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Core Java
ClassNotFoundException: is it slowing down your JVM?
Most Java developers are familiar with the infamous and very common java.lang.ClassNotFoundException. While the sources of this problem are generally…
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DevOps
A Docker Maven Plugin for Integration Testing
What is Docker? Docker is the buzzword that is taking the DevOps world. If you don’t know yet what is…
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Software Development
Apache Olingo is now a top-level project
The Apache Software Foundation recently announced that Apache Olingo has graduated from the Apache Incubator to become a Top-Level Project,…
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Core Java
How much faster is Java 8?
Java SE 8 was released yesterday. Traditionally, every new major JRE version comes with a free performance boost. Do we…
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Core Java
Constructor/Method Parameters Metadata Available Via Reflection in JDK 8
One of the lesser advertised new features of JDK 8 is the optional ability to include parameter metadata in compiled…
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Software Development
HTML5: Offline upload of images
I am currently working on an application which has needs to work offline. This has the beneficial side effect, we…
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Software Development
Building a nirvana
What started out three years ago as in a form of a single ANT file has grown into literally a…
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Groovy
Groovy Goodness: Closure as Writable
In a previous post we learned about the Writable interface and how the GString implementation implements this interface. In Groovy…
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Software Development
The Cost of Context Switching
I have always thought that I am good at multitasking. That is why I believed that I don’t have to…
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