One of the worst aspects of travel is about to get a whole lot better Making a connecting flight is always a little fraught. There’s nothing worse than racing against the constantly ticking clock of a ...

The Jakarta Persistence API (JPA) is a specification that defines a standardized framework for data persistence. Persistence is the fundamental mechanism for saving and retrieving data over time. In ...

Just a few months ago, I asked when Windows 11 would stop screwing up the little things. Obviously, it was a rhetorical question because hatred alone can’t fuel immediate change, even if one wishes it ...

It’s widely recognized that the crises of loneliness, disconnection, and social fragmentation are touching nearly every aspect of our lives, from personal well-being to public health to democracy ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. As developers migrate their old Java Persistence API applications to JPA 3, their progress is ...

Picture a freezing winter morning in Vermont. I’m 14, delivering newspapers on an icy road, bundled up against the chill with a heavy satchel over my shoulder. My neighbors are up early, waiting for ...

In this lab, we demonstrate how to use the MariaDB JDBC driver also known as MariaDB Connector/J, to connect to an Amazon Aurora cluster. We use a combination of a small custom Java client program, ...

Digital technology is more advanced and ubiquitous than ever before. In this Focus, our authors explore different facets of the changing relationship between humans and machines, from current language ...

This re-release of a once-fabled Tamagotchi from the early aughts is a delight at first, but it loses its charm fast. Reading time 5 minutes Nostalgia is my saving grace. Some days, it’s one of the ...

Alyssa Caribardi watched as her friend whipped her head around to look out the window and seek out the bird. And with that simple gesture, Caribardi knew their friendship would last. In what may seem ...