Useful Things

A collection of my opinions on handy libraries, tips, and articles.

Libraries

Personal Picks:

• Good Java libraries

Categories:

• Bytecode
• Dependency Injection
• JSON

Tips

• How to choose libraries for a task
• How to write a library in context of verbosity and complexity
• How to use JReleaser with examples
• Gradle bug and quirks:
  • Debugging
  • Publishing

Tutorials

• Setting up fatJar JavaFX with Maven
• Setting up fatJar JavaFX with Gradle
• Using a variety of dependency injection frameworks to create modular applications

Reverse Engineering

• 01: Understanding Java Compilation and Execution
• 02: Java Decompilation
• 03: Recovering source from Java classes

Opinions

• Why Java is Great
• Switching to Kotlin makes less sense as Java evolves
• Write Once, Run Anywhere: Please keep it this way