Articles, page 17

• Java

  An Introduction to Annotations and Annotation Processing in Java

  An annotation is a construct associated with Java source code elements such as classes, methods, and variables. Annotations provide information to a program at compile time or at runtime based on which the program can take further action.

  Arshad Syed February 5, 202218 min read
  
• Spring Boot

  Protect Your Code from NullPointerExceptions with Spring's Null-Safety Annotations

  NullPointerExceptions (often shortened as “NPE”) are a nightmare for every Java programmer. We can find plenty of articles on the internet explaining how to write null-safe code.

  Saikat Sengupta February 1, 20226 min read
  
• AWS

  Getting Started with AWS CDK

  Infrastructure as Code (IaC) is the managing and provisioning of infrastructure through code instead of through a manual process. AWS provides native support for IaC through the CloudFormation service.

  Pratik Das January 23, 202214 min read
  
• Java

  Complete Guide to the Immutables Java Library

  Immutability means that an object’s state is constant after the initialization. It cannot change afterward. When we pass an object into a method, we pass the reference to that object.

  Mateo Stjepanović January 17, 202217 min read
  
• Java

  Common Operations on Java Collections

  Collections are containers to group multiple items in a single unit. For example, a collection can represent a stack of books, products of a category, a queue of text messages, etc.

  Pratik Das January 15, 20228 min read
  
• Spring Boot

  Tracing with Spring Boot, OpenTelemetry, and Jaeger

  In a distributed system, many services can be involved in creating a response to a single request. Not only for debugging purposes it’s essential that the path of such a request can be traced through all involved services.

  Tom Hombergs January 9, 202213 min read