Software Design and Architecture Resources

The Top 3 Blockchain Libraries for Java Devs

If you want to incorporate blockchain into a Java project, here's a breakdown of the three biggest OSS players in the space right now.

October 19, 2017

by Boyko Dimitrov

· 58,205 Views · 9 Likes

An Introduction to Caching: How and Why We Do It

When it comes to caching, what was once a nice-to-have it now a must-have. Check out this detailed article to learn everything you need to know about caching!

October 19, 2017

by Arun Tawara

· 172,850 Views · 47 Likes

OAuth Access Tokens or JSON Web Tokens (JWT) for Delivering a Secure API?

When looking to secure your API, which security method do you use? In this article, we compare two of the more popular options among developers.

Updated October 18, 2017

by James Warner

· 63,673 Views · 2 Likes

Jersey Client Dependencies for JAX-RS 2.1

If you're looking to make use of a JAX-RS client outside of an enterprise container, you'll need to know the necessary dependencies.

October 18, 2017

by Sebastian Daschner

· 24,572 Views · 2 Likes

ZooKeeper in 15 Minutes

Learn the basics of the features, capabilities, and services of Zookeeper, a coordination service for distributed applications.

October 18, 2017

by Shruthi MS

· 30,846 Views · 14 Likes

Adding and Working With JAR Files in Your Local Maven Setup

In this post, we take a look at a few different ways you can work with an external local dependency within your local Maven setup.

October 18, 2017

by Alan Richardson

· 170,264 Views · 17 Likes

Queuing Theory for Evaluating System Performance in Event Driven Architecture

Learn about the fundamentals of Event Driven Architecture will explain queueing theory and how you can use it to evaluate system performance.

October 17, 2017

by Aman Sardana

· 28,664 Views · 8 Likes

15 Productivity Tips for Eclipse Java IDE Users

Here is one dev's advice for using Eclipse more efficiently from coding to debugging, including favored keyboard shortcuts and tooling.

October 17, 2017

by Mahmoud Anouti

· 79,401 Views · 58 Likes

Anomaly Detection With Kafka Streams

Learn how to perform anomaly detection using Kafka Streams with an example of a loan payment website that needs to send an alert if the payment is too high.

October 17, 2017

by Ajmal Karuthakantakath

· 19,339 Views · 6 Likes

Solution to the API OutOfMemory Issue Which Stops Thread Creation

See how to solve the OutOfMemory issue that stops APIs from creating threads by calculating memory usage, load testing, and tuning performance.

October 17, 2017

by Sanjeet Pandey

· 12,158 Views · 3 Likes

Adding to an Existing Azure Blob

Want to add to your blob storage while keeping your overhead low? Here are multiple ways you can append your blobs in Microsoft Azure.

October 17, 2017

by Paul Michaels

· 21,427 Views · 1 Like

IaaS, CaaS, PaaS, FaaS: How Do You Choose?

With all the *as-a-Services out there, let's take a look at how each of them applies to your project and how they impact software development.

October 16, 2017

by Nagarjunareddy K

· 14,783 Views · 2 Likes

Java: Introducing Redis Mock

Take a look at a mock for a commonly used service (Redis) and how you can make use of this updated mock to help make your testing easier.

Updated October 16, 2017

by Filipe Peliz Pinto Teixeira

· 53,442 Views · 7 Likes

Stream Processing With Apache Flink

See how to get started with writing stream processing algorithms using Apache Flink. by reading a stream of Wikipedia edits and getting some meaningful data out of it.

October 16, 2017

by Ivan Mushketyk

· 20,596 Views · 9 Likes

Best Practices: Performance Tuning Real Life MuleSoft APIs

In this post, we offer some insights into how to avoid pitfalls and achieve development efficiency, performance, and scalability.

October 16, 2017

by Ali Salman Rizvi

· 17,461 Views · 5 Likes

API Response Tracking With StreamSets, Elasticsearch, and Kibana

Learn how to track JSON response data from a RESTful API using Elasticsearch and Kibana to capture and visualize the alerts.

October 15, 2017

by Rathnadevi Manivannan

· 12,750 Views · 3 Likes

Are You Stuck in the New DevOps Matrix From Hell?

See how Docker solved the matrix-from-hell problem, and how DevOps techniques can help avoid the config sprawl that comes with microservices.

October 13, 2017

by Manisha Sahasrabudhe

· 11,184 Views · 3 Likes

Getting Started With Batch Processing Using Apache Flink

If you've been following software development news recently you probably heard about the new project called Apache Flink. I've already written about it a bit...

October 13, 2017

by Ivan Mushketyk

· 16,398 Views · 9 Likes