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Working With Resources, Folders, and Files

Learn about working with files, folders, and resources in Scala projects, such as accessing the resources folder, and reading files line by line.

February 10, 2016

by Alexey Zvolinskiy

· 23,955 Views · 4 Likes

The Datefinder Package in Python

A quick tutorial on using the datefinder package to take any string with dates in it and transform them into a list of Python datetime objects.

February 9, 2016

by Mike Driscoll

· 6,644 Views · 1 Like

Building Your Own Web Scraper with CasperJS

While Python and Ruby are the proven languages for this task, there's no reason we can't do this in JavaScript right?

February 9, 2016

by James Sugrue

· 27,392 Views · 13 Likes

NULL is the Worst Mistake in Computer Science

A treatise on why NULL is the bane of most developers' and most languages' existence, and what can be done to fix it.

February 8, 2016

by Paul Draper

· 58,939 Views · 70 Likes

Java Dynamic Proxy: What is a Proxy and How can We Use It

Learn all about Java dynamic proxies: what they are, when to use, how and when to use in code.

February 8, 2016

by Peter Verhas

CORE

· 145,711 Views · 17 Likes

SQL Performance Tuning: Query Optimization 101

The following page describes some of the best practices of using SQL queries from a performance perspective. We use Oracle as our primary reference but most of the recommendations are applicable to other RDBMS SQL engines as well.

February 8, 2016

by Bikram Sinha

· 23,409 Views · 9 Likes

Overview of Java's Escape Analysis

Understand Escape Analysis and write better and more performant Java code today!

February 7, 2016

by Per-Åke Minborg

· 20,961 Views · 7 Likes

CAFEBABE: Java's Magic Word

Java compilers make Java source code into bytecode. Did you know all Java classes start with the word CAFEBABE? Check out this awesome look at the Java magic word.

February 6, 2016

by A N M Bazlur Rahman

CORE

· 67,281 Views · 23 Likes

AES256 on Three Platforms: Using CryptoJS, PyCrypto, and CryptoSwift

Learn more about AES256 encryption and discover cross-platform decryption and encryption, with a look at CryptoJS.

February 4, 2016

by Chase Seibert

· 20,884 Views · 2 Likes

Exceptions in Java: You're (Probably) Doing It Wrong

You've probably used exceptions in Java, but have you used them properly? Generally, exceptions are for exceptional cases. See whether or not you should use checked exceptions, and when and how to use Java exceptions.

February 4, 2016

by Sam Atkinson

· 54,840 Views · 41 Likes

Creating a New JVM Language, Part 1: The Lexer

First step: generate an abstract syntax tree. First part of the first step: the lexer.

February 4, 2016

by Federico Tomassetti

· 14,551 Views · 9 Likes

Single Sign-On Made Easy: SAML With Tomcat and PicketLink

Learn all about SAML single sign-on with PicketLink and Tomcat, including an investigation of how SAML single sign-on works, and overviews of Fediz, Tomcat, and PicketLink.

February 3, 2016

by Brett Crawley

· 48,414 Views · 11 Likes

Java 8 CompletableFutures Part I

Java 8's debut included a neat concurrency too, the CompletableFuture class. Here's an awesome look at CompletableFutures, with a glance at combining and composing tasks.

February 2, 2016

by Bill Bejeck

· 30,237 Views · 8 Likes

Creating a Proxy Object Using cglib

A Java-based proxy object can be utilized when you need a method invocation handler. Here's a look at creating a proxy object with cglib, a super useful Java bytecode generation library.

January 30, 2016

by Peter Verhas

CORE

· 19,791 Views · 2 Likes

Using Parameter Converters in JAX-RS

Here's how to use parameter converters in JAX-RS, with injection made simple, rules, and exceptional scenarios.

January 29, 2016

by Abhishek Gupta

CORE

· 24,672 Views · 6 Likes

Service Discovery With NGINX Plus and Consul

Service discovery is crucial to service-oriented architecture, and distributed systems. Here's a look at service discovery with NGINX Plus and Consul, a service discovery tool.

January 29, 2016

by Patrick Nommensen

· 7,519 Views · 2 Likes

Using Traits in Java 8

In programming, traits have been around in Scala and PHP a while, but are relatively new through default methods in Java. Here's a quick example on how to use traits in Java 8!

January 29, 2016

by Emil Forslund

· 32,656 Views · 10 Likes

A New JavaFX App Framework for Kotlin — TornadoFX

How to use the TornadoFX MVC framework with JetBrains' Kotlin JVM language.

January 28, 2016

by Edvin Syse

· 31,035 Views · 9 Likes

Realm by Example: CRUD on Android in 200 Lines of (Very Readable) Java

Introduction to Realm, a mobile database with an OO-optimized persistence engine.

January 28, 2016

by Roman Kukhar

· 82,839 Views · 15 Likes

Grids in a SPA: Integrating JQGrid With Spring MVC and GSON

Here's a neat example using JQGrid and Spring MVC with Gson integration, derived from work on a single page app. This awesome tutorial shows how to setup a web project in Eclipse define web.xml, and more!

January 28, 2016

by Dinuka Arseculeratne

· 11,180 Views · 3 Likes

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