Tag: Java

Java SimpleDateFormat and Thread Safety

Multi-threading is always a challenge when developing large-scale applications. In Java, the SimpleDateFormat class is wonderfully easy to use, but can be spectacularly dangerous and unpredictable in a multi-threaded application. The use of the SimpleDateFormat class as a static data member or in an enum are important to safeguard. Wrapping it in a thread-safe class […]

Announcing the New Constant Contact V2 API, Developer Portal, and Developer Acceleration Tools

Over the past year, we’ve mentioned a few times that we are working on a new version of our API.  It’s been quite a journey since we launched our original public REST API in 2008.  Since then, expectations have changed, technologies have advanced, and our developer community has been vocal about what they want.  They’ve […]