What is Docker? Docker is a platform. Docker runs natively on Linux or on OS X and Windows through a helper application called boot2docker that creates a Linux Virtual Machine, by using only RAM, to run Docker. Docker‘s main goal … Continue reading →

In the previous blog post entry, we introduced Spring Batch with a simple exposition of its features, main concepts both for configuring and running Batch Jobs. We also saw a sample application and two ways of running it: by invoking … Continue reading →

Spring Batch is the Spring Project aimed to write Java Batch applications by using the foundations of Spring Framework. Michael T. Minella, project lead of Spring Batch and also a member of the JSR 352 (Batch Applications for the Java … Continue reading →

Bazinga! Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:3.1:compile (default-compile) on project…: Fatal error compiling: invalid target release: 1.8.0_11 -> [Help 1] To summarize, I want to compile a maven project using Java 8, that is possible thanks to the JAVA_HOME configuration:

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Not only for fun. It’s also to open my mind. Introduction Since a few years ago, I try to use several OS in order to improve my computing skills: Windows 7/Vista, OS X (Lion currently) and my favorite Linux distribution, … Continue reading →