We already know that Spring is complex. And we’ve just scratched the surface. One of the problem with complex frameworks is that they do so much, that when something goes wrong they are not that smart about analyzing the situation. And that really gets in our way of doing actual Read more…
We’ve talked about nested configurations. Now, let’s move on to using imported configurations in a smart way. Let’s say in the main app (as in “production”), I have a whole lot of beans I need to inject. The thing not to do (although you might be tempted) is dump them Read more…
So how does Spring know what type to inject? Spring can do so in a different ways. The default is scanning any class in the class path. Spring tries to match the types it finds in the class path to those needed by @autowired declarations, and if there’s a match, Read more…
I want to take a step back and discuss what Spring and Spring Boot are what are the basics features we get out of the box, and how we can use them for our advantage. There’s a whole training I’ve developed for Spring features for integration testing I do, so Read more…