Java Weekly, Issue 348

1. Spring and Java

>> Seeing Register Allocation Working in Java [chrisseaton.com]

An insightful and in-depth take on how GraalVM allocates variables in machine registers.

>> Logging In Spring Boot [reflectoring.io]

Exploring different aspects of logging in Spring Boot: motivation, best practices, configuration, and aggregation architecture.

>> Mapping Arrays with Hibernate [thorben-janssen.com]

And a comparison of different options to map arrays with Hibernate: element collections, binary types, and of course, vendor-specific arrays with Hibernate custom types.

Also worth reading:

• >> A new way to unit test multi-threaded Java [vmlens.com]

• >> Speed-up your Query with Parameter Padding [thorben-janssen.com]

• >> JDK16 javac xlint Warning about Default Constructors [marxsoftware.com]

• >> Containerizing Java Applications with Jib [infoq.com]

• >> OCR in Java with Tess4J [mscharhag.com]

Webinars and presentations:

• >> Bootiful Podcast: Google Cloud's Elena Felder on Spring Cloud GCP, Reactor, and More [spring.io]

• >> TornadoVM: Java for GPUs and FPGAs [infoq.com]

Time to upgrade:

• >> Spring Boot for Apache Geode & VMware GemFire 1.4.0-M2 and 1.3.3.RELEASE Available [spring.io]

• >> Get the very first bits of Spring Authorization Server 0.0.1 ! [spring.io]

• >> IntelliJ IDEA 2020.2.1 Is Available [blog.jetbrains.com]

2. Technical

>> Kotlin 1.4 Brings New Language Features, Improved Compilers, and Tools [infoq.com]

An overview of new features in Kotlin 1.4: SAM interfaces, collection improvements, ArrayDeque, trailing comma, and many more!

Also worth reading:

• >> Patterns of Distributed Systems: Request Pipeline, Single Socket Channel, and Low-Water Mark [martinfowler.com]

• >> Introduction to Hypermedia REST APIs [mscharhag.com]

• >> Making Sense of the Information Security Landscape [techblog.bozho.net]

• >> How to add HTTPS for an S3 bucket website with Cloudflare [advancedweb.hu]

3. Musings

>> Scrum Essentials Cards [queue.acm.org]

Successful examples and case studies of using scrum essential cards to improve the teamwork.

Also worth reading:

• >> Why user-oriented development is so important – the story of tactics.ai [blog.codecentric.de]

• >> Think workflow, not app [blog.scottlogic.com]

• >> Don’t Take Freelancing Advice from Freelancers [daedtech.com]

4. Comics

And my favorite Dilberts of the week:

>> Ted Takes Selfie With Bear [dilbert.com]

>> Ratio Is Too High [dilbert.com]

5. Pick of the Week

>> Avoiding the trap of low-knowledge, high-confidence theories [blog.asmartbear.com]

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