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REST to NATS Proxy

As microservices architectures are increasingly optimized for speed and simplicity, developers are increasingly using NATS—a lightweight high-performance, cloud-native messaging system—for inter-service communication. An interesting project developed in the NATS community bridges HTTP and NATS, and is explained in this article by Radomir Sohlic.

May 20, 2016

by Radomir Sohlich

· 9,878 Views · 5 Likes

Why Spring Boot?

This article gives an overview of various Spring configuration styles and helps you understand the complexity of configuring Spring applications.

May 20, 2016

by Siva Prasad Reddy Katamreddy

· 354,366 Views · 179 Likes

Eager Optimization Is The Enemy

This article takes a stand against eager optimization, and explains why it should be left to the wayside. Which side are you on?

May 20, 2016

by Sam Atkinson

· 14,463 Views · 22 Likes

Powerful Tactic to Use Exception Mapper in Dropwizard

When developing RESTful web services, people are often confused with handling exceptions. This post will explain a powerful tactic for using exception mapper with the Dropwizard framework.

May 19, 2016

by Thamizh Arasu

· 21,090 Views · 2 Likes

Java Suspended Thread States

Java threads can be in six different states: NEW, RUNNABLE, BLOCKED, WAITING, TIMED_WAITING, and TERMINATED. We will explore them here.

May 19, 2016

by Ram Lakshmanan

CORE

· 161,474 Views · 19 Likes

Mulesoft Data Mapper

This quick article gets you started up with DataMapper and shows how to configure an instance of DataMapper in your flow.

May 18, 2016

by Sahil Talwar

· 8,283 Views · 1 Like

Log4J 2 Configuration: Using the Properties File

This post looks at using and configuring the Log4j 2 properties file, letting you change various configuration options without modifying your application code.

May 18, 2016

by John Thompson

· 347,108 Views · 13 Likes

Why We Didn't Choose Node.js for the DreamFactory REST API Backend

Scaling out using PHP while still building on Google's V8 JavaScript runtime... read on to hear about DreamFactory's decisions when building their REST API backend.

May 18, 2016

by Bill Appleton

· 13,307 Views · 4 Likes

Creating Entities in a Spring Boot/Elide JSON API Server

Learn how to update the application to allow new entities to be created.

May 17, 2016

by Matthew Casperson

· 8,126 Views · 1 Like

Most Common Issues Affecting Performance and Monitoring

Failure to understand performance and monitoring's implications on business.

May 16, 2016

by Tom Smith

CORE

· 8,711 Views · 2 Likes

Securing a JSON API REST Service With Spring Boot and Elide

Learn how to make use of the security layer in Elide to make some decisions about who can perform what operation.

Updated May 16, 2016

by Matthew Casperson

· 5,054 Views · 2 Likes

Evaluating Message Brokers: Kafka vs. Kinesis vs. SQS

A comparison of the best message brokers for big data applications between SQS, Kinesis, and Kafka.

May 14, 2016

by Swaroop Ramachandra

· 71,806 Views · 20 Likes

Using YAML in Spring Boot to Configure Logback

Take control of your Spring Boot logging configuration with YAML.

May 13, 2016

by John Thompson

· 114,479 Views · 15 Likes

Setup Docker on Windows Server 2016

A step by step guide to native containerization on Windows Server.

May 13, 2016

by Arun Gupta

· 23,204 Views · 5 Likes

Introduction to Redis Data Structures: Bitmaps

A bitmap is the data structure that immediately pops in your head when there's a need to map boolean information for a huge domain into a compact representation. It is a very popular data structure whenever memory space is at a premium. Redis, being an in-memory data structure server, provides support for bit manipulation operations. Read on for more details.

May 12, 2016

by Vaibhaw Pandey

· 24,093 Views · 3 Likes

Spring Boot and Database Initialization

Spring Boot is packed with great features. Check out these code samples for how to perform DB initialisation in your projects

May 12, 2016

by Emmanouil Gkatziouras

CORE

· 143,895 Views · 9 Likes

Service Discovery With Docker and Consul: Part 1

Service discovery is vital in large system deployments. Learn how to use Docker and Consul to help your deployments run more smoothly and get home at a decent hour.

May 12, 2016

by Jos Dirksen

· 21,959 Views · 4 Likes

Comparing Golang with Java

The first impressions of a Java enthusiast when looking at Go's features.

May 11, 2016

by Peter Verhas

CORE

· 75,221 Views · 25 Likes

What Does DevOps 2.0 Look Like?

Decoupling feature rollout from code deployment and the rise of user-centered deployments

May 11, 2016

by Justin Baker

· 20,228 Views · 13 Likes

Restful Java Metering by Dropwizard Metrics

Dropwizard has taken the Java world by storm with it's ease of use and great functionality. The metrics library is particularly powerful for anyone wanting to measure statistics in their Java applications.

May 10, 2016

by Thamizh Arasu

· 22,089 Views · 6 Likes

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