Deepak is a Sun Certified Java Programmer and Web Component Developer, and has worked in the fields of XML, Java programming and Java EE for ten years. Deepak is the co-author of the Apress book Pro XML Development with Java Technology and was the technical reviewer for the O'Reilly book WebLogic: The Definitive Guide. Deepak was also the technical reviewer for the Course Technology PTR book Ruby Programming for the Absolute Beginner. Deepak is also the author of the Packt Publishing books JDBC 4.0 and Oracle JDeveloper for J2EE Development, Processing XML Documents with Oracle JDeveloper 11g, EJB 3.0 Database Persistence with Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g, and Java EE Development in Eclipse IDE. Deepak is a Docker Mentor and has published 5 books on Docker and Kubernetes.
As Java 17 is the latest Long Term Support (LTS) version after Java 11, it is opportune to go over the new language features it adds, some of which had been Preview features in intermediate versions.
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.
If you need to provide a distributed database that serves several (millions) users, and has a high volume data load, the MySQL Cluster database is the database to use.
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.
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.
