Why I Don't do TDD
Test Driven Development puts emphasis on unit over integration tests. The result can be lower quality featuring bugs baked into the product.
Friends Of OpenJDK Today
Every article on foojay.io, newest first: OpenJDK, the JVM, Java tooling and the ecosystem around them, written by the Java community.
What is An Application Server? In 3 Minutes!
Learn the difference between application servers and web servers, what an application server can do to make your life as a developer easier!
JavaFX Links of November
Another month has passed and this is a summary of the Links Of The Week that were published on jfx-central.com during November!
Kafka vs. Chronicle for Microservices: Which is 750 Times Faster?
Find out why, while Kafka is a good choice for log aggregation, it might not be low latency enough for use cases involving microservices.
How Java Litters Beyond the Heap: Relational Databases
Let’s create a simple Java application and see how the application generates garbage at the relational database level.
A Poor Man's API
Creating a full-fledged API requires resources, both time and money. Let's achieve it without writing a single line of code!
Controlling a LED Strip with Pi4J and JBang
The Raspberry Pi, Pi4J and JBang are a perfect combination to experiment with electronics. Find out more here!
You’re Doing It Wrong — Recruiting a DevRel
Hiring a developer relations/advocate is difficult. It's even harder to be the first DevRel in the company.
Gossips: An Event-Bus in a Chatty Neighbourhood
Using Metaphorical Programming to create an Event-Bus, a global pub-sub component to enable cross-component communication.
Unusual Java: StackTrace Extends Throwable
While having a class that directly extends Throwable is surprising, it is allowed and is also useful for providing additional information.