Ghadi Shayban
@smashthepast
Ghadi Shayban is an engineer with interests in cloud infrastructure automation, cryptography, compilers and developer education. He is also a lifelong classical musician, appearing regularly with the Charleston Symphony Orchestra. Ghadi is a long time admirer of and contributor to Clojure.
Java Made (Somewhat) Simple
As a Clojure programmer how can you use the platform to your advantage? This year saw the acceleration of the Java release cadence, a sign of its robustness and enduring adaptation to its environment. This talk welcomes all experience levels with Java, and will serve as a guided tour of the modern platform. Topics covered include: the object and class model, monitoring, logging, networking, threading, platform tooling, important classes to be familiar with, pitfalls and annoyances.