Speed Dating with

Kevin Sutter, EE4J PMC (among other things…)

EclipseCon France

June 2018

Audience:What are the rules for speed dating?

• Need audience participation!

• Repeat the question OUTLOUD as it appears at the top of each chart

(every 30 seconds).

• Hopefully, my answers will entice you to ask me out again!

• Get ready… set… go!

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Audience:What is your name and what do you do?

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What is your name and what do you do?

My name is

… and I am the Future of Cloud Native Java

• Focus on the cloud and microservices• Promote innovation• Provide more frequent releases• Getting the community more involved

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Audience:What are your best attributes?

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What are your best attributes?

• I am very open to new ideas• I am very collaborative with community and vendors• I am very agile and flexible• I am still compatible with previous versions

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Audience:Have you had any previous relationships?

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Have you had any previous relationships?

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Audience:Do you have any kids? If so, how old?

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Do you have any kids? If so, how old?• 39 and counting*!• All ages…• 20% - Project Proposed• 40% - Project Accepted and

Provisioned• 60% - Initial Code Contribution to

Eclipse• 80% - Initial Code Contribution in

Github• 100% - Project has First Release!

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*https://www.eclipse.org/ee4j/status.php@kwsutter

Audience:Do you have any siblings?

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Do you have any siblings?

• One you may have heard of…

• He’s been a rogue, trail-blazer of sorts…• Optimizing the development of microservices-based applications for the

Enterprise Java environment before it was cool…

• We expect him to become more of a Jakarta EE family member as soon as we settle down a bit

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Audience:What is your favorite web site?

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What is your favorite web site?

• Several…• https://jakarta.ee/ - home• https://jakarta.ee/about/ - Working Group• https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/ee4j - EE4J

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Audience:What is your favorite programming language?

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What is your favorite programming language?• Java will always be first in our heart…

• But, there’s a new kid on the block that is gaining a lot of attention…

• And, of course, we have to keep an eye on the cloud infrastructure patterns…

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Audience:Anything else you would like to share?

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Anything else you would like to share?

• Favorite vacation spot? Jakarta, Indonesia (on the island of Java)

• Favorite color(s)? Blue and shades of Orange

• Favorite drink? Used to like coffee…

• Favorite way to spend Lottery winnings? Donate to

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Audience:Can I have your phone number?

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Can I have your phone number?

• Let’s talk a bit more first…• https://accounts.eclipse.org/mailing-list/jakarta.ee-community• https://accounts.eclipse.org/mailing-list/jakarta.ee-wg• https://accounts.eclipse.org/mailing-list/ee4j-pmc• https://accounts.eclipse.org/mailing-list• jaxrs-dev• eclipselink-dev• jakarta-tck-dev• …

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