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In the 9 years of running Baeldung, we've never been through anything like this pandemic

And, if making my courses more affordable for a while is going to help you stay in business, land a new job, make rent or be able to provide for your family - then it's well worth doing.

Effective immediately, all Baeldung courses are 33% off their normal prices!

You'll find all three courses in the menu, above.

Lots of interesting writeups on Java 9 this week.

Here we go…

1. Spring and Java

JUnit 5 brings many new exciting features – one of which will definitely be the native support for parameterized tests.

A quick but comprehensive guide to mapping the @DiscriminatorColumn.

Also worth reading:

Webinars and presentations:

Time to upgrade:

2. Technical

A very interesting analysis of how some of the central points in “Effective Java” have shaped the design of Kotlin.

An interesting idea of “placing” an electronic signature using the WebCrypto API.

Also worth reading:

3. Musings

Having a slow site can be more costly than you might think, so investing in performance is always a good idea.

Also worth reading:

4. Comics

And my favorite Dilberts of the week:

5. Pick of the Week