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Java 9's New HTTP/2 and REPL
Java 9 will not just be about modularity; it is targeting a large number of additional pieces of functionality. In this article Ben Evans dives into HTTP/2 support and the JShell REPL (Read-Eval-Print-Loop) that brings shell-based interactive Java development, two new JEPs that may well have the biggest impact on developers' working lives during the lifetime of Java 9.
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The Practice and Future of Release Engineering
This article features highlights from interviews with release engineers on the state of the practice and challenges in release engineering space. The interview questions cover topics like release engineering metrics, continuous delivery's benefits and limitations.
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Integrating Raft into JGroups
JGroups has many features that could be useful to a robust Raft consensus based implementation. In this article, Ugo Landini takes us through a project to implement a Raft consensus based algorithm on top of JGroups, which could be really a nice addition in many different use cases.
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Programming with Semantic Profiles: In the Land of Magic Strings, the Profile-Aware is King
As this article’s author, Mark Foster, puts it, "Absent profiles, the API space will be relegated to blindly passing around 'magic strings, fooling ourselves into thinking we are passing reliable semantic information." Here, Foster — one of the editors of the ALPS specification — explains what semantic profiles are and how they can transform the way Web APIs are desgined and implemented.
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Lessons Learned Adopting Microservices at Gilt, Hailo and nearForm
This article contains an extensive interview on the microservices adoption process, the technologies used, the benefits and difficulties of implementing microservices, with representatives from Gilt, Hailo and nearForm.
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User Story Driven Docs
At OutSystems we stopped trying to document the UI and started doing user story driven documentation. In this article I'll tell you why you should avoid document the UI, and how to check if you're already doing it. I'll also tell you how focusing on user stories changed our team's culture, and the process we're currently using to create documentation for OutSystems Platform.
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Profiles on the Web: An Interview with Erik Wilde
Erik Wilde talks to Mike Amundsen about Profiles, Description, Documentation, Discovery, his Sedola project and the future of Web-level metadata for APIs.
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DevOps & Product Teams - Win or Fail?
Peter Neumark found a new world when he moved from a DevOps infrastructure team to a Lean product team.How to experiment frequently while keeping operational performance? Platform teams to the rescue!
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Interview with Tim Fox About Vert.x 3, the Original Reactive, Microservice Toolkit for the JVM
Vert.x is a reactive, microservices toolkit for the JVM, that provides an asynchronous, scalable, concurrent services development model. It supports polyglot language development with first class support for JavaScript, Ruby, Groovy, Scala, and of course Java.
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The APIs.json Discovery Format: Potential Engine in the API Economy
In the fast growing world of APIs and microservices, finding just the right API when you are developing a web, or mobile application, or possibly integrating between existing systems, is always a tedious task.
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Minecraft Modding with Forge
Arun Gupta has been working with Devoxx4Kids for over two years, teaching Java programming with Minecraft modding. Together with his son Aditya, they wrote a book which teaches children how to code in Java for creating mods for Minecraft. InfoQ spoke to Arun about the recently published book, Minecraft Modding with Forge.
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Managing Technology with CORE Strategy & Architectural C’s & P’s
Suman Pradhan, who has worked in healthcare, financials and technology sectors, has written about developing the CORE (Consolidate, Optimize, Refresh and Enable) approach to helping architects and developers build sustainable solutions that match the business needs. In this article he discusses CORE and compares and contrasts with other software architectural techniques.