Composing Multiple Async Results via an Applicative Builder in Java 8

A few months ago, I put out a publication where I explain in detail an abstraction I came up with…

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The importance of tuning your thread pools

Whether you know it or not, your Java web application is most likely using a thread pool to handle incoming…

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Reactive Development Using Vert.x

Lately, it seems like we’re hearing about the latest and greatest frameworks for Java. Tools like Ninja, SparkJava, and Play;…

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Reactive file system monitoring using Akka actors

In this article, we will discuss: File system monitoring using Java NIO.2 Common pitfalls of the default Java library Design…

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Writing BDD tests with Cucumber JVM

Cucumber JVM as an excellent tool to write your BDD tests.In this article I would like to give an introduction…

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Migrating Spring App to MicroServices App on AWS

The company I am working for has recently gone through a migration of refactoring our code base from a monolithic…

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Functional Data Structures in Java 8 with Javaslang

Java 8’s lambdas (λ) empower us to create wonderful API’s. They incredibly increase the expressiveness of the language. Javaslang leveraged…

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Native Speed File Backed Large Data Storage In ‘Pure’ Java

Motivation All this started with the realisation that I could not afford a big enough computer. Audio processing requires huge…

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2 decades of Java: A timeline of the notable events

Reference: 2 decades of Java: A timeline of the notable events from our JCG partner Jeshan Babooa at the Java…

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