Kirk has been focusing on performance tuning for quit some years now so for Ted Neward is was very obvious what the interview should be about. Next to performance questions Kirk also explains what the Java Champions program is all about.
Kirk Pepperdine is the Chief Technical Officer at JavaPerformanceTuning.com and has been focused on Object technologies and performance tuning for the last 15 years. Kirk is a co-author of the book ANT Developers Handbook and editor at The Server Side.
Comparing Dependency Injection Frameworks— Stop writing new - A brief comparison of several main stream Dependency Injection (IoC) Frameworks recorded at JFokus 2008, another JUG enabled conference.
Effective Java Reloaded— The long-awaited second edition of Effective Java is here. It covers the latest in best practices for the Java platform. This presentation will concentrate on three areas where new material has been added to the book: enum types, generics, and concurrency.
Taming Code Dependencies— During this session we'll talk about code dependencies between classes and packages in large scale software projects: what they are, and why they're important,
The Java Puzzlers— Josh Bloch and Neal Gafter present yet another installment in the continuing saga of Java Puzzlers, consisting of eight more programming puzzles for your entertainment and enlightenment.
Java - A tour of the landscape— During this JavaPolis '07 keynote, James Gosling (father of Java) presents The State of the Java Universe. Java SE and JavaFX receive special attention during this keynote, where the first ideas towards a possible FX Designer tool gets presented.
