Friday, October 25, 2013

Apache Cassandra Data Model

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This is an introduction to the Apache Cassandra data model. For the benefit of those not familiar with Cassandra,  it is an open source, h...
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, ...