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 …
Cucumber is an open source Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) software testing framework that can be used for creating Java applications that follow the business goals. Using BDD and Cucumber will allow you to make sure that you are not only doing the things right (meaning that your software does not have …
Discover the voices behind the “97 Things Every Java Developer Should Know” in this GOTO Book Club episode with Trisha Gee, Java Champion and leader of the Java Developer Advocacy team at JetBrains, and Kevlin Henley, thought provoker at Curbralan.
This live Java coding session explores several features in Java 9, 10 and 11 that enable you to create cleaner code. It discusses factory methods for collections, extended streams, updates to Optional, try with effectively final resources, local variable type inference, and HTTP/2 client. It also presents best practices and …
Once we looked at serialization as an important addition to Java. As the years passed, we began to recognize the flaws in its design and sighed. Today we realize that the story of Java serialization has become a dark and twisted tale.
GraalVM is a high-performance open source virtual machine offering new optimizations for individual languages and seamless interoperability for polyglot applications. For Java, GraalVM lets you optimize different performance aspects including a choice between JIT and AOT compilation modes, employing diagnostics tools and selecting the best language libraries for the job.
