Gradle: do we need another build tool?

Rik Scarborough Articles, Development Technologies & Tools, Java 2 Comments

Attention: This article was published over 13 years ago, and the information provided may be aged or outdated. While some topics are evergreen, technology moves fast, so please keep that in mind as you read the post.In the early days of Java development, we either didn’t see much of a need for build tools, or used what we had from …

An argument against defaulting to auto-increment primary keys

Shannon Griswold Articles, Databases, Java 11 Comments

Attention: This article was published over 13 years ago, and the information provided may be aged or outdated. While some topics are evergreen, technology moves fast, so please keep that in mind as you read the post.The de-facto โ€œeasyโ€ primary key for ages has been the auto-incrementing integer. Upon insertion of a new record, the database simply increments a counter …

Friends Don’t Let Friends Use String States

Brad Mongar Articles, Programming 5 Comments

Attention: This article was published over 13 years ago, and the information provided may be aged or outdated. While some topics are evergreen, technology moves fast, so please keep that in mind as you read the post.Many of my coworkers have covered exciting new technologies and frameworks to aid your programming expertise. But at this time I think it is …

A Little HTML5: Using JSON and File API to View Starred Google Reader Posts

Brice McIver API Development, Articles, HTML5, JavaScript, Keyhole Creations Leave a Comment

Attention: This article was published over 13 years ago, and the information provided may be aged or outdated. While some topics are evergreen, technology moves fast, so please keep that in mind as you read the post.A couple of months ago, Google announced that it was retiring its web feed readerย Google Reader. As a long-time user of the service, I …

Messaging with RabbitMQ

Mark Adelsberger Articles, Development Technologies & Tools, Java, Python, Tutorial Leave a Comment

Attention: This article was published over 13 years ago, and the information provided may be aged or outdated. While some topics are evergreen, technology moves fast, so please keep that in mind as you read the post.We previously published a brief tutorial showing how to set up a Spring RabbitMQ Template. Now, letโ€™s take a step back for a broader …