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Redis Users Rejoice! The JCache API Is Here

If you've been waiting for Redisson's JCache API implementation, then wait no more.

Updated January 6, 2017

by Nikita Koksharov

· 37,150 Views · 7 Likes

Learn how to write and read messages in Avro format to/from Kafka. Read on to understand how to produce messages encoded with Avro, how to send them into Kafka, and how to consume with consumer and finally how to decode them.

January 6, 2017

by Sushil Kumar Singh

· 424,462 Views · 11 Likes

Minideb: A Minimalist, Debian-Based Docker Image

Alpine Linux-based Docker images are small, but they can still bloat up quickly. If you're concerned about image size, search for alternatives, like Minideb.

January 6, 2017

by Sebastien Goasguen

· 62,948 Views · 3 Likes

Microservices vs. SOA

If you have worked with SOA before, you might wonder what is the difference between SOA and Microservices. Here I have explained both architectures and compared them in details.

Updated January 4, 2017

by Ima Miri

· 215,003 Views · 52 Likes

Documenting Architecture

Much like there is not one definition around what an architect does, there is not one standard precise way of documenting architecture.

January 4, 2017

by Yogeshwar Srikrishnan

· 44,917 Views · 33 Likes

Generating Maps With Mapnik and Docker

I've used OpenStreetMap to render maps, but ran into a problem with my Retina MacBook Pro. I needed special tiles rendered with a big scale factor to make them sharp.

January 4, 2017

by Dmitry Pokidov

· 10,983 Views · 3 Likes

Protobuf Alternative to REST for Microservices

When JSON appears to be inefficient, Protocol Buffers can be a viable option...but how viable, exactly?

January 4, 2017

by Mike Ensor

· 16,995 Views · 17 Likes

Architectural Shift in Web Applications

Let's jump right into this series with a look at architectural shifts that have occurred recently in web application.

January 4, 2017

by Amit Rathi

· 35,787 Views · 64 Likes

How to Install Percona Monitoring and Management on Google Container Engine

Since GKE runs on Kubernetes, we had to do some interesting changes to the server install instructions to use GKE to manage the Docker container pmm-server uses.

January 3, 2017

by Manjot Singh

· 6,412 Views · 1 Like

Running MongoDB Aggregations on Secondaries

Shifting aggregation to a secondary, such as with batch operations, can save your primaries for more pressing, time-sensitive matters.

January 1, 2017

by Vaibhaw Pandey

· 10,768 Views · 2 Likes

Integrate an H2 Database in Your Spring Boot App

You have created a Spring Boot application and would like to integrate with an H2 database. What do you do?

January 1, 2017

by Jose Praveen

· 280,663 Views · 23 Likes

How to Run Karma Tests in a Docker Container

How do you launch a browser in a Docker container that has no graphic acceleration? PhantomJS can be a viable solution to this problem.

December 31, 2016

by Abdelghani Tassi

· 15,355 Views · 3 Likes

Getting Started With vCheck

If you use a vSphere infrastructure, then vCheck can help. The vCheck framework is designed to run checks against your infrastructure to determine operational issues.

December 29, 2016

by Rob Nelson

· 11,342 Views · 3 Likes

Fixing the ''Unable to Query Docker Version'' Error

If you're unable to find your Docker machines and get an error with some confused certificates, try re-running the $ docker-machine env command.fix

December 29, 2016

by Mark Needham

· 12,079 Views · 3 Likes

Integrate Spring Boot and EC2 Using Cloudformation

Getting your Spring application up and running on top of an EC2 instance is pretty simple.

December 28, 2016

by Emmanouil Gkatziouras

CORE

· 10,616 Views · 4 Likes

How to Back Up Your Data Volumes to Docker Hub

Backing up changes that you've made to the container is pretty simple, but backing them up to the data volume is a little more difficult.

December 27, 2016

by Eran Avidan

· 25,520 Views · 4 Likes

Packaging Spring Boot Apps With External Dependencies Using Maven

Incorporate external dependencies for your Spring Boot app with a helping hand from Maven. You can package everything together, making it attractive for microservices.

December 23, 2016

by Harshith Bhaskar

· 186,492 Views · 14 Likes

Spring Sweets: Add Git Info to Info Endpoint

A simple change to the Gradle configuration can enhance your Spring Boot information endpoint with extra Git information.

December 22, 2016

by Hubert Klein Ikkink

· 11,623 Views · 1 Like

What Is Node.js for Java Developers?

Node.js is growing in popularity, but how exactly does it work? This guide breaks down the terminology into Java-friendly terms for easy understanding.

December 22, 2016

by Ratha KM

· 82,864 Views · 57 Likes

Apache NiFi 1.x Cheatsheet

This quick and easy guide will show you how to make Apache NiFi work for you, including processors, connections, and APIs.

December 20, 2016

by Tim Spann

CORE

· 22,876 Views · 8 Likes

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