Java 9 public updates are officially over, Java 10 is here and Java 11 is almost upon us. But modularity, as introduced in Java 9 is here to stay! And so are the books covering issues related to the Java 9 release. Here is my top 10 list of the books that can offer a solid foundation for working with modularity in Java; a must-read for every Java developer.

Never a dull moment with Java! In the last part of our interview series, our interviewees weigh in on the future of modular Java and present their Java 11 wish list. 

A lot of talks will tell you how to set up container orchestration systems correctly. In this session from DevOpsCon 2017, Jörg Schad explains what not to do when setting up your Apache Mesos and DC/OS cluster.

No Docker daemon? Working in a Kubernetes cluster? No problem. Kaniko, a new open source tool, allows developers to build an image in a container without needing any special privileges.

Hacker News Hiring Trends rankings and PYPL PopularitY of Programming Language index for April 2018 are out, offering different approaches, different data sources and different, yet interesting results.

AI is everywhere these days. But what does it mean for mobile app development? In this article, Naiya Sharma goes over the pros and cons of utilizing artificial intelligence when developing a mobile application.

AIOps is an emerging technology which focuses on bringing the benefits of artificial intelligence to Ops. However, AIOps is *not* designed to replace existing operations model as well as tools, rather unify and modernize them with algorithmic approach powered by machine learning and big data. We talked with Enzo Signore, CMO at FixStream about its benefits, tooling and more.

Cry havoc and let slip the monkeys of chaos! Chaos engineering comes to Spring Boot with a bang. Is your Spring Boot project ready to be tested by the simian army of doom? Find out now!

New topics, new functions but also some work in your luggage: With Spring Boot 2, Pivotal’s developers are launching a new generation of convention pre-configuration solution for building Spring applications. In this series of articles Michael Simons, Senior Consultant at innoQ Germany, gives a comprehensive introduction to the basics and the news of the new version of Spring Boot.

Angular v6 should be released pretty soon (hopefully!). As we’re getting closer to the grand Angular 6 finale, we start to see bits and pieces of what is shaping up to be a great version. RC.5 is here.

IntelliJ IDEA 2018.1 arrived last month but now we have some important bugfixes! We go over all the important changes in IntelliJ IDEA 2018.1.1, including a fix for the automatic update issue and other issues.

Progressive Web Apps are speedy, reliable, and enhance the mobile web. We spoke with developer Maxim Salnikov about the next best thing for scrolling through the web.

More changes to Eclipse Oxygen! In the latest installment of Holger Voormann’s video series, he explains the latest changes to Eclipse Oxygen.3a with a focus on Java 10 IDE improvements.

Containers are definitely not a panacea for all problems and sometimes they are even more of a burden than an advantage for a project. In our interview at DevOpsCon 2017 in Munich, Michael Bruns, software developer and architect at inovex, explains which projects can really benefit from Docker, Kubernetes and the like. He also reveals to us, whether serverless will soon replace container technology.