Distributing a Java command-line application

As a professional Java developer, I am comfortable with writing code in Java. Also, when I decided to write a command-line application, I asked myself if Java would be a good option in 2021 or if I should look more into alternative stacks like Rust. So let’s take a closer look at the challenges one has to face to implement a command-line application in Java. Creating a command-line application jar To write an application that can be used from the command-line, a simple public static void main(String[] args) is all you need in Java....

December 11, 2021 · 13 min · Loïc Rouchon

Pattern matching for switch in Java (JDK 17)

Old problems, new ways of solving it? If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. This sentence summarizes pretty much how I felt about the idiomatic polymorphism approach in Java to most problems until recently. Polymorphism is just a tool and as for any tool, it excels at some tasks and performs poorly at others. So what are the tasks where polymorphism does a good job at?...

June 28, 2021 · 12 min · Loïc Rouchon