Spring Shutdown Callbacks 1. Overview In this tutorial, we’re going to learn different ways to use shutdown callbacks with Spring. The main advantage of using a shutdown callback is that it gives us control over a graceful application exit. 2. Shutdown Callback Approaches Spring supports both the component-level and the… Continue Reading spring-shutdown-callbacks

Third Round of Improvements to the Reddit Application 1. Overview In this article we’re going to keep moving our little case study app forward by implementing small but useful improvements to the already existing features. 2. Better Tables Let’s start by using the jQuery DataTables plugin to replace the old,… Continue Reading reddit-web-app-improvements-3

Second Round of Improvements to the Reddit Application 1. Overview Let’s continue our ongoing Reddit web app case study with a new round of improvements, with the goal of making the application more user friendly and easier to use. 2. Scheduled Posts Pagination First – let’s list the scheduled posts… Continue Reading reddit-web-app-improvements-2

HATEOAS for a Spring REST Service 1. Overview This article will focus on the implementation of discoverability in a Spring REST Service and on satisfying the HATEOAS constraint. 2. Decoupling Discoverability Through Events Discoverability as a separate aspect or concern of the web layer should be decoupled from the controller… Continue Reading rest-api-discoverability-with-spring