The Baeldung Weekly Review 7
Let’s see what mid February has in store for us – surprisingly or not – a lot of good things.
On Java
Good introduction of new APIs that are going to be available for Map in Java 8 – some previously verbose operations have just become simple.
⇒ Java 8 Performance Improvements: LongAdder vs AtomicLong
Java 8 will bring some nice performance improvements for multithreading – some real world numbers.
⇒ Free Java Profiling with Oracle Java Mission Control
Going beyond VisualVM – this is a real world example of the immense value of profiling your code.
⇒ Java 8 Cheatsheet
Useful little Java 8 cookbook for lambda syntax.
⇒ Mockito: Why You Should Not Use InjectMocks Annotation to Autowire Fields
Insightful analysis of using Mockito @InjectMocks to wire in mock dependencies (vs. clean explicit declaration). The author that originally wrote about injecting mocks has also reconsidered his original view on this.
On Spring
This needs little introduction – if you’re doing any work with Tomcat, it’s definitely worth an hour of your time.
⇒ Chaining URL View resolvers in Spring MVC
Work around the limitations of the standard InternalResourceViewResolver to get a deterministic order on the resolution process.
Technical
This is the one this week – there have been a few very good articles – but this one really hits home. Wholly recommended.
⇒ Interface Segregation Principle: A Practical Example
A funny anecdotal tale on the merits of Interface Segregation. Segregate people!
⇒ Session-based Logging
This is becoming a good resource for logging and testing articles – another good article on getting the most out of your logging information.
⇒ A beginner’s guide to Git feature branches
Contributing to an open source project is something of an experience first time you do it. This will help get you started.
General Musings
===== ⇒ AlienatingAtmosphere
Very interesting read for a little bit of perspective about our ecosystem.
Done
As I mentioned before – my plan for these reviews is to give you my own perspective of the best handful of articles to read that week.
If you have any suggestions on what I should read, to potentially include into the next review, drop me a line in the comments.
Also, if you feel that I missed a gem that came out this week, also let me know – these articles are editable at the end of the day.
Have a great week.
Eugen.
