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
The plans Oracle has for the Java EE ecosystem – an important read but definitely not a positive one.
This trend of finally getting solid, well-supported management of credentials and sensitive information – is quite helpful to the security of most systems out there.
Market data is so often overlooked but so very important for understanding an industry.
That's why I run my yearly survey, that's why I enjoy reading the RebelLabs reports and that's why this dataset is significant as well.
Also worth reading:
Webinars and presentations:
Time to upgrade:
2. Technical
An interesting and reluctant adoption of Cucumber with some Spring goodness in there for good measure.
A good read about enumeration attacks, all in stories. Funny stories about companies acting silly with their security.
A solid look at the basics.
A good, high level overview of the options we have for daemons, when collecting data off a production box.
I've personally been using collecd for years – and it gets the job done, but I'll certainly be looking fluentd after reading this piece.
I'm thoroughly enjoying this series on the basics of DDD.
Also worth reading:
3. Musings
Wrangling a large codebase with static analysis tools often comes down to the art of tuning the tool to keep enthusiasm up – for both you and your team. To many warnings and the problem looks to large. To few and you're not seeing enough.
Of course, with a bit of discipline and experience, you can get to more manageable codebase if you keep at it.
A very good point, event though it's sometimes easier said than done.
A balanced and thoughtful approach to management – lots to learn from here, whichever side of the table you happen to sit.
Also worth reading:
4. Comics
And my favorite Dilberts of the week:
res – REST with Spring (eBook) (everywhere)
