Author Archives: Ken Fogel

About Ken Fogel

Java Champion, JCP Executive Committee Member, Vice-President of the Jakarta EE Ambassadors, NetBeans Dream Team Member, and conference speaker/organizer. Currently a Research Scholar in Residence at Dawson College after retiring from the classroom. Passionate about teaching and inspiring everyone to be better programmers.

On Writing Transitioning to Java, My First Book

I decided to write a book. What academic has not thought about doing this. I spent 31 years teaching programming starting with Pascal and then through my career C, C++, Perl, PHP, and finally Java. There have been other languages I used before I became an instructor. The most lucrative contract I ever had involved writing in PL/1 on an… Read more »

JCP Executive Committee Meeting – Singapore April 2023

I first ran for a seat on the JCP EC because I was concerned about how Java was losing relevance in education. The JCP Java in Education initiative was started to improve Java’s place in schools. When I was first elected by my peers to the JCP EC, one of the perks of being a member of this committee was… Read more »