Core Java
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Maven Common Problems and Pitfalls
Love it or hate it (and a lot of people seem to hate it), Maven is a widely used tool…
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Processing Java Annotations Using Reflection
In my previous article covering Java Annotations, I outlined a recent use case and provided you with some examples of custom…
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JUnit in a Nutshell: Unit Test Assertion
This chapter of JUnit in a Nutshell covers various unit test assertion techniques. It elaborates on the pros and cons…
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Garbage Collection: increasing the throughput
The inspiration for this post came after stumbling upon “Pig in the Python” definition in the memory management glossary. Apparently,…
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5 Error Tracking Tools Java Developers Should Know
Raygun, Stack Hunter, Sentry, Takipi and Airbrake: Modern developer tools to help you crush bugs before bugs crush your app! …
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3 Examples of Parsing HTML File in Java using Jsoup
HTML is the core of the web, all the pages you see on the internet are based on HTML, whether…
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lambdas and side effects
Overview Java 8 has added features such as lambdas and type inference. This makes the language less verbose and cleaner,…
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This is the Final Discussion!
Pun intended… Let’s discuss Java final. Recently, our popular blog post “10 Subtle Best Practices when Coding Java” had a…
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Gradle Goodness: Adding Dependencies Only for Packaging to War
My colleague, Tom Wetjens, wrote a blog post Package-only dependencies in Maven. He showed a Maven solution when we want…
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