As Java software developers, we build on the shoulders of giants – using APIs developed by others to propel ourselves further forward. Frequently we also find ourselves in the position where we must provide our own APIs for other software developers to use. Building a Java API is not without …
Java’s Calendar and Date classes are long in the tooth. Many developers up till now have used 3rd party frameworks like JodaTime or built-in support in Groovy to manage any respectable date and time handling. JSR-310 is the new DateTime API that is based on JodaTime. It was lead by …
JSR 331: Constraint Programming API became an official JCP standard in March 2012. This specification defines a Java runtime API for constraint programming. The Constraint Programming API prescribes a set of fundamental operations used to define and solve constraint satisfaction and optimization problems.
This presentation shares the golden nuggets learned while designing, implementing and supporting JSON-based REST APIs, using examples from a clean real-world REST+JSON API built with Java technologies.
This talk shares with you the experience building a platform of online services for mobile games with Grails with the goal to support a big load.
Designing a really clean and intuitive REST + JSON API is no small feat. You have to worry about resources, collections of resources, pagination, query parameters, references to other resources, which HTTP Methods to use, HTTP Caching, security, and more! And you have to make sure it lasts and doesn’t …
