An introduction to the Eclipse MicroProfile specification – part 2
This is the second part of my introduction to the Eclipse MicroProfile specification. In the first part I give a general introduction to the Eclipse MicroProfile specification (version 2.1) and explain the MicroProfile components Config, Metrics, Fault Toleration and Health Check. In this part I…
Introduction to Eclipse MicroProfile
Craftsmen visited the Oracle Code One, formerly known as JavaOne, Conference in San Francisco in October. Apart from the extracurricular activities like a bike ride (across the Golden Gate Bridge and around the Bay) and a visit to the Google Headquarters, there were lots of...
Talking DevTalksJunior
He’s back. Vers terug uit Roemenië waar hij te gast was als spreker op DevTalksJunior. Met op het menu zijn befaamde workshop ‘Build your own Blockchain in Java.’ Een beetje Craftsmen-volger weet dan natuurlijk direct over wie we het hebben: Michel Schudel. Michel, hoe was...
14 go Code One – Highlights
In October the first Oracle Code One event, previously also known as JavaOne, was held in San Francisco. This year it was a bigger event than ever before, since it became a conference for all developers not only for Java developers. Or, as Oracle likes...
Java 11 is here to stay!
Java 11 has been released! Let us get you up to speed on the highlights of this release. Java 11 is the first LTS (Long Term Support) release since Java 8. This is important because any software built upon it will have commercial support until...
Development automation met Atomist – Java Magazine
Als ontwikkelaars willen we vooral bezig zijn met het schrijven van toffe code. Helaas zijn we een flink deel van onze tijd kwijt aan allerlei saaie randzaken. In dit artikel neem Michel Schudel daarom het Atomist-platform onder de loep. Atomist neemt een groot deel van...
Java 10 in 5 minutes
From Java 9, Oracle will release a new version of Java every 6 months, starting with Java 10, which is to be released on march 20, 2018. This blog highlights the major language and API changes in Java 10. Local variable type inference For local...
Smart Express, a hobby project
In the summer of 2015 I started building a web application for a friend who owns a small courier company, named Smart Express. Smart Express picks up packages at a specified locations and delivers them to other locations. Additional services and options aside, prices are...
An introduction to Machine Learning with Apache Spark
A while ago I followed a course in Machine Learning on Coursera. In this course I did some exercises in R, which is a language suitable for statistical computing and data analysis. Because I am a Java software engineer, I wanted to try to do...
Meetup & workshop @ Thales
Op 8 december organiseert Craftsmen samen met Thales een meetup over Kotlin en Reactive Programming (RxJS). Thales Nederland is gespecialiseerd in het ontwerpen en produceren van hightech elektronica voor defensie- en beveiligingstoepassingen, zoals radar- en communicatiesystemen. Ultramoderne maatwerkapplicaties ontwikkeld met diverse open source-technologieën. Tijdens deze meetup bieden...