JUG World Tour: Java Dominicana (#39)

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Once a month in this podcast, we talk about the history of a Java User Group and the people behind it. Today, we are traveling to the Dominican Republic to learn more about the country and its Java community.

Guests

Brayan Muñoz Vargas

• https://twitter.com/Brayanmnz_
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/brayanmnz/

Eudris Cabrera Rodriguez

• https://twitter.com/eudriscabrera
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/eudriscabrera/
  

Podcast

Host: Frank Delporte

• https://foojay.social/@frankdelporte
• https://twitter.com/FrankDelporte

Content

00:00 Introduction
01:10 About the Dominican Republic
02:02 About JavaDominica
04:43 Cooperation with other Caribbean and Latin-American JUGs
06:16 Spanish as the main language
07:13 Gender mix of the community
08:05 Java education in Dominican Republic
11:16 About JConf Domonica

• https://jconfdominicana.org
• https://jconfdominicana.org/archive/jconf2023/speakers

15:40 Java in Education Community Award

• https://jcp.org/java-in-education
• https://jcp.org/en/press/news/awards/2023awards
• http://www.alice.org/
• https://scratch.mit.edu/
• https://webtechie.be/post/2023-09-18-jep-445-unnamed-classes-and-instance-main-methods/

20:11 Best and worst JUG session
22:26 Personal motivation to be part of the organisation
25:06 Java career opportunities
27:47 Plans for the future
30:13 How to get in contact

• https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/java-dominicano-talks-219639
• https://site.javadominicano.org/
• https://github.com/JavaDominicano
• https://www.facebook.com/groups/javadominicano
• https://twitter.com/javadominicano
• https://t.me/javadominicano

32:33 Invitation to publish on Foojay

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33:12 Outro

Music

Barbershop John
Hermine Deurloo
Synapse by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com