Software Development

MySQL database supports a native JSON data type in addition to several JSON related SQL/JSON functions. In this article, we will discuss some of the new JSON features in MySQL 8.x.

Malicious hackers have an abundance of attack methods at their disposal, ranging from the crude to the highly sophisticated. Credential stuffing is a type of brute force cyber attack that is increasing in popularity, and this article seeks to explain why.

Automated data classification can have a range of benefits. These include making it possible to organize and secure data for compliance purposes, assisting with deletion of data that is no longer needed, enabling monitoring and alerting, and reducing the cost of compliance.

JSON Web Token (JWT) is an open, JSON-based standard for securely transmitting information between parties. In addition to secure information exchange, JWT could be used for authentication.

The longer maintenance is deferred—which is easy to do in the short term—the more expensive it becomes and the more difficult it can be to schedule.

Groovy's recent surge in usage (TIOBE index ranking from 26 to 12 between Feb. 2020 and Feb. 2021) could be attributed to the many benefits the language provides. Groovy, like Java, is compiled to JVM (Java Virtual Machine) bytecode. 

Sealed classes are classes that permit only specific classes to extend them, as a result limiting extensibility. Sealed classes provide several benefits such as: additional modularization, could be used to develop internal classes, could be used to develop proprietary software.

Java SE 11 is a recent LTS (Long Term Support) version of Java. Java 11 has introduced several other (non-language features), some of which we’ll discuss in this article.