Java Magazine - May/June 2012

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JAVA CHAMPION PROFILE

MICHAEL HÜTTERMANN: Up Close and Personal

MOVING JAVA FORWARD IN JAPAN

Java Champion Michael Hüttermann, developer, architect, consultant, and author of three books on agile development, recently took time off from his demanding schedule to tell Java Magazine a bit about his nonworking life.

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Java Magazine: Where did you grow up?

Hüttermann: I grew up in

Hüttermann: I’m a team player, and I’ve always very much enjoyed team sports. I’ve played soccer for years actively. But lately, I’ve run out of time to do so. I’m also a passive sportsman: I enjoy watching soccer matches on TV, and live matches in arenas as well.

Ruhr, an urban area in North

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Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Left to right: Oracle’s Nandini Ramani; Oracle’s Jasper Potts; Duke welcoming attendees; Fujio Maruyama, visiting professor at Waseda University, explaining why Java is back

Now I live in Cologne, the fourth-biggest city in

Germany and a great place to live.

Java Magazine: What was your first computer and programming language?

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Hüttermann: My first computer was a Commodore 64.

JavaOne Tokyo 2012 was held in Tokyo, Japan, April 4–6, 2012. With more than 1,100 attendees, this second of four regionally executed JavaOne conferences included informative keynote and technical sessions, vendor participation, an Oracle Technology Network lounge, and interactive local Java community involvement.

I played around and programmed with it in the early

people and seeing new
places. I don’t regret being
a freelancer today; after my
first book was published, it
was a good decision to leave
my job then. I have much
more freedom now and
enjoy every minute. It’s most
important for me to be able
to learn from others, and to
find collaborative working
environments.
Java Magazine: Anything
else you want to share? Any
plans?
Hüttermann: What makes
me excited now is that my
fourth book, on agile devel-
opment, is in progress. I like
writing; without writing,
staying in hotels around the
world every night would be
pretty boring. And I hope that
some people will find the
book useful to read.

’80s. My very first languages included BASIC, Pascal, and, later, Cobol and Java.

A major focus of the conference was the Java roadmap. At the Java Strategy keynote on the first day of JavaOne Tokyo, Oracle’s Java engineering executives Cameron Purdy, Nandini Ramani, and Henrik Stahl stepped through Oracle’s technology roadmap for Java SE, JavaFX, Java ME/embedded Java, and Java EE. The key takeaways: Java SE 8 will include Project Jigsaw and Project Lambda; Java ME/embedded Java will synchronize CLDC and JDK releases; and Java EE 7 will support elasticity for capacity on demand and multitenancy. Sharat Chander, group director of Java technology outreach at Oracle, also called on local Japanese developers to continue their active participation in the Java community by joining Oracle Technology Network.

But the C64 was definitely the initial kickoff for me for computers and programming. I guess I share this history with many others.

Java Magazine: What else do you do in your spare time? Hüttermann: Work! Also, I have a cat that is always a pleasure to play with. His name is Doctor Snuggles, named after the main character in a British/German/ Dutch TV series that aired from 1979 to 1980. Watching the Doctor is a lot of fun; actually, it’s very clear every day that cats are related to tigers. Cats are small tigers! Java Magazine: What “side effects” of your career do you enjoy the most? Hüttermann: Meeting many

And so, the Java Champion
goes back to his work.
You can read more about
Michael Hüttermann in the
recent article “Agile ALM:
A Conversation with Java
Champion and ALM Expert
Michael Hüttermann.” You
can also visit his blog and
find him on Twitter
(@huettermann).