(Updated 15 Dec 2020 with correct completed status!) Investigate Maven 2 for builds Have a glance at TestNG unit testing (completed 2013) Potentially play with JMock for current testing framework (completed ~2009) Play with GWT. (completed 2009-2013) Sign up for Pragmatic Architect event Check out JavaBlackBelt site - what is provided, and what are the feelings of professionals (or, more importantly, recruiters) towards these qualifications? Look into getting Visual Studio .

Things I took out of QCon: I want to play with Ajax. Maybe I’ve “grown out” of front end development but that doesn’t prevent it from being (potentially) extremely cool Selenium looks like a good place to start for automated website testing It can take up to 7 years to move away from a legacy architecture. Depressing, but at least it shows it can be done and it’s worth the effort I’m going to become a certified Scrum Master Mistress.