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 the foundations of Lombock to get rid of some of the more verbose parts of Java.
We’ve seen many introductions to Optional since it came out. I’ve covered some in these weekly reviews over that time. This one is as good as any and it has a solid video as well – so if you’re not yet using Optional well, have a look.
A very cool breakdown and high level view of what’s going with the libraries in the Java ecosystem.
Also worth reading:
Webinars and presentations:
Time to upgrade:
2. Technical
More practical and realistic writeups about working in a microservice architecture are getting published than before.
This one is simple and to the point, but it does a good job illustrating a clear fact – microservices do come with a real cost and extra complexity.
Also worth reading:
3. Musings
Working with legacy code is a necessary evil – and this writeup tries to frame what that works entails for the developer tasked to do it.
Sometimes it’s important to take a step back and have a look at broad strokes of the industry. Especially if you’re heads down in that industry and most of these new workflows are second nature to you.
That’s the direction of this writeup – a step back and a look at what’s been happening.
Some realities that are well worth understanding before taking a job at a startup.
Also worth reading:
4. Comics
And my favorite Dilberts of the week:
5. Pick of the Week