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Understanding Server-Sent Events (SSE) as Part of the API Landscape

Server-sent events can be a positive boon for any web application. In this post, we take a look at how SSEs fit into the world of APIs.

December 23, 2017

by Kin Lane

· 14,133 Views · 3 Likes

Multi-Release JARs: Good or Bad Idea?

The folks at Gradle feel that Java 9's multi-release JARs are a poor solution to a real problem for library designers. See how to create an MRJAR and why you shouldn't.

December 23, 2017

by Cédric Champeau

· 20,492 Views · 16 Likes

Installing the ELK Stack on AWS: A Step-by-Step Guide

Want to bring in the ELK stack for your AWS logging and monitoring needs? This guide will get you set up with the open source solution.

December 22, 2017

by Asaf Yigal

· 44,088 Views · 8 Likes

Custom Error Handling Framework for an Enterprise Using MuleSoft

Learn how to make that Mule gallop like a horse by creating your own custom exception handling framework for your MuleSoft app.

December 22, 2017

by Rakesh Kumar Jha

· 13,295 Views · 4 Likes

Synchronized Mule Batch Processing

This tutorial will teach you the steps to set up synchronized batch processing in a Mule application to send batch reporting figures back to the flow.

December 21, 2017

by Deepak Kushwaha

· 21,428 Views · 3 Likes

How to Generate Your Avro Schema Automatically

Today, I'll explain how you can use the Schema Generator to automatically create Avro schemas with the basic Taxi tutorial pipeline.

December 21, 2017

by Pat Patterson

· 50,867 Views · 4 Likes

Ring Buffer: A Data Structure Behind Disruptor

In this article, we look at Disruptor, a library for passing messages between threads, and look at how it's data structure enables high performance.

December 21, 2017

by Grzegorz Mirek

· 24,645 Views · 6 Likes

The Evolution of EC2 Network Performance: m3, m4, and m5

So, are AWS EC2's fancy new m5 instances worth it? In a word: yes. See the performance impact and cost savings you can expect.

December 21, 2017

by Andreas Wittig

· 12,428 Views · 4 Likes

When Monolithic Is the Way: Play vs. Spring Boot vs. Grails

This article reviews the benefits of using a monolithic structure for your project, and choosing which framework to use based on features and documentation.

December 20, 2017

by Marini Fabio

· 38,002 Views · 10 Likes

What You Can Expect as a Client, From SOAP to gRPC

We take a quick but insightful look at what you can expect as a client consuming one of the several forms of API implementations. Read on and let us know what you think!

December 20, 2017

by Kin Lane

· 8,077 Views · 2 Likes

Install oh-my-zsh on Windows

This tutorial is for Windows users who want to set up oh-my-zsh, an open source framework for managing your z shell, or ZSH, configuration.

December 20, 2017

by Michal Bocek

· 29,052 Views · 2 Likes

Row Level Security in Hibernate Using @Filter

Learn how to give certain people permission to view certain parts of your database, and thus increase your database's security.

December 20, 2017

by Ali Akbar Azizkhani

· 22,789 Views · 12 Likes

Highly Available Docker Registry on AWS With Nexus

Want a place to keep your Docker images that won't fail when the chips are down? See how you can create an HA repo on AWS using Nexus.

December 20, 2017

by Mohamed Labouardy

· 11,505 Views · 5 Likes

Data Transformation: CSV to XML With Apache Camel

Learn how to convert a CSV message into XML using Camel Apache Processor, or from any format into another, with code examples.

Updated December 19, 2017

by Jitendra Bafna

· 41,916 Views · 7 Likes

Communicating Between Microservices

Inter-service communication is essential to consider when building microservices. Learn about the characteristics and benefits of different communication styles.

December 19, 2017

by Piotr Mińkowski

· 199,333 Views · 119 Likes

Data Transformation: XML to JSON And JSON to XML With Apache Camel

In this tutorial, you will learn how to achieve data transformation by converting XML to JSON and JSON to XML with Apache Camel.

December 19, 2017

by Jitendra Bafna

· 57,096 Views · 7 Likes

Check out this great article on to learn how to create authentication and authorization protocols in your web application using ASP.NET.

December 19, 2017

by Kelvin Santos Amorim

· 45,150 Views · 4 Likes

Spring Boot as a Windows Service in 5 Minutes

We take a look at how you can get up and running quickly using Spring Boot to create a Windows service as well as pass configuration details.

December 18, 2017

by Martin Farrell

· 88,174 Views · 27 Likes

EC2 Network Performance Demystified: m3 and m4

Choosing the right AWS EC2 instance for your network can be a challenge, so here are some benchmarks for m3 and m4 instances to help your decision making.

December 18, 2017

by Andreas Wittig

· 7,759 Views · 1 Like

JAX-RS List Generic Type Erasure

When using JAX-RS resource methods, be sure you know how to maintain your Lists' generic types. This guide will tell you how to handle type erasure.

December 18, 2017

by Alex Theedom

· 19,471 Views · 3 Likes

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