Functional Exception Handling in Java with Vavr by Grzegorz Piwowarek

Subscribe to Devoxx on YouTube @ https://bit.ly/devoxx-youtube Like Devoxx on Facebook @ https://www.facebook.com/devoxxcom Follow Devoxx on Twitter @ https://twitter.com/devoxx 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.