langs, sometimes poorly (streams have a horrid syntax compared to LINQ in C#). But hey, it pays. // @schmonz @33MHz
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