Foojay Podcast #63: How do we keep your Java applications up to date and secure?

Mon, 16 Dec 2024 12:41:10 +0000

Last month, I published a Foojay article about the risks in systems that are stuck on old or outdated Java versions and got a lot of feedback from developers . Most of them want to move on but get stuck on management decisions, outdated production environments, or one of the many other reasons that keep systems stuck on old Java versions and dependencies.

Do you want to bring your system from Java 8 to 23? Did you know that Java 17 already has 13 security releases? And that you can use tools like OpenRewrite to help you update your code?

Run a Java Lambda Function From a Docker image

Wed, 11 Dec 2024 16:16:36 +0000

Have you ever wanted to deploy a Java Serverless function, but package it with a Docker Image? That is possible now with AWS new Container support. This guide will show you how to try it yourself, step by step!

The Hello Lambda Function project contains an AWS Lambda maven application with AWS Java SDK 2.x dependencies.

Here follows instructions from AWS Document on building Lambda for Java .

The sample code seen below can be found in my GitHub repository: hello-lambda .

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Foojay Podcast #63: How do we keep your Java applications up to date and secure?

Run a Java Lambda Function From a Docker image