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Book Review: “Effortless Cloud-Native App Development Using Skaffold”

There is no better time than the present for a book such as this, which can surely be seen to be some kind of Skaffold Bible.

The author provides a complete and thorough overview of the central issues faced by users of Kubernetes, presents Skaffold as a solution, highlights its features and pitfalls, while placing it within the context of the broader ecosystem of comparable solutions.

Faster Maven Builds (Part 2): Inside Docker

Following on from different techniques to fasten your Maven builds, I’d like to widen the scope and do the same for Maven builds inside Docker.

Faster Maven Builds (Part 1)

I want to detail some techniques you can leverage to make your Maven builds faster in this article. The next article will focus on how to do the same inside of Docker.

GlassFish & Payara Auto-Clustering: Running Jakarta EE Highly-Available Applications in the Cloud

Check out out-of-box GlassFish & Payara auto-clustering implementation details and infrastructure topology specifics.

Getting Started with Jakarta EE 9: Jakarta EE 9.1

The objective of Jakarta EE 9.1 is to provide certification on Java SE 11 and not to deliver new features.

Payara Platform October 2021 Survey

We are inviting all Payara Platform community users to answer a few questions about your use of the Payara Platform and ecosystem components!

Java Thread Programming (Part 2)

Let’s see an example of where we can use Threads. Let’s assume we are building a web server that returns the most used words in a website.

The Costs of Hidden Logging

The story of a partially implemented logging facility in the JDK 8 backport of JFR (for which I was also partially responsible)!

JReleaser: Looking for Translation Contributions

Looking for people who would like to contribute translations to their native language, allowing JReleaser to reach and help an even wider audience.

Understanding Apache Maven (Part 4): Maven Lifecycle

Apache Maven executions are tied to lifecycles. A lifecycle groups a sequence of activities.

Maven provides three basic lifecycles for its standard build management. More lifecycles can be created as needed, though that is a rare need. There are three standard lifecycles provided by Maven.