Ensuring API Navigation: Integration Testing HATEOAS with Spring
Building RESTful APIs with HATEOAS (Hypermedia as the Engine of Application State) offers significant advantages in terms of discoverability and evolvability. However, verifying that your API correctly generates and serves…
Spring Boot Actuator: Crafting Custom Endpoints for Tailored Insights
Spring Boot Actuator provides a robust set of built-in endpoints for monitoring and managing your applications. However, there are scenarios where you might need to expose application-specific information or metrics…
Testing the Waters: Writing Effective Unit Tests for Spring Data REST APIs
Spring Data REST is a powerful tool for rapidly exposing your JPA entities as RESTful APIs with minimal code. However, the “minimal code” aspect doesn’t absolve you from the crucial…
Spring Data with Java Records
Java records are a new feature introduced in Java 14 that provides a concise way to declare classes that are meant to hold immutable data. Spring Data is a popular…
What’s New in JDK 26: Features, JEPs, and Enhancements
Released on March 17, 2026, JDK 26 is the six-month feature release following Java 25 (LTS). Bringing 10 official JDK Enhancement Proposals (JEPs) along with critical HotSpot runtime optimizations, JDK…
Documenting Your Data’s Reach: Generating API Docs for Spring Data REST
Spring Data REST is a fantastic tool for rapidly exposing your JPA entities as hypermedia-driven REST APIs. However, even the most intuitive APIs benefit from clear and comprehensive documentation. While…
Spring Micrometer: Tracing and Observability Made Easy
Observability is crucial for modern applications, allowing you to understand their behavior and performance. Spring Boot 3 introduces powerful observability features through Micrometer. Understanding Observability Observability involves collecting metrics, logs,…