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Java Magazine #2 2022: Java 18 is here!

Dit zou geen Java Magazine zijn zonder diepgaande tech artikelen vanuit onze community. Lees onder andere meer over de nieuwe features van Java 18, iRules op de JVM, Unit tests met Groovy en Spock en hoe je als Javaan het best aan de slag kan gaan met Kotlin. Maar je vindt dit keer ook artikelen met minder code zoals bijvoorbeeld …

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Java Magazine #1 2022: De buren van Java

We willen je helpen de kansen van het nieuwe jaar te benutten. Ditmaal niet enkel met deep dives in Java, maar met uitstapjes naar verwante programmeertalen die jou als Javaan helpen je portfolio uit te breiden. Zo hebben we artikelen over React Hooks in JavaScript, Kotlin DSL’s & coroutines, SQL code testen en een Rust introductie. Voor ieder wat wils! …

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Remote and Distributed Build Patterns

Remote and distributed builds are terms frequently used, misused and abused. Here we share insight for what these terms mean and how they affect your build feedback times. A frequently-requested feature for the Gradle Build Tool is the ability to perform remote or distributed builds. But what exactly does this mean? And what are the motivations behind the requests? This …

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J-Fall Call for Papers has opened!

The Call for Papers application for the biggest Java event of the Netherlands is open! For J-Fall 2022 we will use a sessionize Call for Papers app. Do you have a interesting Java-related story that you would like to share with your fellow NLJUG members? Then submit your paper now. That way we will produce the best possible program by …

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How to Secure Your Web Apps With An API Gateway

API management solutions, also known as API gateways, are a must in the day and age of APIs. However, once you’ve set up such a gateway, you can use it for different purposes unrelated to APIs. Today, I want to show you how to improve the security of web apps. Prevent sniffing Browsers are fantastic pieces of technology that try …

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Debugging Java Collections Framework Issues in Production

The Java Collections Framework was a huge leap forward when it was introduced as part of Java 2 (JDK 1.2). Thanks to the included collection classes we finally moved beyond the limits of Vector and Hashtable to more mature and generic solutions. With the introduction of streams and functional concepts in Java 8 the framework took everything to the next …

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Deserialization Exploits in Java: Why Should I care?

Hackers refer to deserialization in Java as “the gift that keeps on giving”. But what is actually the problem? In most cases, it is not even your own code that creates this security vulnerability. This problem is also not restricted to Java’s custom serialization framework. When deserializing JSON, XML, or YAML, similar issues can occur as well. I recently gave …

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Journeys in Java, Level 6: Build a Neo4j Microservice

For our next adventure in Java microservices, we want to expand our system for book review data. While books and authors are well-suited for a document database such as MongoDB, once you add reviews to the mix, the importance of the relationships makes this project better suited for a graph database. This way, we can utilize relationships between the different …

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