Friday, September 20, 2013

Cassandra Vs HBase : Which NoSql store do I need ?

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There many NoSql databases out there and it can be confusing to determine which one is suitable for a particular use case. In this blog, we...
Friday, August 30, 2013

Java Serializable vs Externalizable

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Serializable and Externalizable are almost forgotten interfaces in Java. And for good reason. Many applications do not need to serialize ob...
Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Redis : A fast key value store

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Redis is a fast in-memory key value store that we have been using to develop low latency applications. It is more a cache like Memcached o...
Friday, June 28, 2013

JAVA NIO tutorial

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Most programmers are familiar with java.io package which offers a variety of classes for input/output operations to files or the network. I...
Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Java Concurrency : 10 things every programmer should know

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1.  Synchronized Every one knows that synchronized keyword is used to acquire a lock and serialize access to a code block. A lesser known...
Thursday, April 25, 2013

10 reasons for considering the Scala programming language

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Scala programming language has been around for a few years now and its popularity is increasing. Having programmed in Java for many years, ...
Thursday, April 4, 2013

Using HBase Part 2: Architecture

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In this blog, let us take a quick look at some architectural details of HBase. For an introduction to NoSql and HBase, read the followin...