Ah, the halcyon days of Java development, where coding was king and APIs were the castle! From the nitty-gritty of the Java VM and garbage collection to the euphoria of leveraging new APIs, life was straightforward. With each Java update, you could expect nothing but improvements, a far cry from other ecosystems where every new version turned into a mini-project …

Understanding the Process of Elimination in Debugging The Basics Using External Tools The Power of Unit Tests in Debugging Benefits of Mocking Frameworks The Challenges with Flaky Issues The Concept of the ‘Tong Motion’ Applying the Tong Motion to Debugging An Illustrative Case: Debugging a Server Performance Issue Wrapping Up Software debugging can often feel like a never-ending maze. Just …

A new library for Java / JavaFX has just been released. The library’s name is FXComponents and it is a Java library that contains a collection of new controls to be used in JavaFX applications. As of the time of writing, FXComponents is being built using Java 17 and JavaFX 20. Below is a brief description of the controls currently …