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A Functional Approach to Java: Augmenting Object-Oriented Java Code with Functional Principles

A Functional Approach to Java: Augmenting Object-Oriented Java Code with Functional Principles

Augment your Java code with functional principles without going "fully functional."

2023

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My book, “A Functional Approach to Java,” is finally here!

I’m happy to announce that my book, “A Functional Approach to Java: Augmenting Object-Oriented Java Code with Functional Principles,” is…

7 min readMay 19, 2023

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My book, “A Functional Approach to Java,” is finally here!

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Ben Weidig

Exploring Java’s Units of Measurement API

Working With Units Is a Breeze Thanks To JSR 385

11 min read3 days ago

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Exploring Java’s Units of Measurement API

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Ben Weidig

Looking at Java 22: Multi-File Source-Code Programs

Easier Tinkering and Experimentation with Java

6 min readMay 21, 2024

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Looking at Java 22: Multi-File Source-Code Programs

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Ben Weidig

Shell Traps and POSIX Signals

Inter-Process Communication Made Easy

6 min readMay 8, 2024

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Shell Traps and POSIX Signals

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Ben Weidig

Looking at Java 22: Stream Gatherers

Creating Custom Intermediate Operations

7 min readApr 29, 2024

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Looking at Java 22: Stream Gatherers

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Looking at Java 22: Foreign Function & Memory API

Working with Native Code More Efficiently

7 min readApr 17, 2024

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Looking at Java 22: Foreign Function & Memory API

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Ben Weidig

Looking at Java 22: Class-File API

A modern approach to Class-file manipulation

11 min readApr 9, 2024

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Looking at Java 22: Class-File API

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Ben Weidig

Working with Numbers in Java

Java’s different numeric types and when to use them

16 min readApr 2, 2024

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Working with Numbers in Java

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Ben Weidig

Looking at Java 22: Unnamed Variables & Patterns

Enhancing code readability and emaintainability by not giving a name

5 min readMar 19, 2024

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Looking at Java 22: Unnamed Variables & Patterns

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Ben Weidig

Grabbing Screen Text with a Shell Script

From Simple Idea to Portable Script

7 min readMar 18, 2024

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Grabbing Screen Text with a Shell Script

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Ben Weidig

Ben Weidig

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Software developer, entrepreneur, blogger. Mostly Java, sometimes Swift, Golang, Bash and all the other fun stuff.

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