by Juarez Junior Introduction This blog post introduces Oracle’s JDBC 21c Driver support for Virtual Threads. Oracle has built its JDBC Driver from version 21.1.0.0 to support synchronous JDBC access using virtual (lightweight) threads. This step-by-step guide is not an extensive introduction to Virtual Threads but a straightforward guide on utilizing…

by Juarez Junior Introduction This blog post is a practical step-by-step guide on invoking PL/SQL stored procedures with JDBC and the Oracle Database. Another exciting option is to use Java Stored Procedures. …

by Juarez Junior Part 1 in this series introduced the Java Library for Reactive Stream Ingestion (RSI), its API, and Oracle Database Express (XE) as the target database. Now in Part 2 of this series, we will explore another streaming scenario with RSI and the Oracle Autonomous Transaction Processing (ATP)…

by Juarez Junior Introduction This blog post is an essential step-by-step guide on installing, configuring, and testing a local Kubernetes (K8s) development environment with Docker Desktop, Chocolatey, and Minikube. Such software components will allow you to have a Kubernetes environment to test your deployments locally. It will provide you with the…

by Juarez Junior Challenges: Streaming Data into the Database Many solutions face challenges when streaming data from thousands of data sources. …

by Juarez Junior Introduction While developing modern Microservices applications, every Java Developer needs a solid database. Oracle has a free, full-fledged database for developers called Oracle Database Express Edition (XE). Oracle Database Express Edition (XE) is the ideal way to get started. It is the same powerful Oracle Database that enterprises…

by Juarez Junior Introduction This blog post shows how to create a simple Helidon Microservices app with Maven, then import it into Eclipse. So without further ado, let’s get started! Prerequisites We assume you already have Eclipse and Maven installed, otherwise, please download and install them. …

by Juarez Junior Introduction Helidon 2 introduced a CLI tool that eases the development process. Developers can create, build and run Helidon applications via the command line. Installation For Windows, we will need the Visual C++ Redistributable Runtime. x64 x86 Then, we can use Powershell to install it. …

by Juarez Junior Introduction Our previous blog post introduced Helidon 2 as a modern set of Libraries for writing Microservices and Cloud-Native apps. So far, we’ve explored how to create a Microservice that can execute on top of Virtual Machines, regardless if deployed on-premises or in a cloud environment. Helidon provides…