At the very beginning of last year, I decided to track my reading habits and share the best stuff here, on Baeldung. Haven’t missed a review since.
Here we go…
1. Spring and Java
>> Hibernate aggressive connection release [vladmihalcea.com]
A quick intro and overview of the way Hibernate deals with releasing connections and how that behavior can be configured.
>> Explicit receiver parameters [joda.org]
A cool feature I didn’t know Java 8 had – passing in the this parameter explicitly as a method argument.
>> JEP 277 “Enhanced Deprecation” is Nice. But Here’s a Much Better Alternative [jooq.org]
A very interesting solution to add richer semantics to the way we deprecated APIs.
>> 3 Disasters Which I Solved With JProfiler [petrikainulainen.net]
A good profiling session can make the difference between a solid, well executing and a slow path through the code. Here’s a few ideas to get started.
>> A Refresher – Top 10 Java EE 7 Backend Features [blog.eisele.net]
A rundown of some of the most useful Java EE features – most of which look quite handy.
>> Jigsaw Hands-On Guide [codefx.org]
A solid, practical deep dive into modularity with the upcoming project Jigsaw.
Also worth reading:
>> Oracle Confirms Delayed Schedule for Java 9 [infoq.com]
>> Spring From the Trenches: Creating PDF Documents With Wkhtmltopdf [petrikainulainen.net]
>> The Right Way to Use SecureRandom [tersesystems.com]
>> A story about how to setup SpringBoot, Jersey & Eureka [staleks.github.io]
>> Write Once Multi Tenancy With Subdomains and Spring Boot [stormpath.com]
>> Discovering a Trove of Java Primitives Collection Handling [marxsoftware]
>> Nashorn: Run JavaScript on the JVM [github.com]
Webinars and presentations:
>> DIY Monitoring: Build Your Own JVM Performance Management Tool [infoq.com]
>> Groovy with Style! [infoq.com]
>> Spring Boot and JRebel [infoq.com]
>> The State of Securing RESTful APIs with Spring [infoq.com]
>> Using Groovy & Spock to Develop Tests as Assets not Afterthoughts [infoq.com]
>> Take a Groovy Rest [infoq.com]
>> Java at 20 and Where We Are Going [infoq.com]
Time to upgrade:
>> Spring Boot 1.3.1 and 1.2.8 available now [spring.io]
>> Spring Data release train Gosling SR2 released [spring.io]
>> Apache Commons Collections 4.1 Released [apache.org]
>> Spring IO Platform 1.1.5.RELEASE [spring.io] and >> Spring IO Platform 2.0.1.RELEASE [spring.io]
>> Spring for Apache Hadoop 2.3.0 GA released [spring.io]
2. Technical
>> Rich Domain Doesn’t Mean Fat Objects [sapiensworks.com]
There’s a lot to consider when modeling your domain, and not just the technical aspects.
Also worth reading:
>> New – Enhanced Monitoring for Amazon RDS (MySQL 5.6, MariaDB, and Aurora) [aws.amazon.com]
>> New – Gzip Compression Support for Amazon CloudFront [aws.amazon.com]
3. Musings
>> Giving less advice [signalvnoise.com]
How close you are to the thing you had success with is really something we should all keep in mind when giving advice. Very sensible position and a solid, quick read.
Also worth reading:
>> The courage to face what we do not understand [lemire.me]
>> A reasonable man [signalvnoise.com]
4. Comics
And my favorite Dilberts of the week: