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Book Review: Monolith to Microservices (Part 2)

This is the second article of the first one I wrote the other day, “Monolith to Microservices: Evolutionary Patterns to Transform Your Monolith” by Sam Newman. In this article, I will summarize chapter two. Chapter #2: Planning to Migration In this chapter, the book discusses the goal and mindset. When we are looking for a Microservices, what should be our …

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Wordish with JavaFX – Part 2

Building Games and Having Fun with Java and JavaFX Welcome to Part 2 of this five part series! In Part 1, we introduced the Wordish game with JavaFX and discussed the main UI layout. In this second part, we’ll discuss some important look and feel enhancements. We’ll show you specialized Label and Button controls and using pseudo-classes for advanced CSS …

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Chopping the Monolith: The Demo

In my previous blog post Chopping the Monolith, I explained my stance on microservices and why it shouldn’t be your golden standard. However, I admitted that some parts of the codebase were less stable than others and had to change more frequently. I proposed “chopping” these few parts to cope with this requirement while keeping the monolith intact. As Linus …

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