I just released the Starter Class of "Learn Spring Security":
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
>> How to Replace Rules in JUnit 5 [codeaffine.com]
I find deep-dives into the upcoming JUnit 5 very interesting.
But, if you’re using rules in JUnit 4 and know they’re going away in version 5 – you’ll find this one particularly useful.
>> Overriding Dependency Versions with Spring Boot [spring.io]
Gone are the days where you have to painstakingly lay out each Spring dependency and versions manually. There are now – and have been for a while – much easier ways to get your dependency tree in working order.
>> Hibernate 5: How to persist LocalDateTime & Co with Hibernate [thoughts-on-java.org]
I remember struggling with this a few years back – I’m glad Hibernate finally supports the new Date classes well.
>> Would We Still Criticise Checked Exceptions, If Java had a Better try-catch Syntax? [jooq.org]
As always, interesting ruminations on improving the Java syntax – this time with better try-catch syntax.
>> JUnit 5 – Extension Model [codefx.org]
Working with JUnit 5 is going to be fun, and extending it is going to be even more so.
Libraries (and IDEs) won’t have to hack around the API any more – which is bound to lead to some good things coming on top of the new JUnit.
Also worth reading:
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>> Integration Architecture with Java EE and Spring [eisele.net]
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>> Introducing FluentLenium (2) – Selenium waiting game [awesome-testing.com]
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>> Couchbase as a First Class Citizen of Spring Boot 1.4 [spring.io]
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>> Spring Batch Tutorial: Writing Information to a File [petrikainulainen.net]
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>> Data aggregation with Spring Data MongoDB and Spring Boot [xpadro.blogspot.ro]
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>> Using Spring Session for concurrent session control in a clustered environment [blog.trifork.com]
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>> Java version and vendor data analyzed: 2016 edition [plumbr.eu]
Webinars and presentations:
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>> Interview: Interview with Gil Tene on Hardware Transactional Memory [infoq.com]
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>> Generics and Java’s Evolution [infoq.com]
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>> Developing Cloud-native Applications with Eclipse and the Spring Tool Suite [infoq.com]
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>> High Performance Stream Processing [spring.io]
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>> Microservices to FastData in the Enterprise with Spring [spring.io]
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>> NoXML – Eliminating XML in Your Spring Projects [spring.io]
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>> Building Smart Editors with Eclipse and JavaFX [infoq.com]
Time to upgrade:
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>> Spring Boot 1.4.0.M2 Available Now [spring.io]
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>> Spring for Apache Kafka 1.0 Milestone 2 Available [spring.io]
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>> Spring Integration Kafka Support 2.0.0.M1 is now available [spring.io]
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>> Spring WS 2.3.0 is released [spring.io]
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>> Spring Integration AWS 1.0.0.M1 is now available [spring.io]
2. Technical
>> How to run database integration tests 20 times faster [vladmihalcea.com]
I haven’t seen a ram disk in a while 
This writeup is practical and chock full of solid advice if you want to speed up your builds and don’t mind getting your hands a bit dirty with some low level tools.
>> Eric Evans — Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software [dddeurope.com]
Yeah. Good talk.
Also worth reading:
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>> Logging in New-Style Daemons with systemd [loggly.com]
3. Musings
>> Are Your Arguments Falsifiable? [daedtech.com]
A fun read in general, but particularly if you regularly put your work out there and get feedback on it.
>> How I’ve Avoided Burnout During More Than 3 Decades As A Programmer [thecodist.com]
Interesting advice from someone who’s been doing this stick for a whole lot longer then most of us.
Also worth reading:
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>> When a nation is hacked: Understanding the ginormous Philippines data breach [troyhunt.com]
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>> Visualizing Your (Real) Architecture [daedtech.com]
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>> The Wisdom of Programming Quotes [henrikwarne.com]
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>> Narrative illusions [lemire.me]
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>> A brief overview of hack.summit() 2016 (part 3) [advancedweb.hu]
4. Comics
And my favorite Dilberts of the week:
>> Why does your agreeing sound like mocking? [dilbert.com]
>> And it’s free? [dilbert.com]
>> Pictures of people who were attacked by bears [dilbert.com]
5. Pick of the Week
Instead of picking something, this week I’m going to ask you a question:
Do you like the new Baeldung design?
Let me know in the comments – and have a great weekend.