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Foojay Podcast #59: DevRel Explained and How to Become a Conference Speaker

Author: Frank Delporte Original post on Foojay: Read More What do people who have Developer Relations as their job description do? And how do you become a conference speaker? You’ll learn in this Foojay podcast!  At Devoxx in Belgium, I got to talk to Josh Long, Baruch, Pratik Patel, and Roni Dover, who were on the stage because it was …

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Book Review: Mastering the Java Virtual Machine

Author: Mahendra Rao B Original post on Foojay: Read More Otávio Santana’s “Mastering the Java Virtual Machine” takes readers on an insightful journey through the inner workings of the JVM. As I read this book, I found myself reconnecting with the fundamentals of Java programming while also discovering new depths of understanding. The book strikes a perfect balance between nostalgia …

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Deep dive into bits, bytes, shorts, ints, longs, signed, and unsigned with Java

Author: Frank Delporte Original post on Foojay: Read More On the Pi4J discussion list, someone recently asked what the best and easiest way is in Java to convert a byte value. In Java, there is no distinction between signed and unsigned bytes, which can be confusing. My book “Getting Started with Java on the Raspberry Pi” contains an explanation about …

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