Software architects face an important technical problem when they must decide how to best interact with backend database systems. The decision often comes down to the Hibernate vs. JDBC debate, as the ...

Developers can use HibernateUtil to mitigate access to JPA EntityManager and create more readable, less resource intensive code for data-driven applications. Continue Reading ...

A good data validation strategy is an important part of every application development project. Being able to consolidate and generalize validation using a proven framework can significantly improve ...

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Red Hat announced this week the release of a Kubernetes-native Java framework called Quarkus. Quarkus is a lightweight, high-performance framework designed to significantly reduce the footprint and ...

However you slice it traditional caching requires performance trade-offs that some enterprise applications cannot afford. Find out for yourself why Memcached is a go-to solution for Java developers ...

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Grails 1.2 contains hundreds of fixes and improvements; SpringSource also offers general availability of Spring 3.0 Java framework SpringSource, which is now a division of VMware, released on ...