Topics covered will include: The Handler abstraction and Groovy DSL Application composition and dependency injection, Ratpack's async execution model and programming abstractions, Using Ratpack with RxJava Testing and Running Ratpack on Heroku

Who should attend: Developers and technical architects who'd like to know what Ratpack is all about or are considering adopting it. This talk will be most suited to folks with at least a few years' of JVM programming under their belt plus some experience of functional programming. Bio: I'm a JVM developer/DevOpper of over 10 years and currently a consultant with Energized Work. I created WireMock and Saboteur, like functional programming, and probably ought to know better than to put pre-release frameworks into production!