Two Approaches There’s little doubt that modern software architectures lean towards asynchronous models for communication between distributed components (where “distributed” means components that are not part of the same process, be they on the same or on different physical machines). Synchronous models such as Remote Procedure Call (RPC) are now largely discredited [Waldo, Vinoski]; even asynchronous variants of these are …

Java 21, released on September 19th, 2023, brings many new features, 8 which are fully integrated and 7 which are incubator or preview. In this article, I want to highlight one of those preview features: Java Enhancement Proposal (JEP) 445: “Unnamed Classes and Instance Main Methods”. It’s a preview feature, meaning you need extra flags to use it. The goal …

Devoxx Belgium 2023, the premier Java developer conference, held in Antwerp, Belgium is an event we eagerly anticipate. As representatives of Payara, a sponsor of the conference, we had the privilege of attending this year’s gathering, which took place at the iconic Kinepolis Antwerpen Cinema. The conference ran seamlessly, reflecting the organizers’ dedication to creating a productive environment for learning, …