Tag Archives: microservices

Apache Kafka vs RabbitMQ for Messaging in Java (and Where ActiveMQ Fits In)

Posted on August 9, 2022 by ronaldpringadi

If you’re standing in front of a whiteboard in Java land and someone has just drawn a box labelled “message queue,” you’re probably going to argue about Apache Kafka and RabbitMQ for the next forty minutes. They’ve become the default … Continue reading →

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Java Web Servers Compared: Tomcat, JBoss EAP, WildFly, and Spring Boot

Posted on April 12, 2022 by ronaldpringadi

If you’ve been writing Java for the web at any point in the last two decades, you’ve had to pick a web server or application server at least once. The choices haven’t changed much in name — Tomcat, JBoss, WildFly, … Continue reading →

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Starting a Spring Boot API Microservice From Scratch With Spring Initializr

Posted on September 15, 2021 by ronaldpringadi

The fastest way to get a new Java microservice off the ground is also the most boring one, and that’s a compliment. You go to start.spring.io, click a few checkboxes, download a zip, and you have a runnable Hypertext Transfer … Continue reading →

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Why Ember.js Still Makes Sense for Big Teams Building Big Apps

Posted on September 14, 2020 by ronaldpringadi

In a JavaScript world dominated by React’s flexibility and Vue’s friendliness, Ember.js can feel like the quiet older sibling who keeps showing up to work in a suit. It’s opinionated, batteries-included, and unapologetically convention-driven. Which is exactly why some of … Continue reading →

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