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Valerie Gurka
Valerie Gurka

Technology Leader and Engineering Manager

Valerie Gurka brings a wealth of experience as the Director of Engineering at Tech Figures. With two decades of experience in the software development industry, Valerie's expertise encompasses a wide range of topics from technical innovation to project management, making her an esteemed voice technology and business. She is the co-host of Spilling the T(ech), an inclusive podcast that celebrates women in tech, and she has spoken and/or facilitated panels at South by Southwest, Northside Festival, CMJ Conference, Flint Conf, Speak NFT and various meetups.

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The Unseen Script: Documentation in Software Engineering

In the fast-paced realm of software development, documentation is often the unsung hero, pivotal yet frequently overlooked. This presentation aims to shine a light on this critical aspect, exploring its various forms and the immense value it brings to the software lifecycle. We will delve into the different types of documentation—Requirement, Technical (including System and API documentation), End-User, and Process Documentation. Each type plays a unique role, from defining project goals and technical roadmaps to enhancing user experience and ensuring efficient project management.

September 24-26, 2024
Dallas, TX Courtyard Dallas Allen

LONE. STAR. JAVA.

A community Java conference is coming to Dallas!
A two or three day event diving deep with experts from across the Java and Cloud ecosystem.

5 Tracks 50+ sessions 5 workshops

A premium Java, Cloud and Big Data conference at a community conference price!

Expert speakers including Java Champions, community contributors & open source commiters

Lots of opportunities to network with speakers and attendees!

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Ticket fee includes breakfast, lunch, snacks, drinks, conference reception, tshirts, and entry into our mega raffle prizes and more!

Late Individual Conference Pass

Conference Only - September 25-26

Late Individual Workshop/Conference Pass

Conference + Training - September 24-26

Late Group (5+) Conference Pass

Conference Only - September 25-26

Late Group (5+) Workshop/Conference Pass

Conference + Training - September 24-26

Schedule

Tuesday, September 24

Wednesday, September 25

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8:00 AM

Registration & Breakfast

9:00 AM

Code Review, you said?

Venkat Subramaniam
10:00 AM

Trash Talk - Exploring the memory management in the JVM

Gerrit Grunwald

Code Quality in the AI era, needed more than ever

Jonathan Vila

Building a custom AI chatbot with Spring Boot, React, and LangChain4j

Marcus Hellberg

TBD

11:00 AM

Morning Break

11:30 AM

Let’s Set the Records Straight

Venkat Subramaniam

Apache Maven 4 is Awesome

Chandra Guntur

Codebase Resurrection: Revive and Refactor with AI

David Parry

Troubleshooting, Monitoring and Profiling with Java Flight Recorder, Mission Control and Cryostat

Jeremy Davis
12:30 AM

Lunch

1:30 PM

To Java 23 and Beyond!

Billy Korando

Harmony in Innovation: Building Stronger Engineer-Product Relationships

Erin Geoghan

Streamlining Open Source Foundation Operations with Quarkus and GitHub Actions

Erin Schnabel

Developer’s Guide to Test-Driven Development and Approval Testing

Burk Hufnagel
2:30 PM

Afternoon Break

3:00 PM

Java cloud-native shoot-out: InstantOn vs CRaC vs Native Image

Rich Hagarty

One Does Not Simply Query a Stream

Viktor Gamov

Spring into AI: Building Intelligent Applications with Spring AI

Dan Vega

Navigating the Observability Landscape: From Serverful to Serverless with OpenTelemetry Journey

Daniel Oh
4:00 PM

Craft Fully Open Imperative and Reactive Cloud-Native Microservices

Kevin Grigorenko

The Unseen Script: Documentation in Software Engineering

Valerie Gurka

Pass or Play: What does GenAI mean for the Java developer?

Jennifer Reif

Death to the Monolith

Cody Frenzel
5:00 PM

Moving Java Forward Together

Sharat Chander
5:30 PM

Conference Reception

Thursday, September 26

2024 Workshops

Full-day, deep dive, hands-on workshops

Get a full day of training on these topics from industry experts!

Choose your ticket

Ticket fee includes breakfast, lunch, snacks, drinks, conference reception, tshirts, and entry into our mega raffle prizes and more!

Late Individual Conference Pass

Conference Only - September 25-26

Late Individual Workshop/Conference Pass

Conference + Training - September 24-26

Late Group (5+) Conference Pass

Conference Only - September 25-26

Late Group (5+) Workshop/Conference Pass

Conference + Training - September 24-26

Sessions

JConf.dev 2024 sessions

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Timeline

  • January 1

    2024 Kickoff

    Call for Papers, Early Bird tickets sales (first 100 only, then prices +$100), sponsor sales, scholarship program all open

  • January 31

    CFP Close

    CFP Closes

  • March 1

    Speakers Announced!

    Speakers announced, regular ticket sales

  • July 1

    Late ticket sales

    Late ticket sales, order now to get a swanky badge and tshirt

  • September 24

    Workshop day!

    JConf.dev 2024 starts with workshop day

  • September 25

    The big show!

    JConf.dev 2024 begins!

JConf.dev 2024 team

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