Between January 22 and 27, you can join the FREE ONLINE conference with only Java Champions as speakers. I'll be talking about the FFM API, but there are many more interesting topics! Check the schedule here: https://jchampionsconf.com

Live streams on YouTube are already available to add alerts to be notified when a session starts:
https://www.youtube.com/@JChampionsConf/streams

Tickets are available from Eventbrite to join the conference community:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/jchampions-conference-online-tickets-1977195901165

One of the strangest things of 2025: I walked into @devoxx room, 15 minutes before I was going to talk about the FFM API. The previous speaker was wrapping up his talk when I heard him say my name among the people who convinced him to start presenting at conferences! And now I stumble upon his earlier post from last year. Thanks, Markus Westergren, for the shoutout.

Read Markus' blog:
https://javapro.io/2025/06/25/java-technical-leadership-journey/

And listen to the Foojay podcast about this topic:
https://foojay.io/today/foojay-podcast-88/

I started my 2026 #JavaOnSingleBoardComputers and #JavaOnRiscV journey with two different #OrangePi boards. The 5 Ultra with #ARM processor, and RV2 with #RISCV.

Quick conclusion: Java works great on both, of course :-)

Blog post on:
https://webtechie.be/post/2026-01-12-first-test-orangepi-java/

Video on:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_t8DiUWBUo.

Here is the new #JavaFX #LinksOfTheWeek, published on https://www.jfx-central.com/links.

Thanks to
Patrik Karlström
Kawsar Technologies
iifx.dev
Matt Coley

Happy reading, and have a lovely #Java weekend!

Ever since I started my #JavaOnRaspberryPi journey in 2019 for my book "Getting Started with Java on the Raspberry Pi", I've been fascinated with these tiny, inexpensive computers.

For 2026, I've set one of my goals to experiment with different types of Single-Board Computers (SBC). These boards are available with different processors based on x86, ARM, and RISC-V.

In this blog, I compare these processors:
https://webtechie.be/post/2026-01-07-x86-arm-riscv

#JavaOnSingleBoardComputers #JavaOnRiscV @pi4j

Thanks to contributions from Talik Kasozi, I was able to release V1.0.0 of my #LemonSqueezy #Java library with support for #SpringBoot. More info on https://github.com/codewriterbv/lemonsqueezy-java/releases/tag/1.0.0

Here is the first #JavaFX #LinksOfTheWeek for the new year, published on https://www.jfx-central.com/links.

Thanks to
@jabref
LogoRRR
Mapton
@dlemmermann
Lee Wyatt
@foojay
Vlad Protsenko
Matt Coley
Craig Raw
Florian Enner
Carl Dea

Happy reading, and have a lovely #Java weekend!