Using Maven or Gradle or something else? However you manage dependencies it’s a critical element in application development. Most of us though use these tools without much thought and consume open source components with little regard to the consequences. Unfortunately our choices often come back to bite us when it’s time to upgrade those pesky vulnerable dependencies or move to the next version.

In this session we’ll explore the world of dependencies and help you understand how to select components more wisely, how to use the tools more effectively and how to make upgrading less of a scary chore.

We'll cover the data available (more than you might expect) compare the various sources of components (also more than you might expect) and show a few simple tools and configs that can help relieve the stress of upgrading: after all no one likes spending their vacation on emergency patching!