Fault tolerance: Goodbye Hystrix, Hello Resilience4J!
Working with microservices the most vulnerable and error prone dependencies are dependencies to other services outside your own network. When those services are temporarily unavailable or malfunction it is necessary to take measures to cope with these failing services. Such as avoiding to keep calling…
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…
Hallo IOA, het nieuwe inningssysteem van de Belastingdienst
Vanaf begin 2016 is er binnen de afdeling invordering bij de Belastingdienst gebouwd aan een nieuw inningssysteem, genaamd Innen op Aangifte (IOA). Sinds juli 2016 werk ik vanuit Craftsmen op locatie bij de Belastingdienst en help ik mee aan de bouw van deze nieuwe applicatie….
Craftsmen naar Oracle Code One 2018 – San Francisco
Collega Michel gooide hoge ogen op jFall met zijn talk ‘No-frills REST api testing with REST-Assured‘. Als een van de beste nieuwkomers heeft hij daarmee een timeslot gewonnen om te mogen spreken op Oracle Code One in San Francisco! Meer dan de helft van de…
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…
Ready 4 J-Fall? -> Session No-frills REST-api testing with REST-assured
Tomorrow the yearly Dutch Software Engineering Conference J-Fall opens its doors at 08.00 am (for the early birds ;-)) A great event to get inspired with the latest technologies and to meet/greet Software Engineering professionals, geeks and gurus. Such as our colleague Michel Schudel! Who will…
Kotlin: create REST services using Jersey and Jackson
Kotlin is a JVM language developed by the folks at Jetbrains. It is a concise and compact language with 100% Java compatibility and 100% null-safety. Another neat feature is its versatility: you can use the Kotlin language to create Java SE, Java EE, Android and JavaScript (Node.js)…