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Peter Doornbosch 15 mei 2018 After reading the Java 9 modularity book by Sander Mak and Paul Bakker (excellent book btw), I was wo….

AtomicReferences are handy to have around. Let’s see one in action and compare it to synchronized blocks to see the overhead and performance benefits they bring.

In this Git cheat sheet, we explore the most useful and frequently used git commands. Print the pdf and stop forgetting how does git rebase or other commands work with this 1-page git cheat sheet.

Java 8 added Streams. Are competing collections libraries like Eclipse Collections, Trove, Guava, etc. effectively deprecated now?

Debugging in ProductionWhy debugging in production is so tempting?In one of my first jobs, one o…

Code quality and release fatigue were cited as two major concerns with the Java ecosystem, as is increased competition from JVM languages.

Speedment is a Java Stream ORM Toolkit and Runtime that allows you to view database tables as standa…

Three new JEPs were targeted for JDK 11 a week ago today (7 May 2014). In three separate messages on the jdk-dev mailing list , Mark Reinhol…

See how to convert your Java Maps to Lists by using keys, values, and tooling introduced in Java 8 like streams lambda expressions.

Java 9 has introduced modules to the Java platform, changing the way we build and design applications. If you need a refresher on Java 9 modules, look no further than our cheat sheet. It covers module-info.java file contents, Java command line options, manifest attributes, and module types.

I’ve long time been a critic of the mechanism of compiler checked exceptions in Java. Whether you lo…

Bring Java performance testing back to development and QA with XRebel APM 2018