Syntactic sugar (like the introduction of var) is often not enough to convince somebody (especially non-developer) to move forward. This is one of the reasons why Java 8, almost 7 years after its first release, is still widely used. However, many things h... (more…)

The Spring vs Java EE discussions have started up again recently, primarily triggered by a Gartner report entitled "Market Guide for Application Platforms". The report wasn’t sponsored by Pivotal (as far as I know you can’t sponsor Gartner reports) but yo... (more…)

In this episode, David discusses the Z Garbage Collector with Per Liden… (more…)

Line by Line coverage can be very tricky. Many companies rely on line coverage as metric signals however you can easily have waste with that... (more…)

How can you start using one of the coolest features of Java 9 starting today?