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Database Actions Using Java 8 Stream Syntax Instead of SQL

Why should you need to use SQL when the same semantics can be derived directly from Java 8 streams? This article shows how the resemblance between streams and SQL commands can be used to gain ultra-fast access to data.

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The Need for Speed: Access Existing Data 1000x Faster

Learn how you can speed up your analytics database applications by a factor of 1,000 by using standard Java 8 streams and Speedment's In-JVM-Memory accelerator.

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Go Full-Stack with Java in a Jiffy

Ever wanted to quickly create a web application connected to your existing database or build a professional application with short time-to-market requirements? The Java Stream API has unleashed the possibility to write database queries in pure Java.

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Day 17, Java Holiday Calendar 2016, Parallel Streams in Custom Thread Pools
Written by Per Minborg
17. Parallel Streams in Custom Thread PoolsToday's tips is about executing parallel streams in custom thread pools. One of the main drivers for developing the Java 8 streams was their ability
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Day 16, Java Holiday Calendar 2016, Hacking Java Classes
Written by Per Minborg
16. Hacking the Existing Java ClassesToday's tips is about hacking the existing Java classes. But before we start, I would like to issue a disclaimer: I am only showing this
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Day 15, Java Holiday Calendar 2016, Don’t Optimize Now!
Written by Per Minborg
15. Don't Optimize Now!Today's tips is about how the JVM can optimize our code. Back in the good ol' Java 1.0 days, I remember running programs that replaced the names
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Day 14, Java Holiday Calendar 2016, Submitting a Task
Written by Per Minborg
14. Submitting a TaskToday's tips is about submitting tasks. Historically, we java developers commonly used a new Thread directly when we wanted something to be done in parallel with the
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Day 13, Java Holiday Calendar 2016, Try Higher Order of Functionality
Written by Per Minborg
13. Higher Order of FunctionalityToday's tips is to explore the world of Higher Order Functionality and how to work with functions that operates on functions.In the good old pre-Java 8
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Day 12, Java Holiday Calendar 2016, Avoid Overloading with Lambdas
Written by Per Minborg
12. Avoid Overloading with LambdasToday's tips is to think twice about the names you assign to you methods that can receives lambdas and avoid letting them share the same name.If
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Day 11, Java Holiday Calendar 2016, Try JavaFX
Written by Per Minborg
11. Building Reactive Systems with JavaFXToday's tips is to take the leap from Swing to JavaFX, the latter being much more modern and feature full than the former. The open-source Speedment UI
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Day 10, Java Holiday Calendar 2016, MapStream
Written by Per Minborg
Day 10, Java Holiday Calendar 2016, MapStreamToday's tips is about the open-source class MapStream that allows us to stream not only over elements but over pair of key, value elements
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Day 9, Java Holiday Calendar 2016, Event Sourcing
Written by Per Minborg
9. Event SourcingToday's tips is about Event Sourcing which is a relatively new way of designing database applications. Instead of seeing the database as a representation of the most current state,
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Day 8, Java Holiday Calendar 2016, Use Traits
Written by Per Minborg
8. Use Traits in JavaToday's tips is about defining your classes and interfaces using Traits. This allows you to simplify your code and reuse components efficiently without creating unnecessary coupling
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Day 7, Java Holiday Calendar 2016, Access Databases with Streams
Written by Per Minborg
7. Access Databases with StreamsToday's tips is about querying databases using Java 8 streams. By adding both a runtime and plugin dependency to open-source Speedment in you applications Maven POM file,
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Day 6, Java Holiday Calendar 2016, Lazy
Written by Per Minborg
6. Be Lazy With Java 8Today's tips is about lazy initialization. Sometimes, we want our classes to do only what is absolutely necessary and nothing more. Immutable classes are particularly
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