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A Brief Overview of Garbage Collection in Java

Garbage collection, or the concept of essentially "cleaning up" no longer referenced spots in memory, is something that we take for granted when writing code in Java since this is…

September 4, 2024

Javascript

Javascript’s Temporal Dead Zone (TDZ)

Not to be confused with the "temporal pincer movement" from Christopher Nolan's 2020 movie Tenet, but perhaps equally confusing, is the concept in Javascript known as the Temporal Dead Zone,…

August 15, 2024

Java

OOP-101: Polymorphism – What is it, why use it, and an example

In the world of object-oriented programming (OOP), polymorphism is a powerful concept that allows for flexibility and code reusability. Essentially, polymorphism means "having many forms." (Poly meaning 'many' as opposed…

June 16, 2024

Java

OOP-101: Polymorphism – What is it, why use it, and an example

June 16, 2024

Java

Spring Boot: Using @Autowired vs constructor dependency injection

Spring Boot affords us a lot of tools right out of the box as developers. It even ships with a dynamic HTML template engine called Thymleaf to allow us to…

February 3, 2024

Java