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Enterprise Java
Spring Boot as a Windows Service in 5 minutes
I recently had to deploy a Spring Boot application as a windows service and am surprised how easy it was…
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Enterprise Java
Java 9 on Java EE 8 Using Eclipse and Open Liberty
I wrote a post a few weeks ago titled Which IDE’s and Server’s support Java EE 8 and Java9 which…
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Agile
The T-Shape Deception
I have never worked with a single person who mastered no more than a single skill. Every individual I worked…
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Software Development
Alan Kay Was Wrong About Him Being Wrong
Time to time someone is asking me what I think about what Alan Kay, the father of OOP, the designer…
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Core Java
Handling Exceptions In Java
Every programmer wants to write a flawless program. That is, a program that runs without any hitch or glitch. Well,…
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Enterprise Java
Handle custom exception types in JAX-RS
JAX-RS supports handling custom exceptions — thrown in either EJBs or CID beans — to custom HTTP responses. Assuming we have an “exceptional” EJB:…
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Software Development
Microservices with Akka
As mobile and data-driven applications increasingly dominate, users are demanding real-time access to everything everywhere. System resilience and responsiveness are…
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Clojure
Gettin’ schwifty with Clojure’s core.async
A few months ago, somebody in the office pointed us to an interesting job offer from CartoDB which looked as…
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Core Java
Learning to use Wholly GraalVM!
Introduction In the post Truffle served in a Holy Graal: Graal and Truffle for polyglot language interpretation on the JVM,…
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