
On March 13, Azul and industry-leading Java luminaries will host an engaging virtual event to celebrate 30 years of Java. Join us for informative sessions, festivities, and surprises. We’re profiling the presenters, and today’s post is about Developer Advocate Marit Van Dijk.

Don’t miss Developer Advocate Marit Van Dijk’s sessions, Friends of OpenJDK and Reading Code. Here are the abstracts:
Friends of OpenJDK
(with 3 other Java experts)
Hear from active collaborators in the OpenJDK community about how they got started and what excites them about using the OpenJDK. Pick up tips and tricks for getting the most out of the OpenJDK and its vibrant international community.
Reading Code
As developers, we spend a lot of time learning to write code, while spending little to no time learning to read code. Meanwhile, we often spend more time reading code than actually writing it. Shouldn’t we be spending at least the same amount of time and effort improving this skill? Deliberate practice can help us get better at reading code. In this talk we will discuss the benefits of deliberately practicing reading code in a code reading club or session without an IDE, as well as common strategies to navigate a new codebase and familiarise ourselves with the code using the IDE.
Meet Developer Advocate Marit Van Dijk
JetBrains Developer Advocate Marit Van Dijk is a true developer advocate. She is passionate about building awesome software in collaboration with amazing people, and making developers’ lives better. She is committed to continuous learning and actively shares her expertise in programming, software development, testing, and test automation. She has also contributed to open-source projects like Cucumber.
She has more than 20 years of diverse experience across various roles and companies. She regularly presents at international conferences, participates in webinars, and appears on podcasts. She writes blog posts and tutorials, creates videos, and is a contributor to the book “97 Things Every Java Programmer Should Know” (O’Reilly Media).
An impressive lineup of presenters
An all-star panel of influential leaders in Java development will be on hand to lead sessions, interact with attendees, and answer questions. This is a rare opportunity to have access to such an impressive list of Java luminaries.
Registration is open now! Register and join us for Duke Turns 30 on March 13.
