Java Web Weekly 39
At the very beginning of last year, I decided to track my reading habits and share the best stuff here, on Baeldung. Haven’t missed a review since.
Here we go…
1. Spring and Java
===== >> JEP 269: Convenience Factory Methods for Collections [java.net]
Quick and clean JDK making collection creation easier in Java. This is how the language gets better.
>> Resource versioning with Spring MVC [mscharhag.com]
Highly useful writeup on making your static assets cacheable with Spring – simple and to the point.
Also worth reading:
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===== >> Sonarqube And Java 8 [alexecollins.com]
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===== >> Deploying Spring Boot Applications to Heroku [devcenter.heroku.com]
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===== >> Groovy and Grails Plans Announced at SpringOne2GX [infoq.com]
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===== >> High Level Plans for Spring 4.3 and 5.0 Announced at SpringOne2GX [infoq.com]
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===== >> Custom operators for collections in Java [vanillajava]
Webinars and presentations:
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===== >> Introduction to Java Profiling [infoq.com]
Time to upgrade:
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===== >> Spring Boot 1.2.6 released [spring.io]
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===== >> Java DSL for Spring Integration 1.1 GA is Available [spring.io]
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===== >> Spark framework logo Spark 2.3 released [sparkjava.com]
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===== >> Now Available – Amazon Linux AMI 2015.09 [aws.amazon.com]
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===== >> IntelliJ IDEA 14.1.5 Update is Out [jetbrains.com]
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===== >> Krwkrw 0.1.3 Released [geekabyte]
2. Technical
===== >> Writing an Event-Sourced CQRS Read Model [squirrel.pl]
Yet another solid writeup exploring the details of an Event-Sourced architecture – this time focusing on re-projecting all events on to an empty projection.
>> Scale it to Billions — What They Don’t Tell you in the Cassandra README [threatstack.com]
If you’re running a Cassandra cluster, this stuff can and will save your bacon.
Also worth reading:
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===== >> Call me Maybe: Percona XtraDB Cluster [aphyr.com]
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===== >> AWS Storage Update – New Lower Cost S3 Storage Option & Glacier Price Reduction [aws.amazon.com]
3. Musings
===== >> Remember to Reevaluate [bitquabit.com]
Maybe taking a second look at a technology that I formed an opinion on five years ago is a good idea. That being said – I’m not looking at SVN again.
>> The Universality of Postel’s Law [michaelfeathers.silvrback.com]
“Design is deep topic. One could say it’s the deepest.”
>> What do you want to be known for? [katemats.com]
Good positioning is not something that “just happens” – it’s an intentional, strategic, multi-year effort but one that can lead to some pretty cool things.
>> How we lost (and found) millions by not A/B testing [signalvnoise.com]
Good take-aways from a major design change, a re-positioning campaign and a general re-brand.
Also worth reading:
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===== >> The “consensus” is sometimes wrong [lemire.me]
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===== >> Managing to Avoid Cobras [daedtech.com]
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===== >> Modularity on My Honeymhttp://www.daedtech.com/modularity-on-my-honeymoon[oon] [daedtech.com]
4. Comics
>> Coder leaves nothing to chance [commitstrip.com]
>> The blob-ject [commitstrip.com]
>> Picture a Grassy Field [xkcd.com]
