Recent Articles
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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Book Review: Clean Architecture by Robert C. Martin
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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.
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Testing a Spring Boot REST API against a Contract with Spring Cloud Contract
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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).
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5 Good Reasons to Use a Log Server
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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.
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