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Have you fancied to have your own railway display at home? If you love traveling by public transport and always jump on the train just before the door closes like us, it’s really cool and highly efficient to have your …

In previous weeks, I’ve analyzed several libraries and frameworks that augment the client with AJAX capabilities. Vue.js Alpine.js HTMX Vaadin In this post, I’ll compare them across several axes. Analysis Frontend skills:Remember that I started this series from the point …

Hello to all Java and Spring enthusiasts. I am the Java Template Engine, a fresh newcomer to the Spring Initializer Ecosystem. I have gained popularity as a template engine for developing user interface applications that use Java syntax within Spring …

I’ve written a lot about Vaadin. I was so enthusiastic that I wrote the first book about it (besides the Book of Vaadin), its updated edition for Vaadin 7, and a companion website. Still, I’m amazed that so many people …

Otávio Santana’s "Mastering the Java Virtual Machine" takes readers on an insightful journey through the inner workings of the JVM. As I read this book, I found myself reconnecting with the fundamentals of Java programming while also discovering new depths …

On the Pi4J discussion list, someone recently asked what the best and easiest way is in Java to convert a byte value. In Java, there is no distinction between signed and unsigned bytes, which can be confusing. My book “Getting …

Other languages: Español 한국어 Português 中文 Just like my previous post, this one is going to be slightly meta. Obviously, you can use IntelliJ IDEA to profile another process, but did you know IntelliJ IDEA can profile itself? This might …

This article is part of a series comparing different ways to implement asynchronous requests on the client, which is colloquially known as AJAX. I dedicated the previous post to Vue.js; I’ll dedicate this one to Alpine.js – not to be …

In my previous article, I laid the ground to build upon; now is the time to start “for real”. I heard a lot of Vue.js. Additionally, a friend who transitioned from developer to manager told me good things about Vue, …

The concept of containers has helped to bring Java developers closer than ever to the cloud-native idiom of ‘write once, run anywhere.’ Effectively and efficiently containerizing your Java application can be much more of a challenge than you might originally …