Andres Almiray
From Canoo Engineering AG
Andres is a Java/Groovy developer and a Java Champion with more than 16 years of experience in software design and development. He has been involved in web and desktop application development since the early days of Java. Andres is a true believer in open source and has participated on popular projects like Groovy, Griffon, and DbUnit, as well as starting his own projects (Json-lib, EZMorph, GraphicsBuilder, JideBuilder). Founding member of the Griffon framework and Hackergarten community event. Andres maintains a blog at http://jroller.com/aalmiray
Java, JVM, Javas SE/EE
Gradle: Harder, Better, Stronger, Faster
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