Microsoft’s current developer strategy is perhaps best described as pragmatic: Meet developers where they are, not where Microsoft thinks they should be. Redmond has put aside old rivalries, open ...

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 ...

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