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Implementing a Cache with Spring Boot

Implementing a Cache with Spring Boot

We use a cache to protect the database or to avoid cost-intensive calculations. Spring provides an abstraction layer for implementing a cache.

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Distributed Cache with Hazelcast and Spring

Distributed Cache with Hazelcast and Spring

In some applications, we need to protect the database or avoid cost-intensive calculations. We can use a cache for this goal.

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Validate Spring Boot Configuration Parameters at Startup

Validate Spring Boot Configuration Parameters at Startup

One of the important steps to keep software applications customizable is effective configuration management. Modern frameworks provide out-of-the-box features to externalize configuration parameters.

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The AWS Journey Part 3: Connecting a Spring Boot Application to an RDS Instance with CloudFormation

The AWS Journey Part 3: Connecting a Spring Boot Application to an RDS Instance with CloudFormation

The AWS journey started with deploying a Spring Boot application in a Docker container manually. In the previous episode, we then automated the deployment with CloudFormation.

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Book Notes: Accelerate

Book Notes: Accelerate

TL;DR: Read this Book, when… you want to know what makes software teams (and their companies) successful you need arguments for moving towards DevOps you are interested in the science behind a survey Book Facts Title: Accelerate Authors: Nicole Forsgren, Jez Humble, and Gene Kim Word Count: ~ 55.

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Testing Database Migration Scripts with Spring Boot and Testcontainers

Testing Database Migration Scripts with Spring Boot and Testcontainers

Database migration with tools like Flyway or Liquibase requires creating SQL scripts and running them on a database. Although the database is an external dependency, we have to test the SQL scripts, because it is our code.

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