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Concurrency is a game-changer for building Java applications, referring to the ability to run several programs at the same time using multiple threads.  This post is the first in a series of posts about Java concurrency. All code shared in this article has been tested in Java 12.

Learn more about how to simplify your script build with Gradle Gradle is an open-source build automation system that builds upon the concepts of Apache Ant and Apache Maven, and introduces a Groovy...

Greach Greach 2020 Last year, I picked up the baton of Greach Conference organization. Shortly after, @jmiguel joined me in the organization. I am pleased to announce Greach 20...

Learn more about how to simplify your script build with Gradle Gradle is an open-source build automation system that builds upon the concepts of Apache Ant and Apache Maven, and introduces a Groovy-based, domain-specific language (DSL), instead of ... [More] the XML form used by Apache Maven to declare the project configuration. This post will cover how easy it is to use this tool, and how to migrate your Maven project to Gradle to run it on Platform.sh. You may also like:  Make or Break Your Code With Gradle Gradle is an excellent build tool with which we can automate Java applications using a clean DSL. But it’s essential to mention that Maven is still a valid and mature tool, and Gradle doesn’t deprecate Maven. There are several tutorials where both devices are compared, and you can see several companies going back and forth between Maven and Gradle. The answer to which one is the better tool is still uncertain. What matters is that at Platform.sh, you can choose both to move your Java application to the cloud. [Less]

Learn more about read replicas and Spring Data in this tutorial on how to configure two entity managers. Our previous set-up works as expected. So what we shall do now is to get one step further and configure two separate entity managers without ... [More] affecting the functionality we achieved previously. Check out previous posts: Read Replicas and Spring Data, Part 1: Configuring the Databases & Read Replicas and Spring Data, Part 2: Configuring the Base Project The first step would be to set the default entity manager configuration to a primary one. This is the first step: [Less]

In the video below, we take a closer look at Spring Boot and how to configure the Jetty server using Gradle. Let's get started! Further Reading [DZone Refcard] Core Jetty

In the video below, we take a closer look at Spring Boot and how to configure the Jetty server using Gradle. Let's get started! Further Reading [DZone Refcard] Core Jetty

Hi, Spring fans! In this SpringOne Platform 2019 episode, Josh Long (@starbuxman) interviews Spring mad scientist Andy Clement (@andy_clement) on AspectJ, SpEL, Eclipse, the new Graal native image feature, being an Iron-Man triathlete, and more. Further Reading Spring Tutorials and Guides [Links]

In this installment, we learn more about configuring Spring projects with both servers. In our previous post, we set up multiple PostgreSQL instances with the same data. Our next step would be to configure our Spring project by using both ... [More] servers. As stated previously, we shall use some of the code taken from the Spring Boot JPA post, since we use exactly the same database. [Less]

Payara Server 5.193.1 is now Jakarta EE 8 Full Profile compatible! We are very happy to report that we've successfully passed all of nearly 50,000 test suites of Jakarta EE 8 TCK, and Payara Server 5.193.1 is Jakarta EE 8 Full Profile ... [More] compatible! You may also like: Jakarta EE and Beyond! The Payara team is extremely proud to be among the first to achieve Jakarta EE 8 Full Platform Compatibility, starting with Payara Platform 5.193.1. This is a significant milestone for Payara, and the team has done a huge amount of work to get this done. I think this is a great adoption story for Jakarta EE, in general, as Payara Server is not a Java EE 8 implementation. Furthermore, this shows that Jakarta EE is an open standard and can bring in new organizations and implementations. [Less]