Lots of interesting writeups on Spring stuff going on this week.
Let's jump right in…
1. Spring and Java
Starting with Spring Boot 1.5, we can configure log levels at runtime by performing simple POST requests.
Community is a great source of knowledge 🙂
A quick refresher of how @ComponentScan works followed by a practical example.
Java 9 includes a brand new Stack-Walking API that provides an access to the execution stack. Hopefully, we'll no longer need to hack our way through frames.
Very cool – the JSON-P JSR-374 1.1 spec is now public.
And a quick-start guide to templating with Thymeleaf 3.
With a little bit of effort, soft deletes are achievable with Hibernate.
Webinars and presentations:
Time to upgrade:
2. Technical
A quick and practical guide to wiring Docker containers up for integration testing.
It's good to remember that bcrypt has its limitations.
A presentation of a CD setup with Kubernetes, Docker, and CircleCI. Definitely a useful setup.
Also worth reading:
3. Musings
Recent “whiteboard interviews” topic has sparked a lot of discussion about the efficiency of contemporary tech interviews.
A short write-up recalling the importance of fast identification of false negatives and false positives.
Also worth reading:
4. Comics
And my favorite Dilberts of the week:
5. Pick of the Week
res – REST with Spring (eBook) (everywhere)