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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.

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)!

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.

Multiple Ways to Configure Spring

Many alternatives are available to configure your Spring app.

I’d like to list them in this post, leaving Spring Boot out of the picture on purpose.

Understanding Apache Maven (Part 3): Maven Coordinates & POM Inheritance

In Part 3 of the series, an explanation of dependency coordinates and “distinguishers” as well as a more detailed look at POM hierarchies are covered.

K8ssandra Performance Benchmarks on Cloud Managed Kubernetes

Running Cassandra in Kubernetes using K8ssandra does not introduce any notable performance impacts in throughput nor in latency.

We were thrilled to see that K8ssandra dramatically simplified the deployment of Cassandra clusters, making it mostly transparent to run on premises or on cloud managed Kubernetes services, while offering the same level of performance. 

The Debugger Checklist (Part II)

In the Debugger Checklist (Part I), I introduced some of the high level concepts and reviewed some of the common things you can do.

In this part, we’ll get down to the process. Again, it’s important to stress that this is boiled down and concentrated!

Java 17 on the Raspberry Pi

As part of the Foojay Virtual OpenJDK 17+ JUG Tour, I was asked to present the state of Java and JavaFX 17 on the Raspberry Pi.

So, a perfect opportunity to freshen up my #JavaOnRaspberryPi presentation with some hot-off-the-press versions.

Thorntail Fat, Thin, and Skinny Approach for Running Microservice Java Applications

Thorntail, originally WildFly Swarm, is most suitable for packaging applications as JAR, WAR, or EAR files. The most important value is in the functional agility the Thorntail provides. You can start with the stripped down version of Thorntail, adding the required parts and application code on top. Below we will …