Here we go…
1. Spring and Java
Surprising no one, Java is still number one, but interest in the language is making room for languages such as Kotlin or Clojure, which are seeing a whole lot of traction.
Blockchain technology is becoming more and more popular – hence the Java APIs pop up 🙂
Sometimes we need to bypass some aspects of security for the sake of testing and this trick comes in handy. Make sure not to use this in production, though.
Also worth reading:
Webinars and presentations:
Time to upgrade:
2. Technical
An interesting case-study of an automatic HTML page generation with Asciidoctor.
Gatlings certainly packs a punch – I've been using it regularly for a while now and I quite prefer it to a tool like JMeter.
Also worth reading:
3. Musings
Learn how to look at software quality from the business perspective. Yes, this is a skill most developers lack.
If you want to bring a new idea to life, sometimes a complete working piece of software is not necessary. Definitely not intuitive, and definitely true.
Also worth reading:
4. Comics
And my favorite Dilberts of the week:
5. Pick of the Week
res – REST with Spring (eBook) (everywhere)