Opening Speech for JUGBD

1. Welcome to
JUGBD
- A. N. M. Bazlur Rahman
@bazlur_rahman
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2. History 1. Founded on October 2013
2. 6.7 K facebook group members
3. 7 Successful physical meetup
4. Several virtual meetup (around
20)
5. 5 companies sponsorship
6. Featured in Java Magazine
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3. First meetup
5 Oct 2013
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4. First meetup
5 Oct 2013
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5. Meetup 2.0
6 Dec 2013
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6. Meetup 3.0
22 Mar 2014
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7. Meetup 4.0
6 Mar 2015
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8. Meetup 5.0
23 May 2015
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9. Meetup 6.0
25 Feb 2014
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10. Mission
○ Share Java knowledge
○ Help students/developers to achieve the right skill
○ Regular hangout and discussion
○ Introduce JCP
○ Help developers to become jcp contributors
○ Become official and registered technology group
○ Recognized by the JCP
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11. Goal
To become a JCP
Expert Group
member
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12. The JCP
- Stands for Java Community Process
- Holds the responsibility for the development of Java Technology
- Introduced in 1998
- Open – anyone can join, observe, review, contribute
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13. How it works
- JCP are complex but follow a simple, time
proven path
- https://jcp.org/en/introduction/timeline
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14. Getting
Involved - Observer
- Registered User
- Associate member
- Partner member
- Full member
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15. Observer Anyone with an Internet connection
can review and comment
- all the specification
- proposals, errors, corrections etc
- Expert group communication
public issue tracker
- public archive
- be listed as a supporter for a JSR
proposals
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16. Registered
User
Register in jcp.org
- observer ++
- create watch list
- apply to become a member of JCP
- 3 types of membership currently
available
- Nominate contributors
- nominate for expert group
- propose a new JSR
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17. Associate
member
- Any individual who has basically
an Internet connection
- Have to sign a Associate
Membership Agreement
- Can be listed as a contributor
- Can attend JCP events
- Vote in the annual Executive
Committee Elections
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18. Partner
member - Java User Groups, non profit
organization
- Can serve as an Executive
Committee member
- Can attend JCP member event
- Can vote in the annual Executive
committee election
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19. Full member - Corporations, legal entity, non profit ,
organization, employee, individuals
- Have to sign the Agreement
- Serve on EC
- Vote for Seat
- Can become an Expert group member
- Can be Contributor to an Expert group
- Can be specification lead
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20. Glossary
JSR – Java specification request
Expert group member → write Java
specification, actively shape the content and
direction and revise the specs
Specification lead → once JSR are approved
by the Executive Committee, one or more
representative of the Expert group can lead the
specification
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21. Glossary
Executive Committee (EC)
- There are 25 Members in EC
- 14 ratified seats
- 8 elected seats,
- 2 associate seats,
- one permanent seat held by Oracle.
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22. Executive
Committee
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23. What EC does
- review and vote to approve or reject new JSR proposals,
- review and vote to approve or reject Public Review drafts,
- review and vote to approve or reject Final Approval Ballots,
- review and vote to approve or reject Maintenance Reviews,
- review and provide guidance on licensing terms of JSRs,
- decide appeals of first-level TCK test challenges,
- decide when JSRs that have not made sufficient progress through the JCP be withdrawn,
collaborate on revisions to the JCP and the JSPA
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24. But why
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25. But why
"Joining the JCP
is like being a
Java citizen." -
Heinz Kabutz
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26. But why
● Networking, you meet important guys from different countries
● Soft skill, improve communication, oratory, speak English, to non native.
● Popularity
● Technical skill. Once you open pull requests, suggest path, help in
documentation, study the code, you will receive code review, mentoring and
learn how companies such Red Hat, Tomitribe, IBM do their structure code.
● Work in mainstream company
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27. I learned Java in the early days, reading the
specifications of the language. Since then, I have
found that getting involved with the process that
defines the technology is an excellent boost to my
career. It has allowed me to learn first what is
being created, it helped me meet with some of
the most important developers of the Java world,
and enabled me to give my customers the best
advice for their projects.
- Bruno Souza (JavaMan)
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28. Awards
JCP Member/Participant of the Year
Outstanding Spec Lead
Most Significant JSR
Outstanding Adopt-a-JSR Participant
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29. So what’s exciting now
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30. Project Jigsaw
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31. Project Valhalla - Value
Types
- Compare with ==
- They are not reference , so no null
- Won’t be extended from Objects, so no locks, no cloning or
finalize
- Code like a class , works like an int
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32. 32
Pattern
matching in
Java

33. Project Panama
Native support to Java
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34. Oracle Opening up Java EE
Java EE 8 specification are nearly complete
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35. And a lot more…
- http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk9/
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36. Reference
- https://jcp.org/en/home/index
- https://www.meetup.com/jug-bd/
- http://www.jugbd.org/
- https://www.facebook.com/groups/jugbd/
- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDMV0
Sce6VD2nIiPoZNQh6w/playlists
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37. Thank you
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38. One more thing ...
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39. While being
here, lets
discuss
● What are the biggest problems we are
facing right now
● What is that preventing us from sleeping
at night
● What are the things that we are unhappy
about
● What is the thing that we are struggling
with
● What is the biggest issue in our career
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40. Join the Great Java
Projects initiative
https://goo.gl/DzMJ7B
http://www.bazlur.me/
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