# Foojay Podcast #60: Proud Of Belgium - Devoxx, JobRunr, Timefold, OpenJDK Mobile, OpenJFX, Thymeleaf, htmx,...

> Belgium might be tiny, but we have a strong Java Community! As I was doing interviews at Devoxx in October, I met several of these people, and we talked…

- URL: https://foojay.io/today/foojay-podcast-60/
- Published: 2024-11-04
- Authors: Frank Delporte, Geoffrey De Smet, Johan Vos, Ronald Dehuysser, Wim Deblauwe
- Categories: Conference, Podcast


Belgium might be tiny, but we have a strong Java Community!

As I was doing interviews at Devoxx in October, I met several of these people, and we talked about their projects, how you can get involved in OpenJDK, and maybe even start a company out of it.

This podcast will teach you more about Devoxx, VoxxedDays, Devoxx4Kids, JobRunr, Timefold, OpenJDK Mobile, OpenJFX, Thymelead, htmx, and more!

## Video

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## Guests

### Stephan Janssen

* <https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanjanssen/>
* <https://x.com/Stephan007>
* <https://www.devoxx.com>
* <https://events.voxxeddays.com>
* <https://www.devoxx4kids.org/>

### Ronald Dehuysser

* <https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronalddehuysser/>
* <https://x.com/rdehuyss>
* <https://www.jobrunr.io/en/>

### Geoffrey De Smet

* <https://www.linkedin.com/in/ge0ffrey/>
* <https://x.com/GeoffreyDeSmet>
* <https://timefold.ai/>

### Johan Vos

* <https://www.linkedin.com/in/johanvos/>
* <https://mastodon.social/@johanvos>
* <https://x.com/johanvos>
* <https://gluonhq.com/>
* <https://github.com/openjdk/mobile>
* <https://github.com/openjdk/jfx/>

### Wim Deblauwe

* <https://www.linkedin.com/in/wimdeblauwe/>
* <https://x.com/wimdeblauwe>
* <https://www.wimdeblauwe.com/books/modern-frontends-with-htmx/>
* <https://www.wimdeblauwe.com/books/taming-thymeleaf/>
* <https://www.wimdeblauwe.com/projects/>

## Content

00:00 Introduction

00:47 **Stephan Janssen** about how Devoxx started  

02:22 Difference between Devoxx and VoxxedDays  

03:47 About Devoxx4Kids  

04:22 Sponsors are needed to keep the entrance fee low  

06:26 About the speakers and CFPs  

07:11 Important Belgian Java people and tools

09:08 **Ronald Dehuysser** about JobRunr  

10:00 How to turn an open-source project into a company  

11:09 Reviewing and validating the evolutions in Java  

12:35 Importance of conferences  

13:23 How government support can help a startup  

14:02 Challenge of starting a company...

14:40 **Geoffrey De Smet** about Timefold and the challenges in scheduling  

16:47 How AI helps to find the best schedule  

18:34 How it started as an open-source project (Optoplanner)  

19:06 The challenges of growing Timefold as a company  

21:26 Visiting conferences as a "yearly training"

22:36 **Johan Vos** about OpenJFX and how he got involved  

24:49 Everyone can contribute to OpenJDK and OpenJFX  

25:50 The goal of the OpenJDK Mobile project  

29:33 About the Belgian Java community

30:29 **Wim Deblauwe** about Spring libraries and books  

30:50 About Wim's Thymeleaf and htmx books  

32:08 How to get involved in the Java community  

33:06 Goal of writing a book  

33:40 Wim's involvement in the community

35:08 Outro