As a part time ScrumMaster on a team with over 200 sprints distributed across multiple onsite and working from home locations, I encountered and observed many good practices and anti-patterns for engaging the whole team. Hopefully most teams have mastered fully remote teams by now. However, as office buildings reopen after COVID, many teams are just getting started with having some, but not all, people together. Join me in this session to get some tips and practices to avoid.

Looking to learn about features in the language added after Java 8 in more detail? As programmers we are used to dealing with edge cases. But what about edge cases in the language? As certification book authors, we encounter lots of interesting and/or surprising behavior. After a brief overview of the cert, we will explain these features and walk through lots of tricky questions. Come to this session and walk away with an increased awareness in these Java topics.

Looking to learn about features in the language added after Java 11 in more detail? As programmers we are used to dealing with edge cases. But what about edge cases in the language? As certification book authors, we encounter lots of interesting and/or surprising behavior. After a brief overview of the cert, we will explain these features and walk through lots of tricky questions. Come to this session and walk away with an increased awareness in these Java topics.