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Stichting NLJUG is op zoek naar een nieuw bestuurslid

Ben jij gepassioneerd over Java en klaar om jouw stempel te drukken op de Nederlandse Java-gemeenschap? Dan is dit jouw kans om deel uit te maken van het bestuur van de NLJUG! Over de NLJUG De Nederlandse Java User Group (NLJUG) is dé onafhankelijke vereniging voor Java-enthousiastelingen in Nederland. Onze missie is om de Java-gemeenschap te verbinden, te inspireren en …

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How to Detect Cache Misses Using Observability

All of us know about caching in system design and software architecture, It is applicable everywhere in the computer industry, even in hardware. Caching is a quick and shortcut solution to improve performance, of course, we need to be careful of using the cache, misusing the cache can directly affect the system’s consistency. In this article, we will learn about …

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Changes Included in Release 24.02 of Azul Zing Builds of OpenJDK

Azul Platform Prime is a Java platform with a modern, TCK-compliant JVM, Azul Zing, based on OpenJDK. Zing provides low, consistent response latency of your Java workloads, higher total throughput and carrying capacity, faster warm-up, and infrastructure savings, achieved thanks to the C4 pauseless garbage collector, Falcon JIT compiler and other technologies created by Azul. Zing Builds are available in …

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Records for Cleaner and More Expressive Parameterized Tests in JUnit 5

Introduction:  Parameterized testing in JUnit 5 is a potent technique for executing the same test logic with various inputs. While you can use a variety of data structures, such as custom classes, arrays, or collections, Java records offer a compelling advantage in readability, type safety, and expressiveness. Let’s examine how to leverage Java records for parameterized tests through a concrete …

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Improving upon my OpenTelemetry Tracing demo

Last year, I wrote a post on Open Telemetry Tracing to understand more about the subject. I also created a demo around it, which featured the following components: The Apache APISIX API Gateway A Kotlin/Spring Boot service A Python/Flask service And a Rust/Axum service I’ve recently improved the demo to deepen my understanding and want to share my learning. Using …

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Foojay Podcast #46: JUG Switzerland

In this podcast, once a month, we discuss the history of a Java User Group and the people behind it. In this episode, I’m leaving the European Union and stepping over the border of Switzerland, the country where the Red Cross was started, and many international institutions have their headquarters. Let’s find out if there is also a big Java …

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JavaFX Links of March 2024

Here is the overview of the JavaFX LinksOfTheMonth of March 2024, published on jfx-central.com during this month. Components, Libraries, Tools Pedro Duque Vieira integrated this pull request in FXThemes: “True Dark Mode is now also available on Mac. All thanks to Carl Dea. Not new, but siedlerchr pointed us on EasyBind: “Leverages lambdas to reduce boilerplate when creating custom bindings, …

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Aspect-Oriented Programming (AOP) Made Easy With Java

Aspect-oriented programming (AOP) is a programming paradigm that seeks to increase modularity by separating cross-cutting concerns from core application logic. Cross-cutting concerns refer to functionality like logging, security, and transactions that span across multiple areas of an application. AOP allows these concerns to be encapsulated in reusable modules called aspects. This improves modularity and makes the codebase easier to maintain. …

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Tips for reading code

As developers, we read code more than we write it. When adding new features or fixing bugs, we first need to understand existing code, so we can make the right changes in the right place. When reading code inside the IDE, IntelliJ IDEA helps us to read and understand code by providing helpful features like syntax highlighting and inlay hints. But there …

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To Brussels, Canada and Back

Last year was my first year blogging, speaking at conferences, meeting incredible people, and seeing places I’ve never been before. It was at times quite arduous but at the same time energizing, as you can read in my post Looking back on one year of speaking and blogging. I didn’t want it to be a one-off year, so I dutifully …

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