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Book Review: Optimizing Java
InfoQ reviewed the book Optimizing Java, a comprehensive in-depth look at performance tuning in the Java programming language written by Java industry experts, Ben Evans, James Gough and Chris Newland. InfoQ spoke to the authors for more insights on their experiences, learnings and obstacles in authoring this book.
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Understanding Blockchain Basics and Use Cases
We discuss the two main types of blockchain solution, and some of the major variants deployed today. Use cases for the different solutions are also explored.
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Micronaut Tutorial: Part 2: Easy Distributed Tracing, JWT Security and AWS Lambda Deployment
In this second Micronaut tutorial article we are going to add several features to our app: distributed tracing, security via JWT and a serverless function. Moreover, we will discuss the user input validation capabilities offered by Micronaut.
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Stateful Service Design Considerations for the Kubernetes Stack
At this summer’s QCon in New York, Jonas Bonér delivered one of the most popular talks of the conference with his focus on Designing Events-First Microservices. In this InfoQ Q&A, we asked Bonér to explain how “bringing bad habits from monolithic design” is a road to nowhere for service design, and where he sees his Akka framework fitting in the cloud-native stack.
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Decoupling in Cloud Era: Building Cloud Native Microservices with Spring Cloud Azure
To implement a microservices architecture there are common patterns to use. Spring Cloud realizes these patterns as building blocks, and Spring Cloud Azure takes it one step further.
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An Introduction to Kotlin for Serverside Java Developers
Kotlin is one of the newer languages on the JVM from JetBrains, the makers of IntelliJ. It is a statically typed language which aims to provide a blend of OO and FP programming styles. Kotlin compiler creates bytecode compatible with the JVM, allowing it to run on the JVM and interoperate with existing libraries. We present the main features that might appeal to Java developers.
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Natural Language Processing with Java - Second Edition: Book Review and Interview
Natural Language Processing with Java - Second Edition book covers the Natural Language Processing (NLP) topic and various tools developers can use in their applications. Technologies discussed in the book include Apache OpenNLP and Stanford NLP. InfoQ spoke with co-author Richard Reese about the book and how NLP can be used in enterprise applications.
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Micronaut Tutorial: How to Build Microservices with This JVM-Based Framework
Micronaut is a modern, JVM-based, full-stack framework for building modular and easily testable microservice applications. In this tutorial you will create three microservices written in Java, Kotlin and Groovy that use the framework.
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Modeling Uncertainty with Reactive DDD
Vaughn Vernon has written several books on DDD and reactive messaging patterns, and has found that the nature of distributed systems means you must deal with uncertainty. How to respond to a missing message, or a message that is received twice, should be a business decision, and therefore must be part of the domain model.
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Explore the New Java 10 “var” Type: An Introduction and Hands-on Tutorial
Learn about the new Java 10 "var" type, and experiment using JShell with this hands-on tutorial on how to reduce boilerplate code using new type inference for local variables.
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JShell: A Comprehensive Guide to the Java REPL
JShell provides an interactive shell for quickly prototyping, debugging, and learning Java and Java APIs. In this article, we’ll take a comprehensive look at JShell, understanding all its commands, its uses, and how to use it most effectively.
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The State of Java Serialization
Java’s Serialization feature has garnered several years' worth of security exploits and zero day attacks. This article discusses the current state of the technology and what can be done, both now and in the future, to protect against serialization flaws.