Java Weekly, Issue 360

1. Spring and Java

>> From Spring Boot to Quarkus [blog.frankel.ch]

The new kid on the block: a practical guide on how to migrate a typical Spring Boot app to Quarkus!

>> New language features since Java 8 to 15 [advancedweb.hu]

Java evolution for people in a hurry: an anthology of improvements and new features available in modern Java.

>> Getting Started with Spring Data Specifications [reflectoring.io]

Flexing data access with Specifications: a more maintainable approach for ad-hoc queries with a myriad of custom filters.

Also worth reading:

• >> Spring Boot Apps with Kong API Gateway using OpenAPI & Declarative Configuration [blog.codecentric.de]
• >> Mapping Java Records to JSON columns using Hibernate [vladmihalcea.com]
• >> Spring Cloud Streams and Elasticsearch sink [spring.io]
• >> Monitoring Spring Boot with Prometheus and Grafana [ordina-jworks.github.io]

Webinars and presentations:

• >> A Bootiful Podcast: Spring Boot 2.4 and living legend, CTO, and friend John Davies [spring.io]
• >> OpenJDK Projects Give Rise to Innovations in JDK 15 and Beyond [youtube.com]
• >> Secrets of the Shenandoah Garbage Collector [youtube.com]

Time to upgrade:

• >> Spring Boot 2.4.0 available now [spring.io] and >> Spring Boot 2.3.6 available now [spring.io]
• >> Hibernate ORM 5.3.20.Final released [in.relation.to]
• >> Hibernate Search 5.11.6.Final released [in.relation.to]
• >> Spring Data 2020.0 – New and Noteworthy in Spring Data MongoDB 3.1 [spring.io] and Spring Data JDBC 2.1 [spring.io] and Spring Data R2DBC 1.2 [spring.io]

2. Technical

>> On distributed systems and elliptic curve cryptography [martin.kleppmann.com]

Going all academic on distributed systems and EC cryptography: An academical and yet practical take on distributed systems and ECC.

Also worth reading:

• >> Permutation – Heap's Algorithm [java-allandsundry.com]
• >> The how of monitoring your services [blog.codecentric.de]
• >> Use-cases for IAM roles [advancedweb.hu]
• >> How to use OpenAPI with API Gateway REST APIs [advancedweb.hu]

3. Musings

>> The No-Excuses Guide to Innovation with APIs [blog.scottlogic.com]

Reinventing digital services by thinking and acting more strategically instead of pursuing one-off solutions.

Also worth reading:

• >> IIoT product development: lessons from past projects [blog.codecentric.de]

4. Comics

And my favorite Dilberts of the week:

>> Information From Carl [dilbert.com]

>> Rewriting Shakespeare [dilbert.com]

>> Real Men Multitask [dilbert.com]

5. Pick of the Week

Datadog is back, with full visibility into an always growing number of solid, native integrations – both in and out of the Java ecosystem:

>> End-to-end visibility into performance and code efficiency with Datadog APM

Simply put, you can drill in starting with the browser all the way down to individual DB queries – with no sampling, which is a little bit crazy to think about 🙂

res – REST with Spring (eBook) (everywhere)

Learning to build your API
with Spring?

Download the E-book