Sunday 2nd Nov

The Diabolical Developer Presents: Microsoft Loves Java! (yes ,really)

6 years ago, Microsoft started the Java Engineering Group, seeding it with the acquisition of jClarity (co-founded by a Dutch Kiwi!). Today Microsoft runs over over 2 million JVMs in production across key services like Minecraft Realms, LinkedIn and Bing and provides a host of Java focused tooling for the developer community. This 'behind the scenes' talk from the Group Manager for Java, Python, and Go at Microsoft (aka "Diabolical Developer") will cover: * How Microsoft's Java based workloads are managed at scale, including specialised launchers, performance tooling, how we got off Java 8 and more! * Microsoft’s Core Java contributions: The Microsoft Build of OpenJDK, complete with long‑term support, cross‑platform builds (including Windows on ARM and macOS M1 ports), and active involvement in the Eclipse Adoptium Working Group. * How Microsoft is enabling modern Java developers: Learn about AI-assisted tooling like GitHub Copilot for Java App Modernizaiton, approaches to cloud-native Java on Azure, and our contributions to frameworks like Spring, Quarkus, Jakarta EE, and LangChain4j for AI workloads.