# Foojay Podcast #39: Java Dominicano

> Today, we are traveling to the Dominican Republic to learn more about the country and its Java community.

- URL: https://foojay.io/today/foojay-podcast-39/
- Published: 2024-01-02
- Authors: Frank Delporte
- Categories: Conference, JUGs, Podcast


Once a month in this podcast, we talk about the history of a Java User Group and the people behind it.

Today, we are traveling to the Dominican Republic to learn more about the country and its Java community.

## Video

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## Guests

### Brayan Muñoz Vargas

* <https://twitter.com/Brayanmnz_>
* <https://www.linkedin.com/in/brayanmnz/>

### Eudris Cabrera Rodriguez

* <https://twitter.com/eudriscabrera>
* <https://www.linkedin.com/in/eudriscabrera/>

## Podcast

### Host: Frank Delporte

* <https://foojay.social/@frankdelporte>
* <https://twitter.com/FrankDelporte>

## Content

00:00 Introduction  

01:10 About the Dominican Republic  

02:02 About JavaDominica  

04:43 Cooperation with other Caribbean and Latin-American JUGs  

06:16 Spanish as the main language  

07:13 Gender mix of the community  

08:05 Java education in Dominican Republic  

11:16 About JConf Domonica

* <https://jconfdominicana.org>
* <https://jconfdominicana.org/archive/jconf2023/speakers>

15:40 Java in Education Community Award

* <https://jcp.org/java-in-education>
* <https://jcp.org/en/press/news/awards/2023awards>
* <http://www.alice.org/>
* <https://scratch.mit.edu/>
* <https://webtechie.be/post/2023-09-18-jep-445-unnamed-classes-and-instance-main-methods/>

20:11 Best and worst JUG session  

22:26 Personal motivation to be part of the organisation  

25:06 Java career opportunities  

27:47 Plans for the future  

30:13 How to get in contact

* <https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/java-dominicano-talks-219639>
* <https://site.javadominicano.org/>
* <https://github.com/JavaDominicano>
* <https://www.facebook.com/groups/javadominicano>
* <https://twitter.com/javadominicano>
* <https://t.me/javadominicano>

32:33 Invitation to publish on Foojay

* <https://foojay.io/today/how-to-submit-your-next-article-on-foojay-io/>
* <https://foojay.io/today/join-slack-com-t-foojay-signup/>

33:12 Outro