Software Craft
Hexagonal Architecture with Java and Spring
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Tom Hombergs
- November 3, 2019
The term “Hexagonal Architecture” has been around for a long time. Long enough that the primary source on this topic has been offline for a while and has only recently been rescued from the archives.
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Immutables in Java - Are Setters Allowed?
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Tom Hombergs
- September 25, 2019
In short, no. Feel free to jump right ahead to the section on bad practices. If you want to read a bit more on the why and how of immutables, have a look at the rest of this article.
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What is Upstream and Downstream in Software Development?
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Tom Hombergs
- September 27, 2018
In the recent past, I stumbled a few times over the definition of the words “upstream” and “downstream” in various software development contexts.
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Build Once, Run Anywhere: Externalize Your Configuration
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Tom Hombergs
- September 9, 2018
Most software that does more than a “hello world” needs to be configured in some way or another in order to function in a certain environment.
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Why You Should Enforce 100% Code Coverage*
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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!
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Combining Object Mother and Fluent Builder for the Ultimate Test Data Factory
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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.
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