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Latest blog posts
Explaining software development to a class of 6-year olds
Posted on 17 Nov 2021 by Hanno Embregts
teaching
software-development
My daughter is 6 years old, and she and her classmates are currently learning about various professions. Her teacher asked the kids’ parents whether they would want to come into the classroom and explain their profession in 15 minutes or so. I really liked the idea of inspiring these bright young minds with some fun stories about software development, so I applied and prepared a lesson. Which turned out to be a lot harder than I thought it would be.
Pattern matching will make Java an even more powerful language
Posted on 10 Jun 2021 by Hanno Embregts & Peter Wessels
java
pattern-matching
We’ve known lambdas and streams since Java 8, and they’ve made Java a more powerful language. In the next few versions of Java, even more features that originated in functional languages will be added, one of which is pattern matching. It provides an elegant way to apply conditions to certain aspects of an object. We set out to investigate the possibilities that were introduced in JEP 305 (‘Pattern Matching for instanceof’) and how the pattern matching roadmap will make Java an even more powerful language.
Congratulations Java, and many happy returns!
Posted on 23 May 2020 by Hanno Embregts
java
Today is Java’s 25th birthday! On the 23rd of May 1995 the language was introduced at the SunWorld conference, in a time where desktop applications reigned supreme and the internet was still in its infancy.
hanno.codes?
hanno.codes is the personal website of Hanno Embregts.
Hanno Embregts is a Java Developer, Speaker and Teacher at Info Support (the Netherlands). He has over 14 years of experience with both front- and back-end development, with a special interest in automating the software development process to the fullest.