Another year passes. I was hoping to write more articles instead of just these end-of-the-year screeds, but I almost died in the spring semester, and it sucked up my time. Nevertheless, I will go ...

The Jakarta Persistence API (JPA) is a specification that defines a standardized framework for data persistence. Persistence is the fundamental mechanism for saving and retrieving data over time. In ...

Choosing the right relational database management system (RDBMS) is a critical decision for any organization. Two of the most widely adopted options are Microsoft SQL Server and MySQL. Both platforms ...

The Amazon Web Services (AWS) JDBC Driver for MySQL allows an application to take advantage of the features of clustered MySQL databases. It is based on and can be used as a drop-in compatible for the ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. MySQL remains one of the most popular, open-source databases in the Java community, while ...

Before Donald Trump became US president and the UK left the EU – both arguably the result of a new kind of online politics – a rather nervous-looking Mark Zuckerberg shuffled out onto a Harvard ...

DBeaver is a free, open-source, cross-platform SQL client and database administration tool. It is designed to support a wide variety of SQL and NoSQL databases, including MySQL and PostgreSQL. Its key ...

In this lab, we demonstrate how to use the MariaDB JDBC driver also known as MariaDB Connector/J, to connect to an Amazon Aurora cluster. We use a combination of a small custom Java client program, ...

David is a freelance writer with a background in print journalism, and a love of Free and Open Source Software. He has been using Linux since the early 2000s, and is a regular contributor to Linux ...