Java 9 Migration Guide: The Seven Most Common Challenges

I’m sure you’ve heard that updating to Java 9 is no walk in the park, maybe even that it’s an incompatible…

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A JDeps Primer – Analyzing Your Project’s Dependencies

JDeps is the Java Dependency Analysis Tool, a command line tool that processes Java bytecode, meaning .class files or the…

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JUnit 5 – Parameterized Tests

JUnit 5 is pretty impressive, particularly when you look under the covers, at the extension model and the architecture. But…

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Optional Dependencies in the Java Platform Module System

The Java Platform Module System (JPMS) has a strong opinion on dependencies: By default, they need to be required (to…

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Repackaging Exceptions In Streams

Java 8 is a couple of years old but there are still use cases, not even edge cases, that the…

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Why Elvis Should Not Visit Java

I was recently involved in quite a long Twitter discussion regarding Java’s Optional, type systems that distinguish nullable and non-nullable…

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Publishing Snapshots With Gradle’s maven-publish Plugin

I’ve recently started a new project with Gradle and decided to jump straight in – no Gradle experience, no clue…

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What Future Java Might Look Like

During the second week of November was Devoxx Belgium, Europe’s biggest Java conference, and as every year the community’s who’s-who…

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Rebutting 5 Common Stream Tropes

I’ve just finished reading “1 Exception To The Power of JDK 8 Collectors” and I have to say that I…

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