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Everything about Java 8

TechEmpower

The following post is a comprehensive summary of the developer-facing changes coming in Java 8. At the time of this writing, Java 8 development is still very much in progress. It had the best support for the Java 8 language features at the time I went looking. Language features and APIs may still change. Interface improvements.

Java 560
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Framework Benchmarks

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Netty , Vert.x , and Java servlets are fast, but we were surprised how much faster they are than Ruby , Django , and friends. In third place is plain Java Servlets running on Cauchos Resin Servlet container. With the content type set to application/json. Java / JVM. Since Vert.x message" : "Hello, World!"}. Web servers.

Framework 560
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Mangling JSON numbers

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Theoretically we can send it from a Java server to a JavaScript client via JSON and both sides see exactly the same number. To convince ourselves that this number is safe, we examine various representations of this number in Java and JavaScript: // In Java long x = 1L. It passes our verifyLongFitsInDouble check.

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EnumSet and EnumMap

TechEmpower

from Java's standard libraries. Historically, Enum{Set,Map} were recommended as a matter of safety, taking better advantage of Java's type system than the alternatives. Effective Java goes into detail about this use case for Enum{Set,Map} and enum types in general. This article discusses java.util.EnumSet. and java.util.EnumMap.

Java 330
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Frameworks Round 1

TechEmpower

Netty , Vert.x , and Java servlets are fast, but we were surprised how much faster they are than Ruby , Django , and friends. In third place is plain Java Servlets running on Caucho''s Resin Servlet container. With the content type set to application/json. Java / JVM. Since Vert.x message" : "Hello, World!"}. Web servers.

Framework 544
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Burn Baby Burn: Is Traditional Licensing of Content Joining the Business Models Torched by New Technology and the Web

SoCal Tech Calendar

Thursday, October 22, 2009 -- Burn Baby Burn: Is Traditional Licensing of Content Joining the Business Models Torched by New Technology and the Web? What You Need to Know About the New Growth After the Firestorm. Linux, Chang v. Virgin Mobile, and Jacobsen v.

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Choosing a Programming Language and Framework for Your Startup

SoCal CTO

For example, you may have content management and community needs that closely align with Drupal. It's way easier to get your pages setup in these languages than by choosing Java alone. Of course, I'm not sure that anyone chooses Java alone. There are some cautions around these choices, but it is often the basis of a choice.

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