Most software engineers have to work with enterprise integrations, and, since we are all lazy, we love to use stuff that provide things out-of-the-box. Before I start, I have to say: I already have worked with both Camel and Alpakka, so, I'll try to make the fairest comparison I can. Apache Camel is a "lightweight ESB" and has been around for sometime now. It is widely adopted and battle-tested on production at many companies, like Cisco, Netflix and JPMorgan. On the other hand, the Alpakka project is relatively…

We always hear about the Spring vs Java EE fight. Do we always have to use one of them? For sure, they give you a lot of facilities, but, do we need all of those features that they bring with them every time? Well, actually you don't need to choose one of them always. There are a lot of other alternatives that help you build your applications, so, why not take a look at few of them? I'm here to show an alternative called Apache DeltaSpike. Apache DeltaSpike is a…