The business handler is the last handler in the request/response chain after all the middleware handlers. There are two types of middleware handlers: Technical and Business. Light is dedicated to providing all the technical middleware handlers to address technical cross-cutting concerns so that users can focus on their business logic to increase productivity and maintainability. Big organizations will leverage the plugin architecture of Light to add another layer of business middleware handlers after the technical middleware handlers in the request/response chain. Read More »

Unlike other frameworks that are based on containers, light-4j is based on a light-weight HTTP core and implemented as POJOs. That means you don’t need to use a remote debugger but simply need to debug locally within your IDE. In most of the cases, we are using the unit or integration test cases to trigger the debugger. IntelliJ IDEA The best IDE for debugging is IntelliJ IDEA, and the free community edition is more than enough. Read More »

Light is an ecosystem with many components. It is very complex and has a very steep learning curve as it is designed for enterprise scale. While working with customers and developers, we have collected some tips and tricks over the years. Hopefully, these best practices help new users to get started quickly and avoid unnecessary mistakes. Specification Swagger 2.0 Best Practices OpenAPI 3.0 Best Practices light-rest-4j light-eventuate-4j Set up permanent IP on Mac Troubleshooting Best Practices Debugging Debug Logging Level Read More »