Posts tagged with: Java

I present a sorting algorithm I believe is quite unlike any you have seen before. Also one you will probably hope to never see again.

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One of the ways to make Java apps easier to manage and monitor is via JMX. As a first step I set up a simple MBean with a single runtime updateable attribute, to control whether or not my app should do a resource intensive scheduled task.

This gives us a "kill switch" for the scheduled job, to stop any hard work happening without needing to edit a properties file and bounce the app.

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A while ago I started using HEAD requests via Ajax in some apps and thought I'd write a few notes about why. Basically it's to improve user interfaces/experience when things start getting complicated.

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