Mutant Monitoring System (MMS) Day 12 – Coding with Java Part 2

Phillip Tribble's blog post, part of a series on ScyllaDB training, discusses optimizing a Java application for the Mutant Monitoring System using prepared statements to improve scalability and performance. The series has undergone updates, available on ScyllaDB University, and this installment focuses on enhancing the Java application initially built with basic CQL statements. Prepared statements, which allow queries to be parsed and saved for reuse, help developers modify variables in queries efficiently, thereby boosting application performance. The post provides a step-by-step guide to incorporating prepared statements into the application, including adding necessary libraries and modifying functions to handle insert and delete operations with bound variables. The author demonstrates the process of building and running the updated application in a Docker environment, emphasizing the importance of prepared statements for efficient application development. The blog encourages continued exploration of prepared statements for enhancing application efficiency and provides resources for further learning about ScyllaDB.