Author: Bruno Borges Original post on Foojay: Read More What’s New in actions/setup-java 5.5.0 If you build Java on GitHub Actions, actions/setup-java is almost certainly the first step in your workflow. It installs a JDK, wires up JAVA_HOME and the PATH, configures Maven settings.xml, sets up dependency caching, and registers Maven toolchains — all before your build even starts. The …
Read More »Author: Tom Cools Original post on Foojay: Read More When we investigated unexpected performance variance in our Timefold Solver worker pods on our platform, we traced it to hyperthreading on AMD (x86-64) cloud instances. Switching to ARM (ARM64), where each vCPU maps to a physical core, eliminated the problem and roughly doubled effective throughput per dollar for concurrent solver workloads. …
Read More »Author: Frank Delporte Original post on Foojay: Read More A Lottie library is only as good as its output looks. If an animation renders differently in Lottie4J than it does in the official web player, that’s a bug, even when no exception is thrown and the code looks correct. Within the fxfileviewer, there is an app to visually compare the …
Read More »Author: Dominika Tasarz Original post on Foojay: Read More Running a community website is a bit like maintaining a codebase: the content that matters most is never completely done. And if you don’t schedule regular housekeeping, things can get outdated… Last week, we did some cleanup, restructuring, and updating. Here’s an overview of what changed. Navigation Reorganised The top menu …
Read More »Author: Mahendra Rao B Original post on Foojay: Read More Introduction For quite some time, I have been a huge fan of and fascinated by JetBrains products, tools, and libraries because of their masterful craftsmanship in product creation and their pristine focus on building high-quality developer tools. Even more excitingly, JetBrains Java Annotated Monthly newsletters have featured most of the …
Read More »Author: Shai Almog Original post on Foojay: Read More Years ago I wrote a piece called Open Source Bait and Switch. The short version: a project is released as open source while it has no business model, a community forms around it, and then the bill comes due. The project either rots into abandonware because nobody can afford to maintain …
Read More »Author: Muhammad Usman Original post on Foojay: Read More I pointed a scanner I have been building at an old Spring project, and it flagged javax.activation. The bump was 1.1-rev-1 to 1.1.1. Prior releases carried a GPG signature. This one did not. If you have read the post-mortems of real supply-chain attacks, that pattern should make you sit up. A …
Read More »Author: Cristobal Escobar Original post on Foojay: Read More Every application eventually has to deal with deeply nested data. JSON API responses with payloads six levels deep. Configuration files where the key you need is buried inside an array of objects, one of which has a null for the field you thought was required. Module metadata structures that nobody wrote …
Read More »Author: Otavio Santana Original post on Foojay: Read More Artificial Intelligence has swiftly evolved from a niche research topic to a technology that impacts nearly every aspect of the software industry. Developers now use AI to generate code, review pull requests, create documentation, and accelerate workflows through methods like vibe coding and specification-driven development. While these applications position AI as …
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The Java Magazine, which every NLJUG member receives four times a year in print, is now also available digitally through the new Devmio.nl learning and development platform. Every NLJUG member receives a personal login that provides access to the platform. In addition to all digital editions of Java Magazine, members gain access to an extensive library of high-quality content for …
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NLJUG – Nederlandse Java User Group NLJUG – de Nederlandse Java User Group – is opgericht in 2003. De NLJUG verenigt software ontwikkelaars, architecten, ICT managers, studenten, new media developers en haar businesspartners met algemene interesse in alle aspecten van Java Technology.