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Featured / Java / kotlin

dotenv for Java, Kotlin and the JVM

[Just show me dotenv] When working within the context of a modern microservice architecture, one often encounters services written in a variety of languages using a variety of frameworks. There are numerous benefits to microservice architectures, however configuring each service can be quite complex. Each framework may offer their own configuration method e.g. property files, yaml, json, etc. As the number of microservices pile up, this quickly becomes a dev...

Featured / JavaScript / Logging / Node.js / REST / swagger

Node.js / Express app generator: with ES.next, API validation, documentation, logging, and more

[Take me to the app generator] I’m at work on a new project. My team and I are building a highly scalable service platform and have elected to build it using the microservices architecture pattern. The platform consists of many microservices, each of which is typically owned by a collaborating team. Teams are empowered to make decisions and choose technologies that best fit the need. This means that services may...

Featured / Java / REST

Play Framework – Adapting Java 8 CompletableFutures to Play F.Promises

Recently, I have been playing around with Java 8 and the Play Framework (2.4RC1) – bad pun intended :P. As I worked to develop the codebase, I found the need to integrate with Java 8 CompletableFuture‘s. No big deal, right? At first, it didn’t seem to be, but as I continued coding, I quickly became very unhappy with how my code was turning out. The Play Framework for Java introduces...

Java

Loading Balancing a JEE application using Tomcat and mod_cluster

Performance, scalability, and reliability are key factors to many production applications. Designing and implementing a highly performant, scalable, and reliable application is not an easy task. Furthermore, a single piece of computing hardware may not suffice in terms of the resources necessary to run and scale your application. As your user base grows, and continues to grow, your application will likely require more and more resources. In these cases, it...

Java / Patterns

Applying the Builder Pattern

The Builder Pattern is a design pattern used to separate the construction of a complex object from its representation, so that the same construction process can be used to create different representations. [1] Usage The Builder pattern is useful for constructing complex objects. It enables one to build a complex object without exposing the details of the object’s parts or how the object’s parts are assembled. Also, as noted previously,...