Apache JMeter Tutorial

Want to load test your web app? Then you should know about Apache JMeter! This JMeter tutorial explains the basic…

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A Taxonomy Of Comments

Comments can be used to convey what code does, what it should to, what it does not do, why it…

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Stream Performance – Your Ideas

Last week I presented some benchmark results regarding the performance of streams in Java 8. You guys and gals were…

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Stream Performance

When I read Angelika Langer’s Java performance tutorial – How fast are the Java 8 streams? I couldn’t believe that…

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Java 8 SE Optional, a strict approach

About two weeks ago Stephen Colebourne presented his pragmatic approach to using Optional. If you read it, you might have…

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Impulse: “Adventures On The Road to Valhalla”

With all this talk about Java 9 and Project Jigsaw we should not loose sight of another big change coming…

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Thoughts On Comments

Wow, telling people to comment their fucking code really hit a nerve. The reactions covered the whole spectrum from “just…

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Comment Your Fucking Code!

You’re the elite. You know Clean Code by heart, you dream of SOLID design, and you unit-test every line you…

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Casting In Java 8 (And Beyond?)

Casting an instance to a type reeks of bad design. Still, there are situations where there is no other choice.…

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