2015-week-review-52
Java Web Weekly 52
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
===== >> Hibernate aggressive connection release [vladmihalcea.com]
A quick intro and overview of the way Hibernate deals with releasing connections and how that behavior can be configured.
>> Explicit receiver parameters [joda.org]
A cool feature I didn’t know Java 8 had – passing in the this parameter explicitly as a method argument.
>> JEP 277 “Enhanced Deprecation” is Nice. But Here’s a Much Better Alternative [jooq.org]
A very interesting solution to add richer semantics to the way we deprecated APIs.
>> 3 Disasters Which I Solved With JProfiler [petrikainulainen.net]
A good profiling session can make the difference between a solid, well executing and a slow path through the code. Here’s a few ideas to get started.
>> A Refresher – Top 10 Java EE 7 Backend Features [blog.eisele.net]
A rundown of some of the most useful Java EE features – most of which look quite handy.
>> Jigsaw Hands-On Guide [codefx.org]
A solid, practical deep dive into modularity with the upcoming project Jigsaw.
Also worth reading:
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===== >> Oracle Confirms Delayed Schedule for Java 9 [infoq.com]
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===== >> Spring From the Trenches: Creating PDF Documents With Wkhtmltopdf [petrikainulainen.net]
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===== >> The Right Way to Use SecureRandom [tersesystems.com]
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===== >> A story about how to setup SpringBoot, Jersey & Eureka [staleks.github.io]
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===== >> Write Once Multi Tenancy With Subdomains and Spring Boot [stormpath.com]
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===== >> Discovering a Trove of Java Primitives Collection Handling [marxsoftware]
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===== >> Nashorn: Run JavaScript on the JVM [github.com]
Webinars and presentations:
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===== >> DIY Monitoring: Build Your Own JVM Performance Management Tool [infoq.com]
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===== >> Groovy with Style! [infoq.com]
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===== >> Spring Boot and JRebel [infoq.com]
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===== >> The State of Securing RESTful APIs with Spring [infoq.com]
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===== >> Using Groovy & Spock to Develop Tests as Assets not Afterthoughts [infoq.com]
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===== >> Take a Groovy Rest [infoq.com]
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===== >> Java at 20 and Where We Are Going [infoq.com]
Time to upgrade:
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===== >> Spring Boot 1.3.1 and 1.2.8 available now [spring.io]
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===== >> Spring Data release train Gosling SR2 released [spring.io]
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===== >> Apache Commons Collections 4.1 Released [apache.org]
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===== >> Spring IO Platform 1.1.5.RELEASE [spring.io] and >> Spring IO Platform 2.0.1.RELEASE [spring.io]
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===== >> Spring for Apache Hadoop 2.3.0 GA released [spring.io]
2. Technical
===== >> Rich Domain Doesn’t Mean Fat Objects [sapiensworks.com]
There’s a lot to consider when modeling your domain, and not just the technical aspects.
Also worth reading:
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===== >> New – Enhanced Monitoring for Amazon RDS (MySQL 5.6, MariaDB, and Aurora) [aws.amazon.com]
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===== >> New – Gzip Compression Support for Amazon CloudFront [aws.amazon.com]
3. Musings
===== >> React Indie Bundle report, or how we made $31k in a week [swizec.com]
A very cool case study of a product launch, with a lot of tactical info to pay close attention to.
>> Giving less advice [signalvnoise.com]
How close you are to the thing you had success with is really something we should all keep in mind when giving advice. Very sensible position and a solid, quick read.
Also worth reading:
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===== >> The courage to face what we do not understand [lemire.me]
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===== >> A reasonable man [signalvnoise.com]
4. Comics
>> You have me finishing two weeks before I start [dilbert.com]
>> My email objecting to your plan [dilbert.com]
>> Two weeks or so [dilbert.com]
