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Author Q&A on Programming for Kids
The book Programming for Kids contains many examples that kids in the age from 9-14 can use to learn the basics of programming, using the programming language Ruby. It also shows them how they can use the command line on a Mac computer. Parents can sit beside their kids and follow along. InfoQ did an interview with the author Peter Armstrong about how kids learn computer programming.
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Interview with Andy Piper on the Eclipse Paho project and the Internet of Things
MQTT provides the communications link for low-power systems. InfoQ caught up with Andy Piper, lead of the Eclipse Paho project, to find out more about the history of MQTT and why it is being used by internet scale companies such as Facebook.
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Custom Assertions in Java Tests
Using so-called "matcher libraries" to implement custom assertions to make tests more readable and maintainable.
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From Imperative Programming to Fork/Join to Parallel Streams in Java 8
The authors compare different methods to compute the variance of a large data set using an imperative style, The fork/join framework and the new Streams API in Java 8
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Modern Enterprise Performance Analysis Antipatterns
In this article we present some of the most common performance analysis antipatterns in the enterprise platform, expressed in terms of their basic causes along with remediation strategies.
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The Secrets of Database Change Deployment Automation
Yaniv Yehuda looks at the challenges involved in automating database deployments and offer suggestions based on Agile and DevOps concepts.
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Building Applications With Hadoop
When building applications using Hadoop, it is common to have input data from various sources coming in various formats. In his presentation, “New Tools for Building Applications on Apache Hadoop”, Eli Collins overviews how to build better products with Hadoop and various tools that can help, such as Apache Avro, Apache Crunch, Cloudera ML and the Cloudera Development Kit.
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ActiveJPA – Active Record Pattern for JPA
ActiveJPA is a Java implementation of Martin Fowler’s Active Record pattern that wraps around JPA and provides useful abstractions to simplify data access. With ActiveJPA, models themselves act as a DAO and interact with the database without requiring additional code for the DAL. In this article the primary committer discusses ActiveJPA and provides plenty of usage examples.
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Minding the API Hierarchy of Needs with RAML and APIkit
Reza Shafii explains how to satisfy two fundamental needs of API design and implementation, as defined by the API hierarchy of needs, with RAML, API Designer and APIkit.
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Discover and Diagnose Java Concurrency Problems Using Contemplate's ThreadSafe
Writing Java software that correctly and safely makes use of concurrency requires careful thought. Software that incorrectly accounts for concurrency can contain intermittent defects that elude even the most rigorous testing regimes. Static analysis tools can analyze source code or compiled bytecode to discover latent bugs hidden within code, long before it is executed.
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Book Review and Interview: Real World OCaml
The new book Real World OCaml provides a deep dive into the OCaml programming language. InfoQ caught up with the authors to hear about real world Ocaml users, its unique features, and much more.
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Preparing for Your First MongoDB Deployment: Backup and Security
This article we focuses on the database backup tools and security policies when deploying MongoDB NoSQL databases. Topics like cloud backups with MongoDB Management Service (MMS), authentication, and authorization are covered.