Everyone who has developed Java desktop applications within the last 15 years used WebStart or at least heard about it. This post gives an overview of how the technology evolves as an open source project after Oracle announced its removal from the Oracle JDK.
Many Java applications have JavaScript frontends these days. While the Java part of the application is considered to be well engineered, the JavaScript part often lacks industrial-strength stability. This talk was recorded at BaselOne 19 and shows new ways to make JavaScript code more reliable.
A lot of people wonder, why package-lock.json is always updated but never used as-is. Here is the explanation.
Rico is the application framework initiated and maintained by Karakun to help building better enterprise solutions in less time. This article gives an introduction and points out the key functionalities your projects can easily benefit from.
As developers we always try to create bug free and secure applications. Sometimes the most critical issues are not part of our code but of its dependencies. This post shows how security issues in dependencies can be used to create horrible attack scenarios of your systems. I will show one exploit in a simply Java based server application that can be used to do mostly everything with your whole system.
This post gives an overview about the new server timing specification of the w3c and how server timing can be used in any enterprise Java server by using Rico.
This post gives an overview how we at Karakun use Docker to create integration tests for JavaEE / JakartaEE based libraries and frameworks.
We will start the new year with some cool meetups and events. This post gives an overview about everything that is planed for January
At the Devoxx conference 2 weeks ago, Amazon announced Corretto as a new player in the OpenJDK market. Next to companies like SAP, Oracle or Bellsoft, the cloud computing company now provides a custom OpenJDK build. On the website Amazon Corretto is described as "No-cost, multiplatform, production-ready distribution of OpenJDK". In this post I will have a deeper look at Corretto and explain why Amazon did this move.
Beginning next year we will offer trainings to different topics in different locations. We are happy to announce that our first training is already able for booking. Our JavaScript expert Simon Skoczylas will host a training about React in Munich. Hurry up and book your seat soon!
The W-JAX conference takes place next week in Munich and we will do some sessions at the conference and organize some additional events in Munich. Even if you can not attend the conference we would love to invite you to a hackathon about React.
The first ever “JavaFX-Only” conference took place from December 3rd to 5th, 2018. The ambitious schedule of the JavaFX Days includes trainings, presentations, demos and a “Java on Mobile” day. The organiser of this 3 day event was able to recruit some of the best and most experienced JavaFX developers for the trainings and presentations. Karakun is proud sponsor of this extraordinary event.