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SKP's Java/Java EE Gotchas: Clash of the Titans, C++ vs. Java!

DZone

As a Software Engineer, the mind is trained to seek optimizations in every aspect of development and ooze out every bit of available CPU Resource to deliver a performing application. Considering all aspects and needs of current enterprise development, it is C++ and Java which outscore the other in terms of speed. Ahem, Slow!

Java 214
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Handling Flaky Unit Tests in Java

Uber Engineering

Introduction to Flaky Tests. Unit testing forms the bedrock of any Continuous Integration (CI) system. It warns software engineers of bugs in newly-implemented code and regressions in existing code, before it is merged. This ensures increased software reliability.

Java 108
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Handling flaky unit tests in Java

Uber Engineering

Introduction to Flaky Tests. Unit testing forms the bedrock of any Continuous Integration (CI) system. It warns software engineers of bugs in newly-implemented code and regressions in existing code, before it is merged. This ensures increased software reliability.

Java 52
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Clean Unit Testing

DZone

It's easy to write "unit test" tests that use JUnit and some mocking library. They may produce code coverage that keeps some stakeholders happy, even though the tests aren't even unit tests and provide questionable value. It is like the test has a negative value.

Testing 216
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Protect your organization against zero-day vulnerabilities

Dynatrace

Log4Shell is a widespread software vulnerability that occurred in December of 2021 in Apache Log4j 2, a popular Java library for logging error messages in applications. The Spring framework is popular because it enables software engineers to more easily write and test code to maintain modular applications.

Java 179
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From Student to Junior Software Engineer at Tasktop

Tasktop

The beginning of my experience as a Junior Software Engineer on one of Tasktop’s ‘Integrations Teams’ marked a definitive transition in the way I learned and practiced computer science and software development. Was the amount of Java I learned enough to apply these skills in a real-world setting?

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Application observability meets developer observability: Unlock a 360º view of your environment

Dynatrace

In a recent webinar , Dynatrace DevOps activist Andi Grabner and senior software engineer Yarden Laifenfeld explored developer observability. In Grabner’s example, he understood that there was an increased Java error rate on the front end of the application. How do you know if this problem has business impact?