Spring Boot 2.0.2 was released a few days ago.
#java #spring #springboot
https://spring.io/blog/2018/05/09/spring-boot-2-0-2

Chaos Engineering is the discipline of experimenting on a distributed system in order to build confidence in the system’s capability to withstand turbulent conditions in production. Chaos Monkey will automatically scan your Spring Components simulating Latency, Exception and AppKiller assaults.
#spring #springboot #testing #senior
https://codecentric.github.io/chaos-monkey-spring-boot/

Explore the power of Kotlin and Spring Boot combined together to create web applications within a very few lines of code.
#kotlin #spring #springboot
https://spring.io/guides/tutorials/spring-boot-kotlin/

TestContainers are just awesome, they provide you a very convenient way to start up and cleanly tear down docker containers in JUnit tests. This feature is very useful for integration testing of applications against real databases and any other resource for which a docker image is available.
#java #testing #springboot #middle
http://www.java-allandsundry.com/2018/05/testcontainers-and-spring-boot.html

This article presents a way to structure a Spring Boot application in vertical modules and horizontal layers and shows you how to test the verticals and layers with the testing features provided by Spring Boot.
#java #testing #spring #springboot #junior #middle #senior
https://reflectoring.io/testing-verticals-and-layers-spring-boot/

Wondering how to take up Kubernetes and Spring Boot when scalability and elasticity is a big requirement in your architecture? In this article you can learn how to use both to build microservices that are easy to scale up and down.
#java #microservices #kubernetes #spring #springboot
https://dzone.com/articles/building-elastic-microservices-with-kubernetes-and

Managing the lifecycle of Spring Boot Application is very important for your production-ready system. In this write-up the author emphasizes on the destruction phase and will take you through the different ways to shut down a Spring Boot Application.
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http://www.baeldung.com/spring-boot-shutdown

When things are simple, they are easier to understand, easier to extend and easier to modify. They are better. Simplicity is the ultimate compliment you can give to an architecture or a framework. In this article, you are going to look at how four different frameworks- Spring Boot, Javalin, Vert.x and Micronaut; approach this quest for simplicity.
#jvm #java #frameworks #microservices #micronaut #springboot #middle #senior
https://www.e4developer.com/2018/07/08/the-quest-for-simplicity-in-java-microservices

A lot of developers and architects discuss the application design, traffic load, frameworks, and patterns to apply to code, but very few of them are discussing the shutdown phase. Check the article to learn how to gracefully shutdown Spring Boot apps and install newer versions.
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https://dzone.com/articles/graceful-shutdown-spring-boot-applications

When you design and build applications at scale, you deal with two significant challenges: scalability and robustness. You should design your service so that even if it is subject to intermittent heavy loads, it continues to operate reliably. Check this amazing article and see how Message Queues, Spring Boot and Kubernetes can change the game.
#architecture #microservices #spring #springboot #kubernetes #middle #senior
https://learnk8s.io/blog/scaling-spring-boot-microservices

This amazing article covers very useful topics how to secure you Spring Boot based application. If you haven't considered security on you project this is your starting point! Don't miss it!
#spring #springboot #middle
https://developer.okta.com/blog/2018/07/30/10-ways-to-secure-spring-boot

This short article explains you some basics of concurrency in Spring Boot.
#spring #springboot #middle #senior
https://www.e4developer.com/2018/03/30/introduction-to-concurrency-in-spring-boot/

Spring Boot is the most popular Java framework for developing microservices. In this article, the author shares their knowledge and the best practices that were gathered from working with Spring Boot.
#spring #springboot #junior #middle
https://www.e4developer.com/2018/08/06/spring-boot-best-practices/

Want to learn more about the features available in Spring Boot? Check out this post to learn more about how to use profiles in your Spring Boot application.
#java #spring #springboot #profiling #middle #senior
https://dzone.com/articles/spring-boot-profiles-1

Even though released only in 2014, Spring Boot has managed to overtake the Java serverside in less than five years. When starting a new project, a sensible question to ask is- “should I use a Spring Boot?”. This article will help you answer this question!
#spring #springboot #junior #middle
https://www.e4developer.com/2018/09/24/should-you-use-spring-boot-in-your-project/

You’ve probably thought about combining all your knowledge on some topic in one solid guide. That is exactly what’s done here - more than two years of experience with Spring Boot in just one book. And it is free to download!
#spring #springboot #books #middle #senior
https://www.infoq.com/minibooks/spring-boot-building-api-backend

A Magic Around Spring Boot Externalized Configuration
There are some features that make Spring Boot really powerful, and one of them is an externalized configuration. Spring Boot allows you to configure your application in many ways. You have 17 levels of loading configuration properties into application.
See how you can make use of it in practice to make your application configurations more flexible and clear.
#java #spring #springboot #junior #middle #senior
https://piotrminkowski.wordpress.com/2019/03/11/a-magic-around-spring-boot-externalized-configuration/