Matthias, who just started at Anchr, felt it was a must to be present: ‘I especially picked up tips and tricks to improve my programming and testing in Java’. The talks on security and AI assistants were also inspiring. Attending Devoxx was the ideal opportunity for me to gain more knowledge about programming in Java, as well as discovering new things that I can later integrate into our Anchr software. I have taken note of the Test Driven Development (TDD) methodology and will definitely apply it in future projects.’ Abdalla also agrees: ‘With TDD, you always write your test first, before you start writing your code. This ensures that you program with a clear goal based on what you want to achieve.’  

Abdalla found the talks about AI very interesting: ‘developing with AI is currently very relevant. I wanted to learn as much as possible about it. I also attended talks on new features in Java 21, Oauth2, and testing. Each one was very interesting’ 

Steve, the team coach of Abdalla and Mattias, didn't want to miss Devoxx. 'This year Devoxx was celebrating its 20th edition for a reason. Each year the conference lives up to its name and is full of inspiration and knowledge. We attended several talks on software architecture (Things I wish I knew before I started with event sourcing), on how we can test our software better and faster in the future, and how AI can be used during the development of a project. Finally, we also picked up the latest trends in Java.