At the very beginning of 2014 I decided to track my reading habits and share the best stuff here, on Baeldung.
2014 has been quite the year, covering each week with a review. I've been doing a lot more reading to make sure I cover and curate stuff that has value and is actually worth reading.
Let me know in the comments if you're finding my reviews interesting and useful.
Here we go…
1. Spring and Java
>> Mark Reinhold on Java 9 and Beyond
The plans for Java going forward.
>> JDK 8 Streams and Grouping
Powerful use of Streams to reorganize and classify the backing collections.
>> Hibernate CascadeType.LOCK gotchas
Further code-heavy, in depth exploration of locking in Hibernate.
>> Test Collection Implementations with Guava
An interesting way to test a custom collection implementation using tests that already exist in Guava. Didn't know Guava can do that.
>> Become a DevOps with Spring Boot
This is a very good place to start for monitoring a Spring Boot app.
>> Peter Lawrey Describes Petabyte JVMs
An very cool exploration of JVMs with very large heaps (32GB+).
>> Getting started with Activiti and Spring Boot
A solid, code focused introduction to Activity within the Spring Boot ecosystem. I especially like the testing part – that usually takes a bit of API exploration to get right.
>> Getting Started with Gradle: Creating a Web Application Project
Although I'm personally not using Gradle, this series will definitely be my go-to if I ever decide to jump on the Gradle wagon.
Also worth reading:
>> Groovy Moving to Apache
>> Spring Boot Integration Testing with Selenium
>> How to activate Hibernate Statistics to analyze performance issues
>> Java IO Benchmark: Quasar vs. Async ForkJoinPool vs. managedBlock
>> An SLF4J-compatible, simple, fluent API for rate-limited logging in Java
>> Getting Java Event Notification Right
Webinars and presentations:
>> Introducing Spring Session
>> Spring Framework – Today, Past and Future
>> How I Learned to Stop Worrying & Love the Lambda
>> Debugging Java 8: New Techniques for Fixing Production Code
>> Become a Data-driven Organization with Machine Learning
Time to upgrade:
>> Spring Tool Suite and Groovy/Grails Tool Suite 3.6.4 released
>> Logstash 1.5.0 RC2 released
>> FindBugs 3.0.1 release
>> Drools 6.2.0.Final Released
>> MongoDB 3.0 and MongoDB Ops Manager Now Generally Available
>> The MySQL 5.7.6 Milestone Release is Available
2. Technical and Musings
>> Fired
This took a pair to write.
>> Yak Shaving is a Good Way to Improve an API
It's widely understood that building APIs is hard. And more nuanced, some of the good practices that would otherwise apply in most cases of building software may not apply when building APIs. This piece is about that.
3. Comics
And my favorite Dilberts of the week:
>> Nothing to fear but fear itself
>> I summon the vast power of CERTIFICATION
>> I fixed the Internet
4. Pick of the Week
Earlier this year I introduced the “Pick of the Week” section here in my “Weekly Review”. If you're already on my email list – you got the pick already – hope you enjoyed it.