Episodes

  • Ivar Grimstad: Java for Everything

    Ivar Grimstad: Java for Everything
    May 20 2025
    Jim Grisanzio from Java Developer Relations talks with Ivar Grimstad, who is a Java Champion, a JCP Executive Committee Member, and a Jakarta EE Developer Advocate. Ivar is based in Sweden but travels to over 40 events a year talking about Java and Open Source with thousands of developers. He feels passionately about contributing to Java projects as the best way for young developers to learn Java and connect with the community, especially at Java conferences. Ivar has been working with Java professionally since 2000, but he's been solving problems with code since he was a little kid around 12 or 13 years old. "Java has been my go-to language for everything!" he says. "It's been here for 30 years and it'll probably be around for 30 more!"

    Ivar Grimstad
    https://x.com/ivar_grimstad
    https://bsky.app/profile/theguywiththeduketattoo.com
    https://www.linkedin.com/in/ivargrimstad/

    Duke's Corner
    https://dukescorner.libsyn.com
    https://bsky.app/profile/dukescorner.bsky.social

    Jim Grisanzio
    https://x.com/jimgris
    https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimgris/
    https://jimgrisanzio.wordpress.com/
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    42 mins
  • Duke's Corner Live at JavaOne!

    Duke's Corner Live at JavaOne!
    Apr 6 2025
    The Duke’s Corner Java Podcast contributed an 11 minute segment to the Community Keynote at JavaOne 2025 in California in March. Jim Grisanzio from Oracle Java Developer Relations hosted the program with special guests Cay Horstmann, Marit van Dijk, and Lize Raes. The panel covered the latest bits in Java, how to contribute to the community, and the best bits from JavaOne. Everyone had a great time!

    Here’s the full Community Keynote session from JavaOne in March 2025:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwR7Gvi80Xo&t=1838s Here's the 11 minute segment in video: https://x.com/jimgris/status/1907660414550176236
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    11 mins
  • Tom Cools: My Mission to Spread Java

    Tom Cools: My Mission to Spread Java
    Mar 9 2025
    Jim Grisanzio from Java Developer Relations talks with Tom Cools, an engineer from Belgium, a conference speaker, a Java Champion, and the leader of the Belgian Java User Group. "I make it my mission to spread Java all over Belgium," says Tom as he describes how he runs the BeJUG as an Open Source project that takes contributions from the community. Here in this conversation Tom also talks about how the recent evolution of Java with rapid release cycles and new innovations attracted him to the language he loves. Tom is also a certified teacher so we discussed learning strategies, stress management, social media, managing change, AI, burnout, and other life experiences developers must deal with as they navigate through their careers in software development.

    Tom Cools
    https://x.com/TCoolsIT
    https://x.com/BeJUG
    https://bsky.app/profile/tomcools.be

    Duke's Corner
    https://dukescorner.libsyn.com

    Jim Grisanzio
    https://x.com/jimgris
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    48 mins
  • François Martin: Teaching Java, Contributing to Java

    François Martin: Teaching Java, Contributing to Java
    Feb 28 2025
    Jim Grisanzio from Java Developer Relations talks with François Martin, a full stack developer from Switzerland who loves teaching Java to students and contributing to the Java community. This conversation ranges from teaching students Java from scratch, the value of test driven development, the lessons from NASA's Apollo project, the benefits — and surprises — of contributing to open source projects, and so much more. Even open source marketing and The Cluetrain Manifesto came up! François is passionate about coding in Java and sharing his experiences with other developers at JUG meetings and conferences. Java was the first language he learned and that seems to made all the difference in the world.

    François Martin
    https://x.com/fmartin_

    Duke's Corner
    https://bsky.app/profile/dukescorner.bsky.social
    https://dukescorner.libsyn.com

    Jim Grisanzio
    https://x.com/jimgris
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Marit van Dijk Previews JavaOne 2025!

    Marit van Dijk Previews JavaOne 2025!
    Feb 17 2025
    Jim Grisanzio from Java Developer Relations talks with Marit van Dijk, a Java Champion and also a Java Developer Advocate at JetBrains. Marit will present on developer productivity with IntelliJ IDEA at JavaOne March 18-20 in California. Go to javaone.com and register and we'll see you there!

    Marit van Dijk
    https://x.com/MaritvanDijk77

    JavaOne 2025
    https://javaone.com

    Duke's Corner
    https://dukescorner.libsyn.com

    Jim Grisanzio
    https://x.com/jimgris
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    2 mins
  • Venkat Subramaniam: Be Agile about Being Agile!

    Venkat Subramaniam: Be Agile about Being Agile!
    Feb 4 2025
    Jim Grisanzio from Java Developer Relations talks with Venkat Subramaniam, who is a Java Champion, professor, programmer, and a conference organizer. The conversation ranges from the upcoming JavaOne conference in California in March 2025 to building the Java community, engaging the next generation of Java developers, the importance of going to Java user groups, career building, the evolution of Java technology, agile development, release models, and his upcoming book — Cruising Along with Java. This is a jam packed episode that has something for everyone.

    Here's quick bit from the interview from Venkat: "One of the biggest contributions Java has made is to truly show to us the developers what agile development really should be!"

    Venkat Subramaniam
    https://x.com/venkat_s

    Jim Grisanzio
    https://x.com/jimgris

    Duke's Corner
    https://bsky.app/profile/dukescorner.bsky.social
    https://dukescorner.libsyn.com

    JavaOne 2025
    https://javaone.com
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    49 mins
  • Richard Fichtner Previews JavaOne 2025!

    Richard Fichtner Previews JavaOne 2025!
    Jan 30 2025
    Jim Grisanzio from Java Developer Relations talks with Richard Fichtner as he previews his upcoming session at JavaOne in March and offers his perspective on what makes JavaOne special! Go to javaone.com and register and we'll see you there!

    Richard Fichtner
    https://x.com/RichardFichtner

    JavaOne 2025
    https://javaone.com

    Duke's Corner
    https://dukescorner.libsyn.com

    Jim Grisanzio
    https://x.com/jimgris
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    2 mins
  • Venkat Subramaniam Previews JavaOne 2025!

    Venkat Subramaniam Previews JavaOne 2025!
    Jan 26 2025
    Jim Grisanzio from Java Developer Relations talks with Venkat Subramaniam as he previews his upcoming session at JavaOne in March and offers his perspective on what makes JavaOne special! Go to javaone.com and register and we'll see you there!

    This is just a short JavaOne preview with Venkat. Later this week we'll release the full podcast where we cover many topics about software development — and more JavaOne too!

    Venkat Subramaniam
    https://x.com/venkat_s

    JavaOne 2025
    https://javaone.com

    Duke's Corner
    https://dukescorner.libsyn.com

    Jim Grisanzio
    https://x.com/jimgris
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    3 mins