Although we are on Java 13, there are a lot of production installations running with Java 8. As a professional, I developed Java 8 code many times, even these days, and I have to be...
This comprehensive look at annotations in Java not only goes into how to create them but also advise on how to use them and how they're processed by the JVM.
Who still remembers the early days of JavaFX? Introduced in 2008, a time when Swing was treated like a red-headed stepchild, Java was “sloooow”, and falling behind on other Rich internet Applications (RIA) frameworks like...
There are many types of security measurements which can be applied to your application. Security on the network, on the platform, even physical security measurements. But these kind of security levels are mostly out of...
Another year of Devoxx and that means another interesting talk of Venkat Subramaniam ! This time the topic was about the new features and additions of Java 9. One of the coolest additions...
Collections have been around since JDK2. With JDK9 a new of() method is introduced to create Lists, Sets and Maps. How does it work and what are the caveats? This blog is based on the...
A use case I have encountered in more than one project concerns aggregating Strings from a database. My experience on these projects is that it turns out this is...
Most Java developers are familiar with Tomcat. It is a mature, lightweight and easy to use web server for Java web applications. But it still surprising how few people are aware and use some of...
