Java Weekly, Issue 300

We've hit 300 and going strong.

The Java Weekly has been giving my week cadence for over 5 years now, and I'm excited about the next 5 🙂

Hope you've been enjoying the ride. Here we go:

1. Spring and Java

>> Maven archetypes tutorial [vojtechruzicka.com]

A quick guide to project scaffolding with Maven, and a survey of alternatives like Spring Initializr, Yeoman, and JHipster.

>> TestProject Best Practices [petrikainulainen.net]

The top five best practices for getting the most out of TestProject with Selenium WebDriver.

>> Java 13 String API Updates [4comprehension.com]

And a roundup of new String methods to support the JEP-355 Text Blocks preview feature.

Also worth reading:

• >> Spring Boot Testing with JUnit 5 [blog.codeleak.pl]

• >> Mocking with (and without) Spring Boot [reflectoring.io]

• >> JSON Binding (JSON-B) [rieckpil.de]

• >> What’s Faster? COUNT(*) or COUNT(1)? [blog.jooq.org]

Webinars and presentations:

• >> A Bootiful Podcast: Nicolai Parlog on Java Modularity [spring.io]

• >> Java Language Futures: 2019 Edition [youtube.com]

• >> The Trouble with Memory [infoq.com]

• >> Tackling climate change with machine learning [part 1] – Electricity systems [blog.codecentric.de]

• >> Tackling climate change with machine learning [part 2] – Transportation [blog.codecentric.de]

• >> Tackling climate change with machine learning [part 3] – Buildings & Cities [blog.codecentric.de]

Time to upgrade:

• >> Spring Batch 4.2.0.RC1 is released! [spring.io]

• >> Spring Tools 4.4.0 released [spring.io]

2. Technical and Musing

>> Continuous Delivery for Machine Learning [martinfowler.com]

A few key areas of the CD4ML process that require further exploration, including data versioning and data pipelines.

>> The Personal Data Store Pattern [techblog.bozho.net]

An architectural pattern that some organizations are adopting to help with privacy and data protection regulations like GDPR and CCPA.

Also worth reading:

• >> Agile Is Not a Solved Problem [blog.scottlogic.com]

• >> Sentiment Analysis on Twitter Data Using Neo4j and Google Cloud [kennybastani.com]

• >> How to use API Gateway with CloudFront [advancedweb.hu]

• >> Will AWS CDK replace Terraform and the Serverless Framework? [blog.codecentric.de]

• >> Evolving Regional Evacuation [medium.com]

• >> Conclusion of Exercises in Programming Style [blog.frankel.ch]

• >> What’s Going on with GKE and Anthos? [bravenewgeek.com]

3. Comics

>> Thinking [dilbert.com]

>> New TV Ad [dilbert.com]

>> Curse of Competence [dilbert.com]

4. Pick of the Week

Today's the last day you can vote in the 2019 “State of Java” Survey.

It takes literally under 1 minute to fill in, so if you haven't done that, please do:

>> The 2019 “State of Java” 1-minute Survey

Of course, I'll share the full results after closing the survey. Thanks.

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