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
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.
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.
I remember struggling with this a few years back – I'm glad Hibernate finally supports the new Date classes well.
As always, interesting ruminations on improving the Java syntax – this time with better try-catch syntax.
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:
Webinars and presentations:
Time to upgrade:
2. Technical
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.
Yeah. Good talk.
Also worth reading:
3. Musings
A fun read in general, but particularly if you regularly put your work out there and get feedback on it.
Interesting advice from someone who's been doing this stick for a whole lot longer then most of us.
Also worth reading:
4. Comics
And my favorite Dilberts of the week:
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.
res – REST with Spring (eBook) (everywhere)
