So moving to a more recent build tool we cover probably one of the more popular one. Maven is now incredibly robust, and helps fixing what is known as Jar Hell. Have you ever used two libraries that depended on different versions of a logging…

Episode 46. I’ve got ANTs in my build! It’s old, but as build tools go you will find apache Ant everywhere. Here we talk on how ant works and explore the build file. While it looks weird, there is nothing to fear! By the end of the episode you will…

So we are covering what has been in the works for Java EE 8 (JSR-366). This Spec serves as an umbrella for other specs (features) of Java EE. Some of it is very new, and some of it is already available for all of us to use. Come join me and Bob as we…

This is our yearly pilmigrade to JavaOne, where we get to meet good old friends, create new memories, and best of all, geek out for an entire week on Java! We got to learn about the big things waiting for Java (the Internet of Things), and got to talk…

So it’s all the rage, and things have been getting smaller and slimmer (think your first cell phone compared to today’s), well, code is no different! Today we cover a trend on what is considered one of the better ways to scale, yet like everything…