Release 1.7.3 of RIFE2, the lightweight full-stack framework behind this blog, is out:

• Updated all dependencies
• Upgraded embedded Jetty support to 12.x (JakartaEE 10, Servlet API 6.0.0)

We just released bld 1.7.5, the pure Java build tool for developers who don't like dealing with build tools.

There are also new and updated extensions:

• bld Checkstyle extension (new)
• bld Command Line Execution extension (new)
• bld Generated Version extension
• bld JaCoCo Report extension
• bld PIT Mutation Testing extension (new)
• bld PMD extension
• bld Property File extension
• bld TestNG extension

If you haven't checked out bld yet, please do so. You will thank us later.

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