Microservice Hybrids and Alternatives
Dzone has just published an interesting article about how to create a monolithic application that benefits from some of the advantages that microservices bring: Microservice [...]
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Maven compiler arguments
You can add compiler arguments to a Maven build script like so: <build> <plugins <plugin> [...]
Set up Tomcat, Apache and mod_jk cluster
Install and configure Tomcat 8, Apache and mod_jk in a clustered load balanced environment for a small production environment. A single tier, load balanced application server [...]
Design Pattern Book Promo Winners Announced
Congratulations to the winners of our Professional Java EE Design Patterns book promotion run by Murat and I on the EJB & Java EE forum at coderanch.com. Congratulations [...]
Pro Java EE Design Patterns: Great Addition to Java EE Practitioner’s Bookshelf
Reza Rahman writes an interesting review of Professional Java EE Design Patterns, calling it a Great Addition to Java EE Practitioner’s Bookshelf. Thanks, [...]
Win a copy of Professional Java EE Design Patterns
Join Murat @yenerm and I @alextheedom in the EJB & Java EE forum at coderanch.com where we will be giving away copies of our book Professional Java EE Design Patterns. [...]
Switch Statements
Contrary to if-then-else statements, a switch statement can have numerous possible paths of execution. Switches work on primitive data types such as integer as well as [...]
Compile, deploy and start Tomcat with Ant script
Apache ant is a tool used to automate repetitive development tasks. One task that is particularly useful is the compile and deploy a web application. However, the process can [...]
Professional Java EE Design Patterns arrives in US stores
This Monday (January 12) our book “Professional Java EE Design Patterns“ arrived in store, this means that major US accounts such as Amazon, Barnes and Noble [...]
Professional Java EE Design Pattern in Java Magazine
Our book Professional Java EE Design Patterns gets its first public outing in the Java Magazine. This is a very exciting first step as we ramp up publicity prior to its [...]