JVM Languages
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Null and Java interop
The way Ceylon handles null is one of the big attractions of the language. Ceylon features a typed null value.…
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About modules
Modules, ah, modules. The albatross of Java. I frequently joke that modules are scheduled for Java N+1 where N moves…
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WatchService combined with Akka actors
WatchService is a handy class that can notify you about any file system changes (create/update/delete of file) in a given…
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Becoming Acquainted with Scala
There are many touted benefits of the Scala programming language, especially for Java developers. Among others, Scala’s advertised strengths and…
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Grails Design Best Practices
Grails is designed to be an interactive agile based rapid development framework which advocates convention not configuration. This article explained…
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Detecting Java Threads in Deadlock with Groovy and JMX
Unfortunately, Java applications taking advantage of multiple threads can at times run into the dreaded deadlock condition. Fortunately, the Java…
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Synchronizing transactions with asynchronous events in Spring
Today as an example we will take a very simple scenario: placing an order stores it and sends an e-mail…
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Scala traits implementation and interoperability. Part I: Basics
Traits in Scala are similar to interfaces, but much more powerful. They allow implementations of some of the methods, fields,…
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“Booting AMX” in GlassFish 3 with Groovy
In my previous blog post, I looked at using JMX as one of multiple methods supported by GlassFish 3 for…
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