Semyon Kirekov articles - 27 total
JOOQ Is Not a Replacement for Hibernate. They Solve Different Problems
I've originally written this article in Russian. So, if you're native speaker, you can read it by...
Custom methods in REST API endpoints
HTTP approach proposes such methods to handle resources: POST for creation. GET for retrieving...
Rich Domain Model with Spring Boot and Hibernate
The article is a long read. I recommend you to look through the Table of contents in advance. Perhaps...
Integration Tests for N + 1 problem in Java
N + 1 problem is a common issue in many enterprise projects. The worst is that you don't notice it...
JUnit 5: link tests with task tracker issues
In this guide, I'm telling you: How you can link JUnit 5 tests with issues in your task tracker...
Spring, SchemaSpy DB docs, and GitHub Pages
In this article, I'm telling you: How to generate docs of database schema structure with SchemaSpy?...
Spring Security — Generate Docs for Authorization Rules
That's a small addition to my previous post "Spring Security and Non-flat Roles Inheritance...
Spring Security and Non-flat Roles Inheritance Architecture
Table of contents Business requirements and domain model Roles, enums, and...
Unit Testing Backward Compatibility of Message Format
Do you apply Apache Kafka or RabbitMQ in your software project? If so, then you definitely have some...
Forward Compatible Enum Values in API with Java Jackson
I got an inspiration for this article after watching this amazing tech talk by Ilya Sazonov and...
Custom Gradle Plugin for Unified Static Code Analysis
Static code analysis is an incredible technique that makes your code base easier to maintain. But if...
Flyway Migrations Naming Strategy in a Big Project
Flyway is the great tool for managing database migrations. Years ago Martin Fowler described...
Spring Boot — Power of Value Objects
In this post, I’m telling you: What are value objects and why are they so crucial? How you can...
Spring Boot – Black Box Testing
In this article, I’m showing you What’s the difference between white box and black testing What are...
Chain of Responsibility Pattern in Spring Application
In this article, I'm showing you how to apply the Chain Of Responsibility pattern in your Spring...
Contract Integration Testing
Recently I wrote an article about implementing E2E testing in CI environment with Testcontainers...
E2E-Testing in CI Environment With Testcontainers
I wrote many blog posts about unit and integration testing. But today I want to tell you something...
Apache Spark, Hive, and Spring Boot — Testing Guide
Big Data is trending. The companies have to operate with a huge amount of data to compete with...
Spring Data — Never Rollback Readonly Transactions
When you develop a backend application, you have to work with data. In most cases, a relational...
Spring Boot + JPA — Clear Tests
I have written several articles about testing Spring Boot applications. We discussed integration...
Spring Data — Power of Domain Events
Domain Event is one of the ideas from Domain Driven Design. Once you become familiar with the...
Basics of CI/CD
The primary goal of any software project is to earn money through the automation of the business...
Spring Boot Testing — Testcontainers and Flyway
This is the second part of the Spring Boot Testing article series. The code snippets are taken from...
Spring Boot Testing — Data and Services
Spring Boot Testing — Data and Services I think testing is an essential thing in software...
Why You Need Static Code Analysis
Programming is becoming more and more domain-oriented. There are hundreds of frameworks and dozens of...
Spring Data — Transactional Caveats
Spring is the most popular Java framework. It has lots of out-of-box solutions for web, security,...
Java Generics — Advanced Cases
Today we are going to discuss how to implement generics in your code in a most effective way. ...