Architecting Spring Boot 4 with Official Spring gRPC Support
For years, the Spring community relied on excellent third-party starters (like net.devh) to bridge the gap between Spring Boot and gRPC. With the evolution of Spring Boot 4 and the…
Spring Profiles and YAML
Configuration management is a critical aspect of building robust applications. Spring Boot simplifies configuration handling by supporting various file formats, including YAML. YAML (YAML Ain’t Markup Language) offers a human-readable…
Ensuring API Navigation: Integration Testing HATEOAS with Spring
Building RESTful APIs with HATEOAS (Hypermedia as the Engine of Application State) offers significant advantages in terms of discoverability and evolvability. However, verifying that your API correctly generates and serves…
Spring Boot Actuator: Crafting Custom Endpoints for Tailored Insights
Spring Boot Actuator provides a robust set of built-in endpoints for monitoring and managing your applications. However, there are scenarios where you might need to expose application-specific information or metrics…
Testing the Waters: Writing Effective Unit Tests for Spring Data REST APIs
Spring Data REST is a powerful tool for rapidly exposing your JPA entities as RESTful APIs with minimal code. However, the “minimal code” aspect doesn’t absolve you from the crucial…
Spring Data with Java Records
Java records are a new feature introduced in Java 14 that provides a concise way to declare classes that are meant to hold immutable data. Spring Data is a popular…
Documenting Your Data’s Reach: Generating API Docs for Spring Data REST
Spring Data REST is a fantastic tool for rapidly exposing your JPA entities as hypermedia-driven REST APIs. However, even the most intuitive APIs benefit from clear and comprehensive documentation. While…