Practical writing on Java, Spring, AI, and the craft of software engineering.
If you're building with Java and Spring (or trying to figure out where AI fits into your development workflow) you're in the right place. I write practical, beginner-friendly deep dives on Spring Boot, Spring AI, and software engineering fundamentals, collected here in chronological order.
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Spring Boot Defining @RequestMapping handler methods
Spring Boot Defining @RequestMapping handler methods
How to check your version and upgrade JHipster
How to check your version and upgrade JHipster
The first release of Spring Boot 2.0 is now available!
The first release of Spring Boot 2.0 is now available!
Spring @Component vs @Bean: What's the Difference?
@Component vs @Bean in Spring: @Component marks classes you own for classpath scanning, @Bean builds beans from methods. Learn when to use each, with examples.
Getting Started with Spring Boot Actuator Endpoints
Getting started with Spring Boot Actuator: add the dependency, explore the built-in production-ready endpoints for health and metrics, and secure them.
Moving from Tomcat to Jetty in your Spring Boot Application
Moving from Tomcat to Jetty in your Spring Boot Application
How to start writing Angular & Spring Applications
How to start writing Angular & Spring Applications
How to Add Validation to Your Spring Boot Entities
Learn how to add Bean Validation to your Spring Boot entities with @NotNull and JPA, then build a custom constraint validator with ConstraintValidator.
What is going wrong on the Spring Boot View Layer?
What is going wrong on the Spring Boot View Layer?