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Core Java
Why I distrust wildcards and why we need them anyway
In any programming language that combines subtype polymorphism (object orientation) with parametric polymorphism (generics), the question ofvariance arises. Suppose I have…
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Enterprise Java
HawtIO on JBoss Wildfly 8.1
HawtIO gives awesome eye candy to your JVM based middleware. It’s a unifying console for applications that would otherwise have…
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Software Development
Top 10 Very Very VERY Important Topics to Discuss
Some things are just very very very VERY very important. Such as John Cleese. The same is true for Whitespace:…
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Software Development
Code is NOT poetry, it is just code
One can read in the footer of WordPress.org: Code is Poetry. This is quite a bold statement and whoever believes…
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Core Java
Testing code for excessively large inputs
When writing unit tests we mostly focus on business correctness. We do our best to exercise happy path and all…
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Software Development
My Exprience using ElasticSearch NodeJS and ExpressJS
General requirement Part of a system I am currently working on is manipulating raw data. The data being sent from…
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DevOps
AWS Speed Test: What are the Fastest EC2 and S3 Regions?
How do different AWS regions compare to one another? A benchmark of transferring data from EC2 instances to S3 buckets Many…
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Software Development
Using Oracle AQ in Java Won’t Get Any Easier Than This
As recently announced in our newsletter, the upcoming jOOQ 3.5 will include an awesome new feature for those of you…
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Core Java
How to Load Resources from Classpath in Java with Example
Classpath in Java is not only used to load .class files, but also can be used to load resources e.g.…
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