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
A quick intro to what's shaping up to become a very good step forward for JUnit – which bodes well for the entire ecosystem.
>> Reactor 2.5 : A Second Generation Reactive Foundation for the JVM [spring.io]
An update on what's going on with the story reactive systems – seems like a lot of progress is being made.
Some fun pushing the boundaries of java generics.
A big update to the Hibernate docs, which are now going to 5.1 by default.
Some of the basics of what's healthy and what's when looking at the memory consumption of a JVM – simple and to the point.
A conversationally written guide on setting up a caching layer for Hibernate with Spring. This will definitely come in handy for at least a few developers out there.
Hehe – now let's have some fun.
Also worth reading:
Webinars and presentations:
Time to upgrade:
2. Technical
A solid set of tests you can (and should) run against your rig to make sure it's in working order.
Some cool numbers and behind the scene details of running StackOverflow. Very interesting to see what it takes to run SO the old-school way.
Also worth reading:
3. Musings
This is a long read, but an important one given the recent news in the privacy/security world.
An interesting (yet long) read about office politics and evaluating the work of other developers.
Committing a fix you don't quite understand is almost never a good idea, and imagining the stakes are high is an interesting way to think about it and quickly reach a decision.
Also worth reading:
4. Comics
And my favorite Dilberts of the week:
5. Pick of the Week
res – REST with Spring (eBook) (everywhere)
