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Jim Bethancourt
Jim Bethancourt

Houston JUG leader & Principal Consultant at Improving

Jim Bethancourt is a Principal Consultant at Improving and is the leader of the Houston Java User Group. He created and maintains RefactorFirst, a tool to help Java developers determine where to start their refactoring efforts (though he took a break while studying for the CCDAK Kafka Developer certification).

Java

RefactorFirst: Clean Up This Mess!

Do you work in a large codebase and feel less productive than you'd like, but you don't know what to do? Come learn how to - Run RefactorFirst (https://github.com/refactorfirst/RefactorFirst) on your favorite codebase, whether you use Maven or Gradle. - Understand how RefactorFirst calculates the results it produces - Convince your manager and product owner that you can identify and plan the best use of time to improve your team's productivity. - How to identify cohesive clusters in your God class(es) that can be extracted into separate classes Bring your favorite large open source codebase and let's have some fun!

September 24-26, 2024
Dallas, TX Courtyard Dallas Allen

LONE. STAR. JAVA.

A community Java conference is coming to Dallas!
A three day event diving deep with experts from across the Java and Cloud ecosystem.

5 Tracks 50+ sessions 5 workshops

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Expert speakers including Java Champions, community contributors & open source commiters

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2024 Workshops

Full-day, deep dive, hands-on workshops

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Ticket fee includes breakfast, lunch, snacks, drinks, conference reception, tshirts, and entry into our mega raffle prizes and more!

Individual Conference Pass

Conference Only - September 25-26

Individual Workshop/Conference Pass

Conference + Training - September 24-26

Group (5+) Conference Pass

Conference Only - September 25-26

Group (5+) Workshop/Conference Pass

Conference + Training - September 24-26

Sessions

JConf.dev 2024 sessions

Many more sessions to be announced soon!

Timeline

  • January 1

    2024 Kickoff

    Call for Papers, Early Bird tickets sales (first 100 only, then prices +$100), sponsor sales, scholarship program all open

  • January 31

    CFP Close

    CFP Closes

  • March 1

    Speakers Announced!

    Speakers announced, regular ticket sales

  • July 1

    Late ticket sales

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  • September 24

    Workshop day!

    JConf.dev 2024 starts with workshop day

  • September 25

    The big show!

    JConf.dev 2024 begins!

JConf.dev 2024 team

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