2025 November Meeting

Java is Data!

Our November meeting has been scheduled, and we have a special treat this month. Billy Korando, Java Developer Advocate with the Java Platform Group at Oracle and co-organizer of the Kansas City Java User Group, will be paying us a visit to bring one of his many great, well-received presentations to us. He’s a popular speaker at conferences, and I’m sure you’ll enjoy the presentation. And learn a lot.

This month, we’ll be back at StarSpace 46 at 6:30PM on November 11. Please RSVP over at Meetup! I look forward to seeing you there!

The Presentation

Data is at the center of any organization. So it stands to reason that data should be at the center of how we design and write our Java applications. In this talk we are going to look at how recent changes to the Java language; Records, Pattern Matching, Seal Hierarchies, are enabling Java applications to be written in a Data-Oriented Programming (DOP) paradigm. We will look at the core concepts of DOP, and how it compares and contrasts with the OOP approach familiar to many Java developers.

The Speaker

Billy is a Java Developer Advocate with the Java Platform Group at Oracle. With over a decade of experience in Java, Billy brings a passion for helping developers reduce tedious work, such as project initiation, deployment, testing, and validation, through automation and adopting the latest features and tools in the Java ecosystem. Outside of work, Billy enjoys traveling, playing kickball, and cheering on the Kansas City Chiefs. Billy also co-organizes the Kansas City Java users group.

Meeting Time

Date: 2025-11-11

Time: 6:30PM

Meeting Location

StarSpace46 / Techlahoma

1141 W Sheridan Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73106