1. Spring and Java
>> Spring Boot 2.3.0 Focuses on the Cloud [infoq.com]
A quick overview of a few new nifty features introduced in Spring Boot 2.3 including simplified containerization using buildpacks, more pleasant Kubernetes support with readiness and liveness probes and enhanced graceful shutdow****n.
>> Implementing a Cache with Spring Boot [reflectoring.io]
A practical guide on how to use Spring cache abstraction and Hazelcast with different topologies such as embedded or client-server.
Also worth reading:
>> Better NullPointerException Messages Automatic in JDK 15 [marxsoftware.com]
>> URL Matching with PathPattern in Spring MVC [spring.io]
>> Erasure [openjdk.java.net]
>> Project Helidon Tutorial: Building Microservices with Oracle’s Lightweight Java Framework [infoq.com]
>> Java Map to JSON mapping with JPA and Hibernate [vladmihalcea.com]
>> Announcing Quarkus Hazelcast Client [hazelcast.com]
>> IntelliJ’s text-based HTTP client [mscharhag.com]
>> Lombok & Hibernate: How to Avoid Common Pitfalls [thorben-janssen.com]
Webinars and presentations:
>> High-performance Data Processing with Spring Cloud Data Flow and Geode [infoq.com]
>> Event-Driven Architectures for Spring Developers [infoq.com]
>> A Bootiful Podcast: Tanzu Wavefront co-founder and VMware Principal Engineer Clement Pang [spring.io]
Time to upgrade:
>> First Spring Framework 5.3 milestone released [spring.io]
>> Spring Boot 2.4.0-M1 is now available [spring.io]
>> First milestone of Spring Data 2020.0 available [spring.io]
2. Technical and Musings
>> The illusion of statelessness [blog.frankel.ch]
An interesting take on stateless architectures and its challenges in modern non-trivial scenarios such as REST APIs or Kubernetes.
>> Specs-travaganza! [blog.scottlogic.com]
A survey on the importance of design specifications along with a methodology to implement such specs.
Also worth reading:
>> Automated design handover – Why Zeplin can’t solve all your problems [blog.scottlogic.com]
>> Using Google-Managed Certificates and Identity-Aware Proxy With GKE [bravenewgeek.com]
>> Wishful thinking about a Tumblr API v3 [tryingthings.com]
>> How to change a blog’s permalinks and not lose all organic traffic [advancedweb.hu]
>> What limits legal access to cloud data in Australia? [mnot.net]
3. Comics
And my favorite Dilberts of the week: