Java Web Weekly, Issue 161

1. Spring and Java

>> Bean Validation 2.0 Progress Report [beanvalidation.org]

The new features of the Bean Validation 2.0 definitely look promising.

>> Swift for Beans – var, let and Type Inference [knitelius.com]

Swift-like features are making their way into Java.

>> New JEP Would Simplify Java Type Variance [infoq.com]

Simplified Type Variance possibly in JDK 10.

>> Declutter Your POJOs with Lombok [sitepoint.com]

A short overview of Lombok – the Java boilerplate killer.

>> Pivotal Releases First Milestone of Next-Generation Spring Data Featuring Reactive Database Access [infoq.com]

The first milestone of the new Spring Data was already released.

It looks like it will be possible to create “reactive” repositories making use of the Spring Reactor project.

>> Hibernate Tips: Use query comments to identify a query [thoughts-on-java.org]

A quick and very practical write-up about leveraging query comments in Hibernate.

>> JDK 9 is the End of the Road for Some Features [marxsoftware.com]

Most articles focus on JDK 9 additions. This one goes through the list of features to be removed from JVM.

>> Protecting JAX-RS Resources with RBAC and Apache Shiro [stormpath.com]

Implementing a fine-grained Role-Based Access Control with Apache Shiro.

>> Flyway Tutorial – Execute Migrations using Maven [codecentric.de]

Another short write-up about doing database migrations with Flyway. This time, focusing on the maven-flyway-plugin.

>> Building Reactive Applications with Akka Actors and Java 8 [infoq.com]

It turns out you do not need to use Scala in order to be able to use Akka 🙂

Also worth reading:

• >> JDK 9 is Feature Complete! [marxsoftware.com]

• >> Why should not use the AUTO JPA GenerationType with MySQL and Hibernate [vladmihalcea.com]

• >> Faster parallel processing in Java using Streams and a spliterator [airpair.com]

• >> Multi-tenant applications using Spring Boot, JPA, Hibernate and Postgres [tech.asimio.net]
  

• >> How to test event-based services using contracts [developer.epages.com]

• >> SMACK stack from the trenches [codecentric.de]

Webinars and presentations:

• >> Real World Microservices with Spring Cloud, Netflix OSS and Kubernetes [infoq.com]

• >> The Journey from Monolith to Microservices: A Guided Adventure [infoq.com]

• >> Microservices: Organizing Large Teams for Rapid Delivery [infoq.com]

• >> Bootiful Microservices in a Legacy Environment: Lessons Learned [infoq.com]

• >> Writing Comprehensive and Guaranteed Up-to-Date REST API Documentation [infoq.com]

• >> Orchestrate All the Things! with Spring Cloud Data Flow [infoq.com]

• >> Git Questions – How to Keep a Git Fork up to Date [jetbrains.com]

• >> Spring with ApacheNiFi [infoq.com]

• >> Spring Boot at PayPal [spring.io]

Time to upgrade:

• >> Spring Framework 4.3.6 available now [spring.io]

• >> Seventh bug-fix release for ORM 5.2 [in.relation.to]

• >> Spring AMQP 1.7.0.RELEASE (and 1.6.7) Available [spring.io]

• >> Hibernate ORM 5.0.12.Final and 5.1.4.Final released [in.relation.to]

• >> Spring LDAP 2.3.1 Released [spring.io]

• >> Spring Cloud Stream Brooklyn.SR2 and Chelsea.M1 released [spring.io]

• >> Spring Integration Extension for Hazelcast 1.0.0 M2 Available [spring.io]

• >> Dependency Management Plugin 1.0.0.RELEASE [spring.io]

• >> IntelliJ IDEA 2017.1 EAP 171.2613.7 is Out [jetbrains.com]

• >> Weld 3.0.0.CR1 [cdi-spec.org]

2. Technical

>> Navigating the microservice architecture pattern language – part 1 [plainoldobjects.com]

A short write-up exploring and explaining the semantics of microservices.

>> Better performance: the case for timeouts [odino.org]

A very detailed experiment showing that such basic things as timeouts can noticeably impact the performance.

>> Exploring data sets with Kibana [frankel.ch]

The title says all 🙂

>> AWS Serverless Lambda Scheduled Events to Store Tweets in Couchbase [couchbase.com]

A short tutorial showing how to use Couchbase in a tweet-fetching AWS Lambda application.

Also worth reading:

• >> Deploy Docker Compose Services to Swarm [couchbase.com]

• >> Emerging DSL [abdullin.com]

• >> Introduction to mutation testing [medium.com]

• >> DDoS Monitoring: How to Know You’re Under Attack [loggly.com]

• >> How quickly can you remove spaces from a string? [lemire.me]

3. Musings

>> Software Development and the Gig Economy [henrikwarne.com]

A few thoughts about the Software Development market and the direction it's heading.

>> Managing a To Do list [kylecordes.com]

>> Really Managing a To Do list [kylecordes.com]

Tips on how to effectively manage your TODOs.

>> Automate Your Documentation [daedtech.com]

How to write documentation as easy as possible 🙂

>> Collaborating with Outsiders to the Dev Team [daedtech.com]

Trying to teach developers how to live with other forms of life 🙂

>> Nights and Weekends [swizec.com]

Building something interesting in your off hours isn't supposed to be easy.

>> SyntheticMonitoring [martinfowler.com]

An explanation of the Synthetic Monitoring technique which revolves around running tests on a live system.

Also worth reading:

• >> An Inferno on the Head of a Pin [codinghorror.com]

• >> Why I Chose to Be a Government Advisor [techblog.bozho.net]

• >> Selling tools to developers, and other bad idea [virtuouscode.com]

4. Comics

And my favorite Dilberts of the week:

>> Secret Goals [dilbert.com]

>> Totally different [dilbert.com]

>> Work-life balance [dilbert.com]

5. Pick of the Week

>> How to do what you love and make good money [sivers.org]

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