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Enterprise Java
SpringOne Platform 2016 Retrospective
I recently wrapped up attending the SpringOne Platform conference in Las Vegas. This was my first time attending SpringOne; it…
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Software Development
How I Chose my Replacement for Parse.com Part 2
You probably recently received the “Next Steps from the Parse Team” newsletter in your inbox in which you were urged…
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Core Java
Remembering to Reset Thread Context Class Loader
I’m having a difficult time thinking of anything I like less about working with Java than working with class loaders.…
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Software Development
Testing Spark Streaming: Unit testing
There is enough evidence to prove the importance of automated testing. Projects in new fields often neglect automated testing, as…
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DevOps
Distributed Application Bundles (Tour Around Docker 1.12 Series)
The new Swarm bundled in Docker 1.12+ is a vast improvement compared to the old orchestration and scheduling. There is…
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Software Development
How to avoid underestimating complexity
People involved in software projects would say that software development is about understanding complexity. What is complexity? Complexity is easy…
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Enterprise Java
Update DynamoDB Items with Java
On a previous post we proceeded into inserting items to DynamoDB using Java. DynamoDB also supports updating items. We will…
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Software Development
Ye Olde Monolith
As a professional software engineer, you probably have encountered an architectural stumbling block known as a MONOLITH#1. A monolith is…
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Software Development
How to create an editor with syntax highlighting for your language using ANTLR and Kotlin
What we are going to build In this post we are going to see how to build a standalone editor…
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