Vavr (formerly called Javaslang) is a functional library for Java 8+ that provides persistent data types and functional control structures. It enables writing Java code in a more functional way. It is inspired by Scala.
In this article we will take a closer look at Aspect Oriented Programming (AOP) with a little help from Spring Framework. AOP is powerful tool that can increase modularity, keep code clean and easier to read, maintain and develop.
Ratpack is a set of Java libraries that enable writing efficient HTTP applications. It’s built on Netty event-driven networking engine. In some cases it may be considered as better alternative to Java Servlet technology, since it’s non-blocking and event-driven.
I’ve been working with cucumber-java test framework for some time now and I must admit, I really like what is possible to achieve by using it. Of course, it is quite common in test automation, that more often it is required to do something that is nearly impossible than otherwise.
Java is not a functional programming language. Despite the fact that Java 8 came with some elements from functional world, there is still no way to write fully functional code in Java. One of the key aspect of functional programming is using monad. I am not going to describe what are monads but I will describe some of them and respond to the title question.
Purpose of unit tests is to test small chunks of code independently, in separation from any dependencies. In many cases to keep this kind of separation tools like Mockito come in handy. Mockito is mocking framework, Java library that allow to simulate calls on dependent objects instead of calling the real ones. A mock object returns a dummy data corresponding to dummy input passed to it.
You may have heard that checked exceptions in Java are evil. Some people even say that they are Java’s biggest mistake. There is a lot of languages like Scala, Kotlin, C# or C++ which don’t have checked exceptions at all. Unchecked exceptions are generally better choice. Undoubtedly, you are able to write your code without creating new checked exceptions. However, you have to deal with them constantly, because a lot of standard or popular libraries abuse them. In result, your Java code is full of ugly throw catch clauses. They interfere with a regular application control flow.
In this article, I’d like to take a look at the performance and the scalability of both blocking and non-blocking HTTP servers. I’ll compare average response time for multiple REST requests sent to simple endpoints built with Spring Boot and Ratpack.
In this article I'd like to show you how to test your API with Spock Framework. Spock is a testing framework for Java and Groovy applications. It extends JUnit runner and let us write shorter and more readable code. Spock supports unit testing, BDD and Mocking. It is also great for Data Driven Testing.
JMeter is an open-source JAVA-based load testing tool for measuring and analyzing performance of services and applications. It simulates user behavior by sending requests to server. It can be used for testing variety of protocols and services like HTTP, HTTPS, SOAP / REST Webservices, FTP, JDBC, LDAP, SMTP, POP3, IMAP and many others.
Parametrized tests are a lot easier to maintain. Usually when single requirement changes it’s enough to change one variable in the code. You don’t have to read the whole implementation of the test (If you know what your variable means).
In my opinion, Software Developer in Test job interviews are one of the most demanding interviews in IT market. How come?
JUnit 5 comes with a bunch of new features. In this article I will briefly describe most of them.
In this article let me explain how I think Cucumber fits Selenium based test framework written in java
In a previous article I’ve introduced you Heroku basics and deployed spring-boot-based application there. In the second part I will show you how to add database support and get a little bit into logs and metrics.
Nowadays cloud computing is really common depending on the services that we would like to use, from frequently utilized software applications to development environments, virtual machines and storage.
Heroku is a cloud-based application platform and in this two-part article I will show you how, step by step, deploy Spring Boot application there.
In this article I would like to share with you how I build new end to end testing solutions for web projects. I’ll try to explain how well thought test framework architecture can improve test code quality.
JUnit 5 enables many different styles of testing and focuses on Java 8 and above. In this article I will show you how to start with new version of JUnit.
Nowadays test automation is an integral part of software development process. I decided to create series of blog entries, which will describe how to create customized Selenium test framework in java from scratch to make it fully functional, easy to use and maintain.
The microservices architecture is definitely one of such trendy solutions that is widely considered, especially in new projects. Is it worth trying and what kind of advantages and drawbacks does it have? Let’s see.
Enterprise Integration Patterns solves problems of enterprise application integration and message-oriented middleware. The aim of this article is to show the two EIP frameworks: Apache Camel and Spring Integration from the perspective of a developer who knows EIP patterns quite well but do not have very long experience with using these frameworks.
In this article I would like to show you how to create simple application with Spring Boot on server side and Angular 2 at a front-end. It is very good combination, proper for many types of projects.
Spock and JUnit are frameworks for unit testing of Java applications. Mockito is a well – known and stable library of mocking extensions for JUnit to write tests in Java language.
JSQL Parser is open source library developed under dual license: LGPL V2.1 and Apache Software License. Main responsibility of the framework is parsing of SQL statements.