Skipping a CI Build for non-code changes
Skipping a CI build is like purposefully not brushing your teeth every morning and evening. You know it should not be skipped and you feel guilty when you do...
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Modularizing a Spring Boot Application
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Autostart for your Spring Boot Application
A few months ago I was asked to find a solution for starting and stopping a Spring Boot application under Windows automatically together with the computer th...
Testing a Spring Boot REST API against a Contract with Spring Cloud Contract
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