Using Java 9 Modularization to Ship Zero-Dependency Native Apps

Why can’t I just build an .EXE? When Java was first introduced, mainstream programming languages mostly either compiled to standalone…

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How to Use GitLab and GitHub Together

The Source Control Hosting Landscape GitHub has been the the most popular site for hosting open source software projects since…

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Easy Database Manipulation with Groovy and Gradle

Groovy:  The “Enterprise Hipster” Language Not everyone sees the Java programming language as sexy.  However, the Java virtual machine is…

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Go for Java Programmers: Simple Types

Part of the Go for Java Programmers series Before we get into custom types, and Go’s version of object-orientation, let’s…

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Go for Java Programmers: Control Structures

Go (Golang) has only three basic control structures.  However, each of them are significantly more versatile than their Java counterparts.…

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Go for Java Programmers: Packages, Functions, and Variables

Go’s Familiar Syntax Due to their shared heritage in the C programming language, Go (aka Golang) code should be fairly…

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Go for Java Programmers: Introduction

Background Go (often referred to as “Golang”) is a fairly new programming language, first conceived in 2007, with version 1.0…

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WAR files vs. Java apps with embedded servers

Most server-side Java applications (e.g. web or service-oriented) are intended to run within a container.  The traditional way to package…

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How to install Oracle’s Java on Ubuntu the easy way

Developers on Ubuntu are accustomed to seeing at least two flavors of Java. OpenJDK is an open-source build of the…

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