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Why Java is Still Worth Learning in 2025: A Developer’s 25-Year Journey

Author: Markus Westergren Original post on Foojay: Read More Table of Contents I’ll be honest – my first encounter with Java in 1999 wasn’t love at first sight. It was during a university distributed systems course, and coming from a background in assembler and C, Java felt bloated, slow, and frankly untrustworthy. That “automatic memory handling” seemed like dangerous magic …

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JavaFX Links of July 2025

Author: Frank Delporte Original post on Foojay: Read More Table of Contents CoreApplicationsGamesComponents, Libraries, ToolsPodcasts, Videos, BooksConferences, PresentationsTutorialsMiscellaneousJFX Central Here is the overview of the JavaFX LinksOfTheMonth of July 2025. You can find the weekly lists on jfx-central.com. Did we miss anything? Is there anything you want to have included in one of the next overviews? Let us know via …

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Java, What’s Old? Part II: Utils

Author: Anthony Goubard Original post on Foojay: Read More Table of Contents ObjectsvolatileLocaleCollatorNormalizer After Java, What’s Old? Part I – Collections, let’s now have a look at less known old utility classes that can still be useful. Everything in this series will be in Java 8 and later, so after reading this article, you will be able to use it …

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De uitkomsten van de NLJUG Leden-enquête

Een aantal maanden geleden heeft onze stagiaire Sander Aarts als onderdeel van zijn afstudeerproject Commerciele Economie een leden-enquête uitgevoerd onder alle NLJUG leden. Naast dat de response (meer dan 800) overweldigend was,  realiseren wij ons dat we ondanks dat zijn scriptie alweer van een tijdje geleden is , de uitkomsten en conclusie over dit onderzoek nog niet breed is gedeeld …

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Robust AI Applications with LangChain4j Guardrails and Spring Boot

Author: A N M Bazlur Rahman Original post on Foojay: Read More Table of Contents Understanding LangChain4j GuardrailsSetting Up a Spring Boot Project with LangChain4jImplementing Input Guardrails Content Safety Input Guardrail Smart Context-Aware Guardrail Intelligent Input Sanitizer Implementing Output Guardrails Professional Tone Output Guardrail Hallucination Detection Guardrail Testing Your GuardrailsCreating AI Services with Guardrails Rest endpoint DemoConclusion As AI applications …

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Why Mirroring Production in Dev Helps You Avoid Costly Mistakes

Author: Ricardo Mello Original post on Foojay: Read More Table of Contents The setup: A realistic aggregation scenarioThe application behind the testTesting on M0: The hidden riskTaking it to production: Same query, different outcomeReal-time metrics: Detecting the bottleneckQuery insights: The detective toolDon’t guess, let Performance Advisor show the wayResilience under pressure: Testing primary failover Replication Failover scenario Simulating application load …

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CodeRabbit Tutorial for Java Developers

Author: Aravind Putrevu Original post on Foojay: Read More Table of Contents Getting Started Prerequisites Setup Process Core Features for Java Development 1. Code Quality Analysis 2. Security Vulnerability Detection 3. Performance Optimization Suggestions 4. Design Pattern Recognition Working with CodeRabbit Reviews Understanding Review Comments Responding to Reviews Java-Specific Configuration Custom Rules Setup Maven/Gradle Integration Advanced Features 1. Custom Prompts …

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Foojay Podcast #77: DevBcn Report, Part 2 – Spanish Knowledge Sharing

Author: Frank Delporte Original post on Foojay: Read More Table of Contents VideoPodcast (Audio only)Content This is the first Foojay podcast in Spanish. It’s also the shortest one and the final of season 4 Jonathan Vila “highjacked” the microphone from Geertjan Wielenga (See episode 76) during the DevBcn conference in Barcelona and interviewed a few of the participants for this …

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Introducing a New Java DMX512 Library With Demo JavaFX User Interface

Author: Frank Delporte Original post on Foojay: Read More Table of Contents A Personal StoryAbout DMX512 and OFL What is DMX512 What is Open Fixture Library DMX512 Java Library My Test Setup Minimal Code Example Using Fixtures and Modes Detecting USB-to-DMX and IP-to-DMX interfaces DMX512 JavaFX Demo ProjectNext Steps In this post, I would like to inform you about a …

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Agent Memory with Spring AI & Redis

Author: Raphael De Lio Original post on Foojay: Read More Table of Contents You’re building an AI agent with memory using Spring AI and Redis. Unlike traditional chatbots that forget previous interactions, memory-enabled agents can recall past conversations and facts. It works by storing two types of memory in Redis: short-term (conversation history) and long-term (facts and experiences as vectors), …

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