2015-week-review-52

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6 years ago

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:

===== >> Oracle Confirms Delayed Schedule for Java 9 [infoq.com]
===== >> Spring From the Trenches: Creating PDF Documents With Wkhtmltopdf [petrikainulainen.net]
===== >> The Right Way to Use SecureRandom [tersesystems.com]
===== >> A story about how to setup SpringBoot, Jersey & Eureka [staleks.github.io]
===== >> Write Once Multi Tenancy With Subdomains and Spring Boot [stormpath.com]
===== >> Discovering a Trove of Java Primitives Collection Handling [marxsoftware]
===== >> Nashorn: Run JavaScript on the JVM [github.com]

Webinars and presentations:

===== >> DIY Monitoring: Build Your Own JVM Performance Management Tool [infoq.com]
===== >> Groovy with Style! [infoq.com]
===== >> Spring Boot and JRebel [infoq.com]
===== >> The State of Securing RESTful APIs with Spring [infoq.com]
===== >> Using Groovy & Spock to Develop Tests as Assets not Afterthoughts [infoq.com]
===== >> Take a Groovy Rest [infoq.com]
===== >> Java at 20 and Where We Are Going [infoq.com]

Time to upgrade:

===== >> Spring Boot 1.3.1 and 1.2.8 available now [spring.io]
===== >> Spring Data release train Gosling SR2 released [spring.io]
===== >> Apache Commons Collections 4.1 Released [apache.org]
===== >> Spring IO Platform 1.1.5.RELEASE [spring.io] and >> Spring IO Platform 2.0.1.RELEASE [spring.io]
===== >> 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:

===== >> New – Enhanced Monitoring for Amazon RDS (MySQL 5.6, MariaDB, and Aurora) [aws.amazon.com]
===== >> 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: