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Right from day one, the standard format for packaging Java programs was the Java ARchive, or JAR file for short. There's nothing particularly interesting about a JAR file. At its heart, it's simply a ...

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Solid and well-understood makes for better development environments than fashionable. Java is not fashionable, but it’s still right for business. When I mention Java to young developers, including my ...

For some reason, there's this belief that Java microservices have to be server-side components that connect to back-end resources, such as databases and message queues. There's also a misconception ...

Integration middleware maker WSO2 released a new framework for Java developers building microservices. The WSO2 Microservices Framework for Java 1.0 (MS4J) is a lightweight, open source framework for ...

Implementing microservices in Java has become a top priority at Oracle, which is rebooting Java Enterprise Edition for microservices and cloud deployments. Meanwhile, another microservices effort for ...

Oracle has released Helidon 2.0, an upgrade to its Java libraries designed to simplify microservices development. The upgrade brings GraalVM Native Image startup and memory consumption benefits to ...