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Java books for any libraryWhat books should be on the bookshelf of EVERY Java programmer, no matter what specific technologies they are working on?The two that come… Started by David Moskowitz in Java |
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Feb 8, 2019 Reply by sneha gulati |
Error trying to use FragmentI am new to Android. I have been working thru some examples in a book called Head First Android Development. I entered a small program u… Started by Robert Sobol in Java |
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Fragment Syntax ProblemMy name is Rob Sobol. I have been working through a book called Head First Android Development. I hit a syntax error in a simple exercise… Started by Robert Sobol in Java |
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Hadoop getting old?An article just came out in InfoWorld about trends, which is always an interesting subject. Funny, they said Hadoop wasn't hot. Spark is. I… Started by Michael Levin in Trends |
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What's functional programming, anyway?Can you believe people are still trying to come up with a good definition or explanation of what functional programming is? Paul Krill is a… Started by Michael Levin in Functional Programming |
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Santafe CollegeSantafe just added a new BAS bachelor's program of study. 5651 Programming Started by Dan Lackey in Dynamic Languages |
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Feb 15, 2016 Reply by Michael Levin |
Using SQL with Node,.jsAll the tutorials and books for node.js seem to use Mongo as the database. I am not sold on 'document' databases and would like to know ho… Started by Kevin Neelands in Dynamic Languages |
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Nov 10, 2015 Reply by Lou Caudell |
The advantages of a RESTfull web-based APII need to get a better handle on the advantages of a RESTful web-based API. People tell me they scale better than other methods, but I don… Started by Kevin Neelands in Dynamic Languages |
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Oct 25, 2015 Reply by Kevin Neelands |
Want a Job?Hi, Not sure if this is the appropriate place to post this sort of things (forgive me if its not). My company (really nice company btw) i… Started by Saad Laassel in Java |
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Oct 15, 2014 Reply by Theresa Wizorek-MacIntyre |
Storing Sensitive Data ( like SSNs )We might have to store Social Security Numbers. We REALLY don't want to do this in our own database, we'd like some external 'vault' servi… Started by Kevin Neelands in Java |
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May 7, 2014 Reply by Michael Levin |
Happy 10th year, JCertif!
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InfoQ Reading List
Cloudflare Processes 10M+ Daily Insights with New Security Overview Dashboard
Cloudflare has launched a Security Overview dashboard that consolidates security signals into prioritized action items. It surfaces millions of daily insights, helping teams identify and remediate critical risks faster. Built on distributed checkers and real-time event processing, it integrates analytics workflows to reduce investigation overhead and improve response efficiency.
By Leela KumiliPresentation: The Human Scalability Problem: Why Your Teams Don’t Scale Like Your Code
Charlotte de Jong Schouwenburg discusses the "human bottlenecks" of hyper-growth. While systems scale, human cooperation often breaks down due to communication overload and lost context. She shares proven tools for behavioral scalability - including communication architecture and "engineering trust" - to help leaders maintain high-performing, autonomous teams without sacrificing speed or culture.
By Charlotte de Jong SchouwenburgArticle: From Batch to Micro-Batch Streaming: Lessons Learned the Hard Way in a Delta Index Pipeline
This article describes how a production delta-index pipeline migrated from scheduled batch to micro-batch Spark Structured Streaming. It covers why record-level streaming was rejected, how partition-based watermarks replaced fragile S3 completion markers, overlap-window correctness, and restart-as-design strategies for better predictability in object-store–based ingestion systems.
By Parveen SainiPodcast: Roq: Leveraging Quarkus to Build Static Sites at the Speed of Go
Andy Damevin, a developer who worked on Quarkus for almost a decade, talks about Roq. A project that started as an experiment to try to see if it’s possible to build a static web site generator on top of quarkus. He touches on the rationale for choosing Java and Quarkus, how to migrate to Roq, and the platform's future.
By Andy DamevinDoorDash Used Copilot to Convert Its XCTest-Based iOS Test Suite to Swift Testing
Using Copilot along with strong reliability safeguards, DoorDash migrated their iOS XCTest-based test suite to Swift Testing, thus modernizing a large test suite quickly, safely, and with measurable performance gains, says DoorDash engineer Matheus Gois.
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