Proud Of Belgium: Devoxx, JobRunr, Timefold, OpenJDK Mobile, OpenJFX, Thymeleaf, htmx (#60)

Belgium might be tiny, but we have a strong Java Community! As I was doing interviews at Devoxx in October, I met several of these people, and we talked about their projects, how you can get involved in OpenJDK, and maybe even start a company out of it. This podcast will teach you more about Devoxx, VoxxedDays, Devoxx4Kids, JobRunr, Timefold, OpenJDK Mobile, OpenJFX, Thymelead, htmx, and more!Guests   Stephan Janssen       https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanjanssen/        https://x.com/Stephan007      https://www.devoxx.com      https://events.voxxeddays.com      https://www.devoxx4kids.org/   Ronald Dehuysser      https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronalddehuysser/      https://x.com/rdehuyss      https://www.jobrunr.io/en/   Geoffrey De Smet       https://www.linkedin.com/in/ge0ffrey/      https://x.com/GeoffreyDeSmet      https://timefold.ai/   Johan Vos      https://www.linkedin.com/in/johanvos/      https://mastodon.social/@johanvos      https://x.com/johanvos      https://gluonhq.com/      https://github.com/openjdk/mobile      https://github.com/openjdk/jfx/   Wim Deblauwe       https://www.linkedin.com/in/wimdeblauwe/      https://x.com/wimdeblauwe      https://www.wimdeblauwe.com/books/modern-frontends-with-htmx/      https://www.wimdeblauwe.com/books/taming-thymeleaf/      https://www.wimdeblauwe.com/projects/Content00:00 Introduction00:47 Stephan Janssen about how Devoxx started02:22 Difference between Devoxx and VoxxedDays03:47 About Devoxx4Kids04:22 Sponsors are needed to keep the entrance fee low06:26 About the speakers and CFPs07:11 Important Belgian Java people and tools09:08 Ronald Dehuysser about JobRunr10:00 How to turn an open-source project into a company11:09 Reviewing and validating the evolutions in Java12:35 Importance of conferences13:23 How government support can help a startup14:02 Challenge of starting a company...14:40 Geoffrey De Smet about Timefold and the challenges in scheduling16:47 How AI helps to find the best schedule18:34 How it started as an open-source project (Optoplanner)19:06 The challenges of growing Timefold as a company21:26 Visiting conferences as a "yearly training"22:36 Johan Vos about OpenJFX and how he got involved24:49 Everyone can contribute to OpenJDK and OpenJFX25:50 The goal of the OpenJDK Mobile project29:33 About the Belgian Java community30:29 Wim Deblauwe about Spring libraries and books30:50 About Wim's Thymeleaf and htmx books32:08 How to get involved in the Java community33:06 Goal of writing a book33:40 Wim's involvement in the community35:08 Outro