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Exception handling in Java is often considered cumbersome and not very aesthetically appealing. In this session, we'll have a look at how functional languages deal with error handling and how we can adapt those approaches in the world of Java with Vavr.

Simply put, we'll see how can we avoid “throws” by using Optional, Try, Either and by leveraging type-driven-development in general.

Grzegorz Piwowarek
From @CasumoTech
Grzegorz Piwowarek is a hands-on tech lead at @CasumoTech, a trainer at @bottega_it, a blogger at 4comprehension.com.

He was professionally involved in projects involving systems integration, image recognition, and recently in highly-scalable, distributed solutions.

Besides software development, he is a professional yo-yo player and a guitarist in a progressive metal band - Visions of Tondal.

Amazon.com Inc. Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos will step down from his post in the third quarter of 2021 and be replaced by Andy Jassy, the head of the company’s cloud computing unit.