J-Spring Digital 2020 Impressions

This year’s edition of J-Spring, organized by the NLJUG, went digital due to the COVID-19 pandemic. From the 23rd up to and including the 26th of June, every day two technical talks have been held. We attended this digital version of J-Spring and want to share some of our impressions. Enjoy!

1. Introduction

Due to the Corona virus, the NLJUG (the Java User Group in the Netherlands) decided to turn the J-Spring one day physical conference into a digital event. They spread the conference over multiple days in time blocks of 2 up to 2,5 hours. This was a good idea because attending a virtual conference for a whole day can be very exhausting. The event consisted of a fixed program of two talks at the end of each day. A nice ending of every day, we must say! In the following sections, we will share some of our impressions of the several talks.

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Additionally, you can download the presentations here, as well as lecture recordings here.