Tom Hombergs

As a professional software engineer, consultant, architect, general problem solver, I've been practicing the software craft for more than fifteen years and I'm still learning something new every day. I love sharing the things I learned, so you (and future me) can get a head start. That's why I founded reflectoring.io.

Articles by Tom Hombergs

Software Craft

Why You Should Enforce 100% Code Coverage*

Tom Hombergs
September 1, 2018

Yeah, I know. Everyone says aiming for 100% code coverage is bullshit. And the way test coverage is usually defined, I fully agree!

Combining Object Mother and Fluent Builder for the Ultimate Test Data Factory

Tom Hombergs
August 31, 2018

To test our business code we always need some kind of test data. This tutorial explains how to do just that with the Object Mother pattern and why we should combine it with a Fluent Builder to create test data factories that are fun to work with.

Book Notes

Book Review: Clean Architecture by Robert C. Martin

Tom Hombergs
August 25, 2018

TL;DR: Read this Book, when… you are interested in building maintainable software you need arguments to persuade your stakeholders to take some more time for creating quality software you want some inspiration on building applications in a different way than the default “3-layer architecture” Overview As the name suggests, Clean Architecture - A Craftsman’s Guide to Software Structure and Design by Robert C.

Spring Boot

Testing a Spring Boot REST API against a Contract with Spring Cloud Contract

Tom Hombergs
August 16, 2018

Consumer-driven contract tests are a technique to test integration points between API providers and API consumers without the hassle of end-to-end tests (read it up in a recent blog post).

Software Craft

5 Good Reasons to Use a Log Server

Tom Hombergs
August 13, 2018

Logging to files and analyzing them by hand is not the way to go anymore. This article explains the reasons why a log server is the way to go for collecting and analyzing log data.