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GraphQL for Java Developers: What You Actually Need to Know

GraphQL has been on the Java back-end radar for a while, mostly as something the front-end team kept bringing up. In 2022 that shifted. Spring for GraphQL 1.0 became generally available in May. The official Spring team now provides first-party … Continue reading

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

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

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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