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
An inside look into Java 8 adoption in the industry.
Quick and to the point guide for separating the integration tests in your Maven project.
An alternative approach that saves you from using the extra plugin is to simply define naming patterns for your tests and run them based on a regular expression.
A detailed, clear guide to publishing Git information about a deployed application. This is the kind of thing where you know you’re no longer working on a toy app.
A succinct rundown of the newly available features of Spring Security 4.
Wiring in more complex beans in Spring can be tricky business – but it can certainly be done and done well.
Also worth reading:
Webinars and presentations:
Time to upgrade:
2. Technical
Mandatory reading (again).
Also worth reading:
3. Musings
A quick, beautifully simple analysis of the oh-so common problem of unwarranted optimism when tackling complex, difficult problems.
Very interesting article on the maturity with which we’re practicing Agile.
This week is packed with a surprising number of great pieces.
A promising re-definition of Loser/Clueless/Sociopath corporate archetypes to a milder but perhaps more nuanced topology. A book is in the works as well.
A good dose of pragmatism and a great read for engineers starting out.
It’s hard – almost impossible – to get into a state of flow when you’re not alone; a case well made.
4. Comics
And my favorite Dilberts of the week:
5. 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.
