

Tales from the jar side
Ken Kousen
Writing projects, speaking engagements, training classes, and personal anecdotes from Java, Groovy, and Kotlin developer Ken Kousen
Created 20 Jan 2020
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Tales from the jar side: The Gateway software symposium, Genetic algorithms, and April Fools tweets04 Apr 2022Welcome, fellow jarheads, to Tales from the jar side, the Kousen IT newsletter, for the week of March 27 - April 3, 2022. This week I taught my Deep Dive Into Spring course as an NFJS Virtual Workshop...
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Tales from the jar side: Java 18, the new NFJS season, and funny tweets27 Mar 2022Welcome, fellow jarheads, to Tales from the jar side, the Kousen IT newsletter, for the week of March 20 - March 27, 2022. This week I taught my Spring Data course and my Functional Programming in Jav...
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Tales from the jar side: The business of training, Public vs private courses, and other tweets20 Mar 2022Welcome, fellow jarheads, to Tales from the jar side, the Kousen IT newsletter, for the week of March 13 - March 20, 2022. This week I taught a Spring and Spring Boot course to a private client. Regul...
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Tales from the jar side: Mockito Answers, New books, and my Medical adventure13 Mar 2022 • 1 1Welcome, fellow jarheads, to Tales from the jar side, the Kousen IT newsletter, for the week of March 6 - March 13, 2022. This week I had to cancel all my classes, because I spent the week as a patien...
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Tales from the jar side: Sharing Gradle settings, Major news events this week, Pebbles' birthday, and the Joy of watching Steph Curry27 Feb 2022Welcome, fellow jarheads, to Tales from the jar side, the Kousen IT newsletter, for the week of February 21 - February 27, 2022. This week I taught Week 3 of my Spring and Spring Boot in 3 Weeks cours...
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Tales from the jar side: A Mockito custom matcher, Teaching to empty rooms, and Funny tweets20 Feb 2022 • 1 0Welcome fellow jarheads to Tales from the jar side, the Kousen IT newsletter, for the week of February 14 - February 20, 2022. This week I taught Week 2 of my Spring and Spring Boot in 3 Weeks course ...
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Tales from the jar side: Stored procedures in Spring, The secret to happiness, and Clever tweets13 Feb 2022Welcome, fellow jarheads, to Tales from the jar side, the Kousen IT newsletter, for the week of February 7 - February 13, 2022. This week I taught Week 1 of my Spring and Spring Boot in 3 Weeks course...
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Tales from the jar side: A Groovy Podcast, OBS with chroma key, and the time Chuck Norris told me to cease and desist (really)06 Feb 2022 • 1 2Welcome, fellow jarheads, to Tales from the jar side, the Kousen IT newsletter, for the week of January 31 - February 6, 2022. This week I taught my Managing Your Manager course and my Basic Android D...
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Tales from the jar side: Groovy 4, Gradle, and Spock, A Grails Foundation honor, A CAP design pattern disaster, Some corrections, and Attempts to take the moral high ground30 Jan 2022 • 0 2Welcome, fellow jarheads, to Tales from the jar side, the Kousen IT newsletter, for the week of January 23 - 30, 2022. This week I taught my Deep Dive into Spring course and my Spring MVC course, both...
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Tales from the jar side: Cat Pictures in Groovy and Java, NFTs are evil, Big Questions, and Wholesome Memes23 Jan 2022Welcome, fellow jarheads, to Tales from the jar side, the Kousen IT newsletter, for the week of January 16 - 23, 2020. This week I taught an Introduction to Gradle course for Gradle, Inc., and my Kotl...
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