Using Bun for Fast JavaScript Development and Testing

Bun is a fast all-in-one JavaScript runtime and toolkit designed as a drop-in replacement for Node.js. It implements a native bundler, transpiler, task runner, and npm-compatible package manager - all in a single executable. Bun focuses on three main design goals: Speed (Bun starts fast and runs fast), Elegant APIs (minimal set of highly-optimized APIs), and Cohesive Developer Experience (complete toolkit for building JavaScript apps). In the following tutorial I’m going to demonstrate how to use Bun for common development tasks like package management, running TypeScript, bundling, and testing. ...

July 15, 2026 · 5 min · 967 words · Micha Kops

Java EE 7 JMX Reports with Yammer Metrics

There are several ways to aggregate and report application performance indicators in a Java application. One common way here is to use Java Management Extensions (JMX) and MBeans. The Yammer Metrics Library eases this task for us and simplifies the aggregation of different reports. In the following tutorial, we’re going to set up a full Java EE 7 web application by the help of Maven archetypes and we’re running the application on WildFly application server that is downloaded and configured completely by the WildFly Maven Plugin. ...

August 26, 2014 · 10 min · 2117 words · Micha Kops