The AppDynamics Java agent, like many Java applications, uses logging extensively. We have used Log4J as our logging framework for many years. And while the latest release of Log4J was in 2012 – and the Apache Foundation announced end-of-life for Log4J in August 2015 – we didn’t upgrade to Log4J2...
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It’s hard to believe that it’s already 2017. But with the new year comes new challenges, new opportunities—and, of course—new software projects. One of the...
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Python has long been a go-to language for developers creating cutting-edge web applications. However, Python’s advantages of power, versatility, flexibility and ease of programming have...
