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Posted on: 2019-10-08 2019-11-19
Tags: Weekly Review

Java Web Weekly Issue 107

At the very beginning of 2014, I decided to track my reading habits and share the best stuff here, on Baeldung. Haven’t missed a week since.

Here we go…

1. Spring and Java

===== >> If Java Were Designed Today: The Synchronizable Interface [jooq.org]

Yet another cool exploration of what “might be” in Java – this time with a focus on the ol’ “synchronized”.

>> European conferences with strong Spring content [spring.io]

A quick and cool list of conferences in Europe, well represented in the Spring ecosystem. Good stuff, especially now since I’m working on a couple new talks.

>> Beware Of findFirst() And findAny() [codefx.org]

Very cool exploration of the nuances of findFirst and findAny withing the Java Streams API.

>> JPA test case templates [in.relation.to]

The Hibernate testing effort is moving forward with this addition of a JPA focused test case that reproduces the issue without being Hibernate specific. That’s certainly the right approach whenever possible.

Also worth reading:

===== >> High-Performance Java Persistence – Chapter 11 – Relationships [vladmihalcea.com]
===== >> How We Used Slack, Scala and Play to Automate Our Lunch Order [takipi.com]
===== >> Reactive Database Access – Part 3 – Using jOOQ with Scala, Futures and Actors [jooq.org]
===== >> A Refresher – Top 5 Java EE 7 Frontend [eisele.net]
===== >> The Ingredients of Java EE 8 [adam-bien.com]
===== >> What Impact Will OpenJDK Have on Android Development? [infoq.com]
===== >> Getting started with Akka Cluster [codecentric.de]
===== >> Java EE 8 MVC: Working with query parameters [mscharhag.com]

Webinars and presentations:

===== >> Get the Most out of Testing with Spring 4.2 [infoq.com]
===== >> Simple, Lean, Powerful HTTP Applications with Ratpack [infoq.com]
===== >> IO State in API Architecture [infoq.com]
===== >> Testing with Spock: The Logical Choice [infoq.com]
===== >> Convention over Configuration: the Gradle way [infoq.com]
===== >> Spring Boot and Groovy [spring.io]
===== >> Documenting RESTful APIs [spring.io]
===== >> The State of Securing RESTful APIs with Spring [spring.io]

Time to upgrade:

===== >> 7th bug-fix release for ORM 5.0 [in.relation.to]
===== >> IntelliJ IDEA 16 EAP 144.2925 is Out [jetbrains.com] and >> IntelliJ IDEA 15.0.3 RC is Out [jetbrains.com]
===== >> Spring Integration Zip 1.0.0.M1 and others [spring.io]
===== >> Apache Commons Math 3.6 released [mail-archives.apache.org]

2. Technical

Also worth reading:

===== >> Relative Include Paths and the Slow, Certain March Towards Legacy Code [thecodewhisperer.com]
===== >> Linux commands: find [dandreamsofcoding.com]
===== >> The “Average Page” is a myth [igvita.com]
===== >> CloudFront Update – HTTPS & TLS v1.1/v1.2 to the Origin, Add/Modify Headers [aws.amazon.com]

3. Musings

===== >> Do you have to love what you do? [signalvnoise.com]

The old adage “you need to love what you to” is certainly seeing some strong counter-examples on the web.

A good way I heard this re-framed is – you need to love helping people, serving your audience, or really, love the game in general. I like that shift of focus – it opens up a lot more options.