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.

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.

At the very beginning of last year, I decided to track my reading habits and share the best stuff here, on Baeldung. Haven't missed a review since.

Here we go…

1. Spring and Java

A very interesting look at (and solution for) the scaling problems of using Fat Jars beyond a certain point.

A nice, quick intro to AWL Lambda.

I had no idea most Hibernate annotations are now repeatable. Very nice.

Very useful series of screencasts, going deep into how to run Spring Boot on Docker and Kubernetes.

Very nicely done – using the log like a scalpel not like a machete.

Also worth reading:

Presentations and Webinars:

Time to upgrade:

2. Technical and Musings

DDD is definitely one of the best ways to work on your architectural chops, and this series is clear and to the point explaining some of the basic concepts.

Inside notes on making JSON better with the help of some minor tweaks.

It's well worth approaching test automation in a structured, intentional way, and most importantly with an open mind to picking a tool you might not yet be familiar with.

Otherwise – and I speak from experience – you may end up with a rats nest of unreliable tests.

I really enjoyed reading through this writeup, mainly because I did a multi-tenant implementation on top of Elasticsearch when the platform was much less mature.

It's a solid platform, but not without its very real and thorny issues.

Also worth reading:

Presentations and Webinars:

4. Comics

And my favorite Dilberts of the week:

5. Pick of the Week