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 …

Here we go! Missed J-Spring 2022? Relive it in the official aftermovie. The sessions will be coming online soon. Enjoy!

We continue building our microservices system by adding a coordination layer to handle spinning multiple services up and down.

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Although the Java 19 release is coming in September (2022-09-20), we already know what will happen in that release!

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In this post, learn how relational and NoSQL databases, Google Cloud Spanner and DataStax Astra DB, optimize distributed joins for real-time applications. Distributed joins are commonly considered to be too expensive to use for real-time transaction processing. That is because, …

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The JavaFX controller code maintains game state and responds to user input with appropriate updates to the UI.

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Most Java 17 blog posts focus on the shiny new language features. That’s all great, but we’d like to share what it takes to adopt Java 17 in a large tech team in the first place.

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RAM profiling has its strengths and weaknesses. The Debugger is a complementary tool to translate obtuse statistics to actionable changes!

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By exposing native Rust functions, you can be easily accessed using Project Panama’s Foreign Function Access APIs.

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In many cases, microservices are probably not ideal, but if you’re going to do it, take baby steps. Small and short-term wins matter; it boasts the team’s confidence. Always put checks and balance whether it is working or not. If not, then go back to the alternative ways.

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